Greetings from Rock Island, IL
If you find yourself stuck in Rock Island, make sure to stop by Theo’s Java Hut in Rock Island(213 17th St. With wifi, though the staff doesn’t seem to know this) and have dinner at Duck City Bistro in Davenport…
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Iraq and GPS Jamming
The Defense Department has been pointing to Iraq’s use of GPS jammers to justify a much more significant investment in counterspace capabilities. No exception is today’s American Forces Press Service release under the headline, “Iraq Jamming Incident Underscores Lessons about…
Right Wing Pot Shots at Terry Little
Al Kamen of the Washington Post takes the piss out of the Missile Defense Agency’s Terry Little for his memo writing skills. Kamen calls a recent memo by Little, Kinetic Energy Interceptor Program Manager, “a wonderful example” of bureaucratic memos…
Nuclear Goings on in North Korea
There was an enormous explosion in North Korea. “There was no indication that was a nuclear event of any kind. Exactly what it was, we’re not sure,” our Secretary of State Colin Powell told ABC’s This Week. Powell added that…
Augustana Convocation
Arms Control Wonk will be returning home to Augustana College to participate in an alumni panel entitled, “Exploring the World Through Service and Self: Alumni Speak on Finding the Profit in Non-profit.“ I’ve been asked to reflect on the following:…
That’s Dr. Arms Control Wonk to you, sucker …
You might be asking, “Why haven’t you been posting lately, Mr. Arms Control Wonk?” And I would say “That’s Dr. Arms Control Wonk to you, sucker.” I successfully defended and finalized the manuscipt (China no longer sings the CTBT). At…
Space Based Radar for Missile Defense
It slices, it dices, it detects missile launches. Congress slashed the Space Based Radar program budget (- $250 M) in favor of funding the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), which detects missile launches. Now, the Defense Science Board releases a…
The Economist
Is it just me, or is The Economist suffering some serious cognitive dissonance about the Bush Administration? A recent editorial–“Don’t trust, don’t verify,” (September 2, 2004)–demonstrates the debilitating effect of this ambivalence. Talking about a ban on the production of…
Chinese SSBN
Damn. Just finished Lyle Goldstein and William Murray’s “Undersea Dragons: China’s Maturing Submarine Force,” (International Security, Spring 2004, pp.161-196). It contains what I would call several factual errors. This requires some additional research, but some things are awfully suspicious. For…
CISAC SMACKDOWN!
CISAC has made audio files of its August 11 Seminar Post-Cold War U. S. Nuclear Strategy:A Search for Technical and Policy Common Ground available on their website. Representative David Hobson (R-OH) just takes the piss out of the nuclear weapons…