The Brazilian government has refused to allow IAEA inspectors to examine the Resende uranium enrichment plant near Rio de Janeiro. “We feel deeply bothered, almost offended, when suspicions are raised about Brazil,” a senior Brazilian diplomat told the Washington Post. Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula de Silva, as well as the country/’s Science and Technology …
Bob Joseph Says Missile Defense Will Be Space Based
by | 2004-04-03 | No Comments
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 strategies, counterproliferation and homeland defense, argues that “ultimately we must go to space” and not …
NFIRE Gets Some Bad Press
by | 2004-04-02 | No Comments
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 defense expert” describing the program as “crossing the Rubicon into space weaponization.” I think I …
