Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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Nobody, Pavel Podvig included, seems to be able to craft a compelling reason for Moscow to threaten to pull out of the INF Treaty. But maybe, Ivanov didn’t bring it up. Maybe Rumsfeld did. Artur Blinov, writing in Nezavisimaya Gazeta…
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KE ASAT in the Davidson Technologies booth at a recent SMDC conference in Huntsville, AB. It turns out KE ASAT is alive and well, living in Alabama. For those of you who don’t remember, the KE ASAT is a giant,…
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Four little reporters listened to conference call with the Director of the Missile Defense Agency … The first little reporter, Ann Roosevelt of Defense Daily, went “MDA Director ‘Disappointed’ In Recent Test Problems.” (subscription only, I am afraid) The second…
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SS-20 (left) and Pershing II (right) eliminated under the 1987 INF Treay on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The Financial Times is reporting that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov asked Donald Rumsfeld how the…
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Arms Control Today has published my letter to the editor suggesting a better estimate of the Chinese nuclear arsenal would be about 100 weapons. I take no credit or blame for the title.
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If you feel like hatin’ on j-bolt, check out the Rude Pundit today. Definitely not work safe.
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The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (also known as the WMD Commission or Silberman-Robb Commission after its co-chairmen) was empaneled to “assess whether the intelligence community is sufficiently authorized, organized, equipped,…
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German historian Rainer Karlsch has written a book, Hitler’s Bomb, which— according to press reports—concludes “Adolf Hitler had the atom bomb first but it was too primitive and ungainly for aerial deployment.” Karlsch reportedly claims Germany tested the weapon in…
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Hans Bethe, an important figure in the Manhattan Project and long time proponent of arms control, has passed away today, aged 98. Oh, did I mention the Nobel prize? His 1968 article, co-authored with Richard Garwin, demolishing the rationale behind…
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More on John Bolton’s nomination as Ambassador to the UN. I can think of 30,000 reasons that Bolton should not be confirmed for this post. The Washington Post previously reported that former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui maintained “a secret $100…
