Where Is North Korea's IRBM?
The U.S., South Korea, and Japan all should have a pretty good idea of what kind of missiles North Korea is shooting into the Sea of Japan at any given time, what with all the radars and imaging systems available…
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Do You Know What This Thing Is?
click on the image for a larger version The Iranian video apparently showing some of the manufacturing stages of the Safir two stage rocket still has a lot of information that needs to be analyzed. One important aspect is a…
Tone Deaf in the Mid-East
The Arab Institute for Security Studies recently hosted an international conference on nuclear energy and nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. This represents a sort of trip report on that very interesting conference The Amman skyline There is a great…
Cold Warriors and High Quality Deterrence
President Obama’s pursuit of a follow-on strategic arms reduction treaty with Moscow and ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty has prompted echoes of past treaty debates. So let’s delve into the shoe boxes to reminisce about “high quality deterrence.”…
START Follow-on Roundup
Just a quick wrap-up on our coverage of Obama’s trip to Moscow, including the the Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty: 1. My take on the START Follow-on, 2. Josh Pollack’s take on the companion Joint Statement on Missile…
Joint Understanding US Full Text
I think lots of people have copies now of the English version of the Joint Understanding — though NSC has not responded to my email request. Harumph. Here it is: JOINT UNDERSTANDING The President of the United States of America…
Piers Millett at NAF Reminder
Just a reminder that New America and Global Green USA are hosting a talk and a wine reception for Piers Millet here at the New America Foundation: Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention Discussion and Wine Reception Unlike the Nuclear Nonproliferation…
START Joint Understanding
Yesterday, I wondered if the White House fact sheet on the START Follow-on was not the Joint Understanding itself. Sometimes, of course, the press flacks just slap “fact sheet” on something and send it out the door. In this case,…
Joint Statement on Missile Defense Issues
Since Jeff and Pavel already have done such a nice job explicating the “Joint Understanding for the START Follow-On Treaty,” I’d thought I’d chime in with a couple of thoughts about its poor cousin, the “Joint Statement by Dmitry A.…
Follow on to START
Well, we have a Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty. I observe that Reuters, in one of those irritating self indulgent news analysis pieces, frames the question “Spin or Deep Cut?” (The article, by Guy Faulconbridge is actually pretty…