This magazine cover irritated A.Q. Khan. Hey, it could have been worse. (A friendly warning: this is a long post.) [Update | 2153. A few clarifications and elaborations have been added at the end. Look for the numbered notes sprinkled through the text.] To observe something is to influence it, or so we are told. …
The Green Zone: an ACW Movie Review
by | 2010-03-21 | 24 Comments
“ ‘Where did this intel come from? Did we get it from the UN?’ ‘No, it’s been vetted by the US Government.’ ” Or words to that effect, I don’t have a transcript for the movie The Green Zone. I’m just your humble ACW movie reviewer. I’m not sure what the connotation of that bit …
Dialing for Proliferation Dollars
by | 2010-03-20 | 16 Comments
Proliferation for profit is in the air. You can hardly turn on your TV or radio without seeing David Albright talking about his excellent new book, “Peddling Peril.” I have long advocated thinking about proliferation as a business and applying the results of research on the diffusion of technology to understanding how countries get the …
China's Kinetic Kill Vehicle
by | 2010-03-18 | 10 Comments
Obviously, I am interested in China’s hit-to-kill program, whether it is aimed at satellites or ballistic missiles. Someone posted a very interesting analysis of the Chinese hit-to-kill program on a Chinese bulletin board (in Chinese of course). (I am not sure which is the original version, though I think it may be one of two.) …
