W. in Space
Tom Tomorrow has an interesting suggestion about the relationship between W.’s service record (as it were) and his Administration’s enthusiasm for all things space.
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Transformational Satellite and Space-Based Radar in Trouble?
Looks like two major Pentagon satellite programs are facing real trouble on the Hill: Asked about the Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) and Space-Based Radar (SBR) programs, Lockheed Martin CEO Vance Coffman told Defense News that “the question will be, how…
How many Chinese nuclear weapons?
Today, I am working on the dissertation chapter about Chinese nuclear deployments. Recent reports by the Council on Foreign Relations, National Resources Defense Council and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (subscription) all describe the People’s Republic of China as…
Cooperative Satellite Tracking and Low Observable Satellites
I’ve just finished a paper for the ISA Conference in Montreal suggesting that we should support (and probably expand) Air Force Space Command proposals to provide satellite tracking data and analytic support to foreign and commercial entities. If we don’t…
Iraqi WMD (or lack thereof)
Former Iraq Survey Group head David Kay testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that “we were almost all wrong” about Iraq. He had earlier explained that the U.S. intelligence community was fooled by the “vortex of corruption” in Iraq…
US Torpedoes the CD
We recently (26 February 2004) torpedoed the Conference on Disarmament. After the Chinese and Russians dropped demands for negotiations on preventing an arms race in outer space, the ball was in our court. Our Ambassador to the CD, Jackie Wolcott…