Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in a Wall Street Journal oped, has announced the force structure for the New START treaty: Based on the recommendations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, we plan to meet the Treaty’s limits by retaining a triad of up to 420 ICBMs, 14 submarines carrying up to 240 SLBMs, and …
Acronym Blog & UKNI Presentation
by | 2010-05-11 | No Comments
When talking to Jeffrey earlier today, I said that I was planning to write a post or two from the Review Conference. However, as Rebecca Johnson and Carol Naughton are already covering the meeting excellently at their Acronym Institute Blog, I thought it’s probably better to direct traffic their way instead of my repeating the …
More on the the IISS Iranian Missile Dossier
by | 2010-05-11 | 3 Comments
I was going to announce the IISS dossier on Iran’s Ballistic Missile Capabilities: A Net Assessment, but Geoff beat me to it. Nevertheless, I cannot resist, because I am in the dossier. And I mean that literally. On page 131. Standing next to a DF-2. The picture atop this post also appears in the dossier, …
IISS Iranian Missile Dossier Released
by | 2010-05-10 | 5 Comments
The Iranian missile development program holds a special place in the hearts of armscontrolwonkers. We have discussed it on numerous occasions but we have never had the sort of in-depth and yet comprehensive discussion that it deserved. The International Institute for Strategic Studies has today released just such a study and I believe it will …
