Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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Whereas Condi’s confirmation hearing was largely theater (16-2), the upcoming confirmation hearing for Secretary of Energy nominee Samuel Bodman (right) offers a real opportunity to resolve an enigma for Senate Democrats. Bodman is a chemical engineer with no background in…
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Lest we forget: Hiroshima Peace Memorial (source) Does the United States need the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP)—a new 1 MT bunker busting nuclear weapon? After dueling op-eds on that question and the future of the nuclear deterrent by Frank…
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Zhao announced China would no longer support proliferation during a toast. Xinhua confirms. The obituaries will focus on Zhao’s support for domestic political reform in China as Premier (1980-1987) and General Secretary of the CCP (1987-1989). As premier, Zhao also…
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The National Intelligence Council has released a new report, Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council’s 2020 Project, that leads with this doozy: China will overtake Russia and others as the second largest defense spender after the…
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After a 13 December 2004 meeting of the EU3-Iran “Steering Group” (right) that Javiar Solana called “more symbolic than substantive,” Iran-EU working groups began to deal substantively with three issue baskets: economic-technical, political-security and nuclear cooperation. (Paul summarized the working…
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This doesn’t usually happen. Honest. MDA Director Henry “Trey” Obering (right) attributes the failure of IFT-13C to a “very minor computer software glitch.” Noah Shachtman, however, has posted a fantastic analysis from former DOD Director of Operational Test and Evaluation…
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Dammit. Shachtman over at DefenseTech.org suggests my efforts to entice my readership to join us for a drink or eight at the Fox & Hounds pub— Washington DC, next Tuesday, the 18th, starting around 8pm—weren’t exactly rousing. So let me…
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Taking arms control with him? The Washington Times reports that SECSTATE has approved a plan to merge the State Department’s arms control and nonproliferation bureaus “having concluded that much of their work oveps and resources are being wasted.” The State…
