Just three days after the bombing of Nagaski, on August 12, 1945, General Leslie Groves released an “administrative history of the Atomic Bomb project and the basic scientific knowledge on which the several developments were based.” It was known as the Smyth Report, after its author, Professor Henry DeWolf Smyth. Smyth taught Physics at Princeton …
Still in DC
by | 2011-01-21 | 4 Comments
It has come to my attention that I have not been invited to a few meetings recently because some people mistakenly believe I have already moved to Monterey. I am still in DC here, for a year. Maybe longer if people stop inviting me to things!
IGCC Nuclear Posture Event
by | 2011-01-19 | 5 Comments
On Friday, January 21 at 2:00 pm, I will serve as a discussant on a panel in Washington hosted by the University of California-San Diego’s Institute for Global Conflict an Cooperation. Come join us. Details after the jump …
What Next?
by | 2011-01-18 | 56 Comments
In the wake of the Senate’s consent to New START, Washington’s wonkdom is focusing on ballistic missile defenses and tactical nuclear weapons. The reasons why are clear enough: The Senate has laid down markers calling for discussions on Russia’s non-strategic nuclear weapons and the deployment, as promised, of planned theater missile defenses. The former will …
