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Quite a few of my friends have been urging me to write something about the “new” images of Iran’s space center that have shown up recently on Google Earth. The trouble is, I hate rehashing stuff I wrote about almost…
On January 11, 2010, China conducted a test on ground-based midcourse missile interception technology within its territory. The test has achieved the expected objective. The test is defensive in nature and is not targeted at any country. (Xinhua File Photo)…
The recent essay on declaratory policy by ACW’s own Jeff Lewis is one of those rare writings that brings the reader to think about a well-trodden subject anew. Jeff is onto something when he says that the representatives of a…
click on the image for a larger version Slide from a talk I gave on Capital Hill (sponsored by the AAAS) in March 2008. Media reports today indicate that China has tested “ground-based midcourse missile interception technology.” Details necessary for…
Iran is justifiably proud of its satellite launch last February. After all, both North and South Korea failed in their satellite attempts in that same year. It appears from images that are starting to show up on the web—pointed out…
The 1971 war between India and Pakistan ended in a decisive victory for India and the vivisection of Pakistan. Pakistan’s nuclear weapon program began shortly thereafter, when President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gathered the best and the brightest of his country’s…
Sorry for the light blogging of late — as usual, I am writing a lot, just not finishing anything. I notice this very interesting story by Paul Richter in the Los Angeles Times on deliberations over the Nuclear Posture Review.…
