Jane’s Information Group, and a whole bunch of other sites, have “found” a new, large launch complex in Iran that is close to the rather spartan launch pad for the Safir. What is irksome (at least to me) is that the new launch complex is visible in Google Earth images dating back a year ago. …
India To Conduct Hit-to-Kill Test
by | 2010-03-05 | 7 Comments
Update | 8 March 2010 Well, damn. That story is dated March 4, 2009. My parents used to get the year wrong when I was a kid. I’d roll my eyes and they warned me that it would happen to me someday. Wow. India is planning a test of its hit-to-kill theater missile defense system: …
Pyongyang’s Priorities
by | 2010-03-05 | 7 Comments
Malnourished children awaiting treatment at a hospital in Sariwon City (North Hwanghae Province) on 18 February 2009. Photo: World Food Program/Lena Savelli There’s a really fine post over at NOH about seizures of goods headed to and from North Korea under UN Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874. If you don’t know, 1718 prohibited imports …
Plague and Cholera
by | 2010-03-04 | 7 Comments
Julian Borger has a post up on the Nuclear Posture Review, in which I liken choosing among the two options on declaratory policy to the choice between plague and cholera. Chris Jones over at PONI literally doesn’t understand the argument, which leads me to think that if a smart guy like Chris can be so …
