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“China is believed to be conducting research and development on a direct-ascent ASAT system that could be fielded in the 2005-2010 timeframe.” Well that sounds very serious, but is it true? The statement, which comes from the 2003 edition of…
The American Forces Press Service published a Reagan retrospective, entitled “Reagan’s National Security Policy Targeted Soviet Threat”, that closes with this comment: History shows that 1980s Soviet military expenditures made in an attempt to keep up with the Americans eventually…
1973. The Soviet Ambassador calls the National Security Advisor. What major crisis dominates their conversation? Just read it. Read this one, too. Now, Dmitry.
The Russian Federation and Republic of Belarus will conduct their first Open Skies Treaty observation mission over the territory of the United States this week (The Russians have conducted some other missions prior to entry-into-force). The treaty, which entered into…
A colleague sent me a Reuters story that so mangles a UNHCR report on the human rights situation in Iraq that I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. The gist of the Reuters story is: While crediting the United…
The National Post reports that the Canadian Department of National Defence is conducting a $65-million program, Project sapphire, to join the United States Space Surveillance Network. Canada will launch “a satellite with an optical sensor to look at objects in…
Just when you thought the space-based laser was dead … the Canadian Department of National Defence reveals that it believes the program has gone black to hide it from scrutiny. Last year, MDA closed its Space-based Laser (SBL) program office…
The 2004 edition of the Department of Defense’s Annual Report on the Military Power of the People’s Republic of China has been released and, well, it is pretty disappointing. The most important sections (according to DOD) are actually shorter than…
Soldiers who captured Saddam Hussein gave Bush the gun that the deposed dictator was carrying at the time of his capture. Bush reportedly keeps the gun in a study adjoining the Oval Office “and is said to show it to…
There is lots of good coverage on Allawi out there, especially from the New Republic and Josh Marshall. Digging out who did what to whom will take some time on this story, but – as a little background – I…
