Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in a Wall Street Journal oped, has announced the force structure for the New START treaty: Based on the recommendations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, we plan to meet the Treaty’s limits by retaining…
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I was going to announce the IISS dossier on Iran’s Ballistic Missile Capabilities: A Net Assessment, but Geoff beat me to it. Nevertheless, I cannot resist, because I am in the dossier. And I mean that literally. On page 131.…
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The United States will not develop new nuclear warheads or pursue new military missions or new capabilities for nuclear weapons. Statement by President Barack Obama on the Release of Nuclear Posture Review, April 06, 2010 I gather that the President…
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5,113. That’s the number of active nuclear weapons in the US stockpile as of Sept. 30, 2009. The Defense Department has released aggregate stockpile numbers for 1962-2009, as well as annual warhead dismantlements from 1994-2009 in a fact sheet entitled,…
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The other day after Tom Schelling spoke at one of our events, we stepped into the elevator together. David Hoffman, who works upstairs, was standing inside. I introduced them. “A Nobel Prize winner and a Pulitzer Prize winner,” I said.…
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The DPRK has issued its own “nuclear posture review” — actually a “memorandum” titled something like “The Korean Peninsula and the Nuclear Issue” (English | Korean). The Korean version is substantially longer and more detailed. It needs a decent translation,…
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The Pentagon submitted a report to Congress containing the claim that Iran could develop an intercontinental ballistic missile by 2015. Ah, the dreaded could. Section 1245 of the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act required the Department of Defense to submit…
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After the very unusual television debate among the candidates for UK Prime Minister, the Liberal Democrats have, according to some polls, shot into the lead. (The poll numbers above are from one of those instant response things; the race is…
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Well, you were going to get a post on the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review and the “clean” Negative Security Assurance — until I checked my mailbox. This bad boy arrived. This is the collected papers — and meeting notes —…
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So, I go to meetings on “deterring Iran” all the time where someone says “I think Thomas Schelling would say …” The funny thing is, Tom is still around. And he has actual opinions on the issue. One needn’t perform…
