Yesterday’s NYT op-ed by Secretary William Perry, Ash Cater, and Michael May at first seemed rather boring to me. What should the government do to prepare for the day after a nuclear terrorist attack? All I really picked up was…
I attended the Arms Control Association’s Avoiding Renewed U.S.-Russian Strategic Competition panel (remarks online transcript coming) yesterday. During the question and answer session, Representative Ellen Tauscher mentioned that a viable alternative to the European GMD site is a combination of…
Thanks for Marc and Matt for holding down the fort while I was away. The FAA issued three “notices to airman” (NOTAMs) that indicate that the Air Force is taking the Airborne Laser (ABL) out for a little spin this…
Gadzooks! How did it get to be Friday already? Thanks much to Mr. AC Wonk for the opportunity—I’ll try not to let it go to my head. Without further ado… Really, when you think about it, is there anything wilder…
So Marc, you say, what gives? You’ve been hanging out on the couch for days and not one wonky aircraft post? Fair enough – give the people what they want. Jeffrey talks a lot about Iran’s nuclear program here, and…
I had some long-winded post somewhere inside me, but reading the papers about all this missile defense brouhaha in Europe reminds me of an amusing anectdote that was meted out over cocktails the other day. “Ahmadine… Ahmed… whatever. Yes, I’ll…
So I am skimming a strange little article in The Sun, which starts out about Putin threatening to point missiles at Europe and then somehow moves on to quoting the Clash. Why are there articles about missiles in tabloids? Why…
Not to be outdone in having a say in the Banco Delta Asia issue, a senior Russian official, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov, said today that Russian banks would be able to assist in the transfer of that scary $25…
Buenas tardes, ACW addicts. I’ll be co-housewarming Jeffrey’s vacation crib on the Internet for a few days while he’s off trying not to be a wonk. I’ll try to keep the salsa on the chips and off the leather. First…
Matt & Marc Hey, folks. Greetings from vacation in San Francisco and environs. I have asked two magnificent bastards to guest blog this week in my absence. Marc Schanz is an associate editor at Air Force Magazine. Marc has been…
