Tom Tomorrow
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2004
332 posts
Bob Joseph Says Missile Defense Will Be Space Based
Here is the last paragraph in the Aviation Week & Space Technology article on easing export controls to improve international missile defense collaboration: Long-time missile defense advocate Robert G. Joseph, special assistant to the President and senior director for proliferation…
NFIRE Gets Some Bad Press
ABCNews.com has a story on space weaponization, with the the Near Field Infra Red Experiment as the lead (the author called me for a comment, but alas I was in Switzerland). The story even has “one senior government official and…
Killings in Fallujah
This morning on CNN someone asked, angrily, “Where were all the Iraqis who support our efforts during this horrific act?” The answer to that question is not unrelated to Secretary Rumsfeld’s flip declaration that he doesn’t understand soft power. International…
Nye on Rumsfeld on Soft Power
Joe Nye has an op-ed in the Washington Post today with the story about Rumsfeld and soft-power: After the war in Iraq, I spoke about soft power to a conference co-sponsored by the Army. One of the speakers was Defense…
How many Chinese Nuclear Weapons Redux
In a previous post, I noted that the “NAIC estimates China has 140 nuclear ballistic missiles” including about 100 medium range ballistic missiles (MRBMs). A close look at classified documents leaked to the press suggests the number of MRBMs may…
Free Press in Iraq (What a difference a week makes)
The White House’s 22 March 2004 Iraq Fact of the Day: Fact #52: FREE PRESS IN IRAQ (03/22/04) Free press is flourishing in Iraq and providing the Iraqi people with access to a variety of news sources. More than 646…
St. Kitts and Nevis Sign CTBT
I’ve just returned from the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, only to learn of an event of major geopolitical importance: the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis has signed the CTBT. I will, of course, closely follow the ratification process…
From OJ to A Bian
Chen Shui-bian dispersed the crowds that had camped out near the presidential palace by agreeing to an independent panel to investigate the election eve assasination attempt (The 1000 riot police didn’t hurt, either). Taiwan’s CTI Cable News is reporting that…
China Warns of Intervention in Taiwan
A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said Friday that China “will not sit back and look on unconcerned should the post-election situation in Taiwan get out of control, leading to social turmoil, endangering the lives…