I’ve been meaning to write something on my objections to a proposal by Crispin Rovere and Kalman Robertson to ban low-yield nuclear weapons. Now, I should say that I think developing low-yield nuclear weapons seems like a pretty terrible idea. I am not much of a fan of what used to be called “plywood” …
Cruise Missile Proliferation
by | 2013-08-27 | 22 Comments
At the moment, the cruise missiles on everyone’s mind are spinning up in the Mediterranean. But a few weeks ago, I wrote a little piece on the new National Air Space Intelligence Center on ballistic and cruise missile threat that I had intended to publish in Foreign Policy. But neither Peter nor I could get …
FYRP: Jumpin’ Jack Flash
by | 2013-08-27 | 1 Comment
As promised, it has arrived! Scott Shane – New York Times | Wait, I seem to remember discussing Syrian use of chemical weapons. In April. (Does FYRP – Fuzzy Red Lines ring any bells?) We really knew about this back then, despite what the White House told Senator McCain. Assad blurred the red line into …
Iran and Secondary Uranium Sources
by | 2013-08-23 | 7 Comments
Near the end of what seemed a super-busy and seamless six-month transition from spring to fall without the respite of a summer silly season, a lighter tabloid moment arrived last week. The government of Zimbabwe proclaimed that a revelation in the London Times of a secret uranium deal with Iran had been breathed into life by …
