You have no doubt seen the Times of London story, in which Catherine Philp claims to have obtained a 2007 “technical document” from from Iran that “describes the use of a neutron source, uranium deuteride, which independent experts confirm has no possible civilian or military use other than in a nuclear weapon.” (The Times published …
Why The Navy Should Retire TLAM-N
by | 2009-12-13 | 29 Comments
The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, or TLAM, is named after the Tomahawk — a Native American axe. If you have ever seen a Western movie, the tomahawk is thrown overhand, and can be quite dangerous as Ed Ames — who played a Native Amerian on the television program Daniel Boone — demonstrated on the Tonight …
Off To Beijing!
by | 2009-12-11 | 12 Comments
I am off to Beijing for the next week, to participate in the Seventh US-China Conference on Arms Control, Disarmament and Nonproliferation, co-hosted by the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association and the Monterey Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. The image, obviously, is not from CACDA. A free beer to anyone who can …
Another Bulava Failure
by | 2009-12-10 | 13 Comments
After a brief UFO-scare — really, people — the Russians have confirmed that the spiraling light seen from Norway was yet another failed Bulava test. Pavel Podvig has a nice post up. This is pretty much the best video I can find. Brian Williams, by the way, is an idiot. “Never seen-before spiral”? Says who, …
