The Carnegie Corporation of New York and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace are celebrating their 100th birthdays by creating a $50,000 prize to recognize individuals or institutions dedicated to advancing the cause of nuclear security. The prize is named after it’s first two recipients — Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar. Click after the jump to read …
On That Aeroflot Advert
by | 2012-08-30 | 16 Comments
Update | 1 September 2012 The image is from the 2011, not 2012, Victory Day Parade. I managed to find a high-resolution aerial shot of the 2012 Parade that allows us to exclude 2012 That would make the second set of vehicles the SA-22 (Pantsir-S1), not SS-21s. So, both sets of vehicles are for air …
GMD vs. North Korean ICBMs, Ctd.
by | 2012-08-28 | 15 Comments
Back in April, I asked how the Ground-based Midcourse Defense might be adapted in response to North Korea’s nascent (or embryonic) ICBM force. Thanks to Steven Aftergood of FAS, we now have the official answer. It’s included in the replies to Questions for the Record (QFRs) from a November 2011 hearing of the House Armed Services Committee. The hearing volume and …
Reciprocal Unilateral Measures
by | 2012-08-28 | 31 Comments
“Reciprocal unilateral measures” is not my favorite phrase, despite my rather considerable affection for some of the people who have made use of it. There is nothing wrong with the concept, mind you, but RUMs? Ugh. The term is back in our discourse, thanks to the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB), which has …
