click on the image for a larger version The trajectories for the bus/warhead/decoy complex (in red) and a cloud of chuff released just before burnou (in yellow)t. (With apologies to Langston Hughes.) The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) might paraphrase Langston Hughes to say to potential adversaries “Chuff your rocket like you ought to do but …
The Pivot
by | 2010-04-07 | 8 Comments
There is, ultimately, going to be a post from me about the details of the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review — but the details are probably not what is important. So, let me start with that. What is important is that the NPR ledes with the notion that the priority goal is to prevent nuclear proliferation …
Where the NPR Meets in the Middle
by | 2010-04-07 | 16 Comments
U.S. Department of Defense photo by Cherie Cullen The Obama Nuclear Posture Review — and that’s what it is — is a major accomplishment. (I’ve written about it in a column to appear soon at the Bulletin. Stay tuned. Here it is.) Compared to previous efforts, it takes on more issues and makes more positive …
1-year Anniversary of U'nha-2 Launch
by | 2010-04-05 | No Comments
Today is April 5, 2010, the one year anniversary of North Korea’s failed attempt to launch a satellite into orbit. Depending on how you count them, this was either the DPRK’s second or third attempt to launch a satellite. (I favor calling it the third satellite attempt but, as fellow-wonk contributor Josh Pollack points out, …
