After escaping the clutches of a term paper draft, it returns! Associated Press | Whoops. Seems like the people in charge of the most powerful weapons known to man just weren’t up to the job, and needed a bit of extra training. Not the first mistake of this manner. Navy Live | Apparently, the Navy …
Inspections at Minot
by | 2013-05-17 | 4 Comments
I have a new column up at Foreign Policy (“Death Wears Bunny Slippers”) considering this recent story at the Air Force has suspended 17 ICBM launch officers are Minot Air Force Base and initiated proceedings against another. The column is largely an act of media criticism. After several Air Force mishaps relating to the handling …
Traffic Wardens and Kim Posters
by | 2013-05-16 | 11 Comments
I have a column up at 38North discussing whether North Korea will test a Musudan anytime soon (“Pit or Get Off the Shot“) — with a bottle of the local plonk riding on the outcome with Joel Wit. I touched briefly on the issue of politics inside North Korea, but wanted to have an extended …
Saving Cities
by | 2013-05-14 | 14 Comments
Aspiring wonks, here is your end-of-semester exam question: It’s not OK to use cluster munitions in metropolitan areas, but it is OK to use nuclear weapons against targets that fall within or close to them. Yes? No? Under some circumstances? Explain. States that possess nuclear weapons are reluctant to argue whether and how their use …
