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About ten years ago (25 January 1995) a Black Brant XII rocket launch from Northern Norway triggered a false alarm in the Russian early warning system. How close the false alarm came to triggering an accidental nuclear war is a…
Canada has decided not to participate in the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Canadian press reports that the decision began to take shape in mid-February as Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin began to shape his defense budget request. The original…
I’ll be at McGill University in Montreal through Sunday.
An example of enhanced perimeter security and entry control fencing provided to Russia under the Nunn-Lugar program. The National Intelligence Council has issued an updated (November 2004) Annual Report to Congress on the Safety and Security of Russian Nuclear Facilities…
Condi says what Don wants. Does he dress her, too? Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post has an interesting article on U.S. rhetoric toward North Korea. After North Korea declared that it possessed nuclear weapons, I asked two questions: do…
Michelle Goldberg reports from CPAC on Rep. Chris Cox’s wisdom: America’s Operation Iraqi Freedom is still producing shock and awe, this time among the blame-America-first crowd,” he crowed. Then he said, “We continue to discover biological and chemical weapons and…
The Congressional Budget Office has released Budget Options (February 2005), which presents options to the House and Senate for altering federal spending and revenues. Among the cuts to national defense spending, CBO examined several options relating to nuclear weapons and…
I’ve had a case of the flu. I should resume posting over the weekend.
Long Island’s Newsday reports on the contents of a recent intelligence community-wide assessment of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. The estimates run from the CIA (2-3 bombs) to DIA (12-15 bombs, “tops”), with DOE in between. Newsday reports that discrepancies “reflect…
Apparently even its memory is too much. In mid-January, I reported that the State Department was poised to merge the bureaus responsible for arms control and nonproliferation. SecState Rice has agreed in principle to the merger, sources tell InsideDefense.com. As…
