In the Guardian today, Chris McGreal has a sensationalist treatment of an episode in Israeli-South African relations from 1975. “Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons,” screams the headline! Subhead: “Exclusive: Secret apartheid-era papers give first official evidence of Israeli nuclear weapons.” The four documents that serve as the basis of the …
Greetings from Tokyo
by | 2010-05-24 | No Comments
I am in Tokyo for the week for a New America Foundation project on extended deterrence. It’s already been totally surreal — Mort Halperin was met by NHK, which is filming him for a documentary. At least we got a free ride to the Hotel Okura out of the deal. The meetings are private, but …
X37B Orbit Found, Mystery Remains
by | 2010-05-23 | 17 Comments
click on the image for a larger version You gotta’ love amateur satellite observers. They spend hours glued to their telescopes, binoculars, and/or video cameras for the shear joy of seeing a man made object cross the sky. Their latest triumph is determining the orbit of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-1). Through careful planning …
The Cheonan Report, Continued
by | 2010-05-22 | 5 Comments
The text and visual aids released at last week’s press conference on the findings of the multinational investigation into the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan are now available. (Another version of the briefing slides can be seen here.) The nature of the event now appears beyond serious dispute, so the debate has moved …
