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The lead paragraph of “In Stricter Study, U.S. Scales Back Claim on Cuba Arms” in the New York Times (September 17, 2004) leads: The Bush administration, using stringent standards adopted after the failure to find banned weapons in Iraq, has…
DARPA is now running the X-37 program. A few days ago, Space News reported that NASA had turned the X-37 program over to an unnamed government agency. NASA spokesman Michael Braukus has now confirmed that DARPA was the government agency…
If you find yourself stuck in Rock Island, make sure to stop by Theo’s Java Hut in Rock Island(213 17th St. With wifi, though the staff doesn’t seem to know this) and have dinner at Duck City Bistro in Davenport…
The Defense Department has been pointing to Iraq’s use of GPS jammers to justify a much more significant investment in counterspace capabilities. No exception is today’s American Forces Press Service release under the headline, “Iraq Jamming Incident Underscores Lessons about…
Al Kamen of the Washington Post takes the piss out of the Missile Defense Agency’s Terry Little for his memo writing skills. Kamen calls a recent memo by Little, Kinetic Energy Interceptor Program Manager, “a wonderful example” of bureaucratic memos…
There was an enormous explosion in North Korea. “There was no indication that was a nuclear event of any kind. Exactly what it was, we’re not sure,” our Secretary of State Colin Powell told ABC’s This Week. Powell added that…
Arms Control Wonk will be returning home to Augustana College to participate in an alumni panel entitled, “Exploring the World Through Service and Self: Alumni Speak on Finding the Profit in Non-profit.“ I’ve been asked to reflect on the following:…
You might be asking, “Why haven’t you been posting lately, Mr. Arms Control Wonk?” And I would say “That’s Dr. Arms Control Wonk to you, sucker.” I successfully defended and finalized the manuscipt (China no longer sings the CTBT). At…
It slices, it dices, it detects missile launches. Congress slashed the Space Based Radar program budget (- $250 M) in favor of funding the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), which detects missile launches. Now, the Defense Science Board releases a…
Is it just me, or is The Economist suffering some serious cognitive dissonance about the Bush Administration? A recent editorial–“Don’t trust, don’t verify,” (September 2, 2004)–demonstrates the debilitating effect of this ambivalence. Talking about a ban on the production of…
