Two weeks ago, John Fleck at the Albuquerque Journal reported (subscription only) that the nuclear weapons labs are lining up behind a plan to scrap the curent “Stockpile Stewardship Program” developed to maintain US nuclear weapons without testing: The United…
Anonymous officials tell Bill Gertz that China is develping a maneuverable re-entry vehicle for the DF-31 and JL-1 ballistic missiles: A CCTV program about MARVs that got Rick Fisher all hot and bothered. It also is developing a maneuverable re-entry…
Dafna Linzer reports President Bush will sign an Executive Order allowing the United States to freeze assets of persons who do business with eight entities in North Korea, Iran and Syria that the Bush Administration believes are involved in poliferation:…
I totally missed that the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee published a position paper entitled Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century. Ivan Oelrich didn’t, though. He’s drafted a five page response, summarized below: Comments on the United States…
The Washington Times has the first a three-part series by Bill Gertz hyping the threat from China. It includes this paragraph that seems so insane from where I am sitting—a hotel room in Beijing: “We may be seeing in China…
Greetings from Beijing. Li Bin (right) says hello. China flight tested a Julang-2 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on or near June 10. A (probably Golf-class) submarine launched the JL-2 westward toward a target on a test range inside the…
Senators Reid (D-NV), Levin (D-MI), Biden (D-DE) and Rockefeller (D-WV) have urged President Bush “to appoint a special envoy to coordinate Korea policy and represent us in direct dialogue with North Korea and at the Six Party talks.” The argument—outlined…
Chun Dong-young and the Il-iminator himself. Kim Jong Il reportedly told South Korean Unification Minister Chun Dong-young (right), “If the United States treats the North in a friendly manner, we will possess not one nuclear weapon.” Kim also expressed a…
I am off to Beijing for about a month, initially to attend a CISSM Workshop at Tsinghua University (清华大学) and then, eventually, deliver two lectures at Tsinghua’s Arms Control Seminar In the meantime, I leave you with a little Nelson…
Gullible isn’t exactly the word that comes to mind … Michael Katz-Hyman responds to an op-ed by Jim Oberg in USA Today. (I don’t see the letter on-line) Oberg argues that most space weapons plans are unrealistic, but then blames…
