The President of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, has something to say. The complete text will appear in the comments. For now, I’d just like to call your attention to this passage: Fellow citizens, We have always tolerated North Korea’s brutality, time and again. We did so because we have always had a genuine longing for …
Avner Cohen on Israel and South Africa
by | 2010-05-24 | 50 Comments
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 …
