Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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I’ll be giving a talk, Space Weaponization Spending in FY2005 Defense Budget, at the 9th PIIC Beijing Seminar on International Security (12-15 October 2004) in Nanjing, China. Yes, the Beijing Seminar is being held in Nanjing. How should I know?…
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Fred Kaplan, author of The Wizards of Armageddon, has a review of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in the New York Times. The whole thing is worth a read, but…
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U.S. Representative Curt Weldon (R-PA) has apparently confirmed that the United States is attempting to establish a backchannel with North Korea through Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi [I am going with the State Dept. spelling]. In July, US National Security Advisor…
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Rose Gottemoellar has a spot-on letter to the FT about Bush’s leadership, or lack thereof, on North Korea and Iran issues: Bush showed lack of leadership over N Korea and Iran policy Financial Times, October 7 2004 03:00 From Ms…
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The Pentagon often issues dire sounding warnings like : “The Soviets have … at least one ground-based laser, also at Sary Shagan, that may have sufficient power to damage some unprotected satellites in near-earth orbits.” “China already may possess the…
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One of my favorite cocktail party gambits is to explain that the United States lost nuclear weapons all the time during the Cold War, including one off the coast of Georgia in 1958. After a moment of awkward disbelief, I…
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One of the nice things about living in Washington is meeting interesting people. I was lucky enough to meet Brett Marston, though under the worst possible circumstances. Brett has a blog focusing on “law and politics worldwide, etc.” He made…
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A US military briefing on Space Operations describes the so-called Microsat Kinetic Kill Payload (MKKP): Mission: Destruction of Enemy Spacecraft Up to 10 can be placed in orbit in 1 SMV [Space Maneuver Vehicle, ed.] using rotary launcher Target DATA…
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The wierdest moment of the Presidential debate was the candidates getting wonky over the merits of bilateral vs. multilateral negotiations. I was going to do my best to explain the difference, but Peter Scoblic beat me to it with an…
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Paul Kerr notes that Newsweek (October 11, 2004) has the other shoe dropping on Administration claims about its role in disarming Libya: “We convinced Libya to disarm,” Bush said. But in fact the British played the lead role in the…
