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The Russians — big surprise — have released the Russian text of the New START/Prague Treaty and the Protocol. Last I heard, the Obama Administration was planning to wait until the entire packet was submitted to the Senate. Of course,…
To oversell or underplay — that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer slings and arrows by acknowledging modest gains, or to claim immodest accomplishments in search of 67 votes in the Senate. Since treaty foes…
Remy just wants to remind everyone that we are hosting a happy hour tomorrow (Thursday) to celebrate Leonor Tomero’s move to the Hill. The Big Hunt 1345 Connectiuct Ave. NW After Work (say 5:30 or so).
click on the image for a larger version The trajectories for the bus/warhead/decoy complex (in red) and a cloud of chuff released just before burnou (in yellow)t. (With apologies to Langston Hughes.) The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) might paraphrase Langston…
There is, ultimately, going to be a post from me about the details of the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review — but the details are probably not what is important. So, let me start with that. What is important is that…
U.S. Department of Defense photo by Cherie Cullen The Obama Nuclear Posture Review — and that’s what it is — is a major accomplishment. (I’ve written about it in a column to appear soon at the Bulletin. Stay tuned. Here…
Today is April 5, 2010, the one year anniversary of North Korea’s failed attempt to launch a satellite into orbit. Depending on how you count them, this was either the DPRK’s second or third attempt to launch a satellite. (I…
Photo credit: John McDowell. (Worth checking out his entire portfolio, by the way). Peter Baker, in the New York Times, has a long piece on the bomber counting rules in the New START (or Prague Treaty). The bottom line —…
The lovely and talented Leonor Tomero is leaving the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation for the greener pastures of the House Armed Services Committee. You know what that means! So, come help the Nukes of Hazard crew drown their…
The US-Korea Institute at SAIS has a new blog, with the swell name 38 North. (That’s the latitude longitude line that established the division of Korea.) I’ve got an article (How AQ Khan Helped Distort America’s DPRK Policy) that applies…
