My Humble Thanks
Wow. I mentioned that I didn’t have a copy of Sustaining the Nuclear Enterprise – A New Approach. I didn’t just receive multiple copies of the report (here it is) … I also learned many people with real expertise and…
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CRS Reports: Links
Steve Aftergood brought these two links (one and two) to my attention. I thought I’d add this (little-known, I think) one from the State Department. I don’t think it’s searchable, but for finding recent foreign policy-related reports, it’s wicked good.
Sustaining the Nuclear Enterprise – A New Approach
Two weeks ago, John Fleck at the Albuquerque Journal reported (subscription only) that the nuclear weapons labs are lining up behind a plan to scrap the curent “Stockpile Stewardship Program” developed to maintain US nuclear weapons without testing: The United…
Is China Developing a MARV?
Anonymous officials tell Bill Gertz that China is develping a maneuverable re-entry vehicle for the DF-31 and JL-1 ballistic missiles: A CCTV program about MARVs that got Rick Fisher all hot and bothered. It also is developing a maneuverable re-entry…
WMD Proliferation Financing Executive Order
Dafna Linzer reports President Bush will sign an Executive Order allowing the United States to freeze assets of persons who do business with eight entities in North Korea, Iran and Syria that the Bush Administration believes are involved in poliferation:…
Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century
I totally missed that the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee published a position paper entitled Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century. Ivan Oelrich didn’t, though. He’s drafted a five page response, summarized below: Comments on the United States…
Chinese Dragon Awakens
The Washington Times has the first a three-part series by Bill Gertz hyping the threat from China. It includes this paragraph that seems so insane from where I am sitting—a hotel room in Beijing: “We may be seeing in China…
JL-2 SLBM Flight Test
Greetings from Beijing. Li Bin (right) says hello. China flight tested a Julang-2 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on or near June 10. A (probably Golf-class) submarine launched the JL-2 westward toward a target on a test range inside the…
Appoint A Special Envoy for Six Party Talks Now
Senators Reid (D-NV), Levin (D-MI), Biden (D-DE) and Rockefeller (D-WV) have urged President Bush “to appoint a special envoy to coordinate Korea policy and represent us in direct dialogue with North Korea and at the Six Party talks.” The argument—outlined…
Is the Bush Administration Too Divided To Deal With North Korea?
Chun Dong-young and the Il-iminator himself. Kim Jong Il reportedly told South Korean Unification Minister Chun Dong-young (right), “If the United States treats the North in a friendly manner, we will possess not one nuclear weapon.” Kim also expressed a…