This shoe box entry could benefit greatly from reader participation. I have three great one-liners about the quest for the Bomb in my 4×6 card collection. My definition of a one-liner is different from Henny Youngman. (Am I showing my age and nationality? Sample Henny Youngman one-liner: “The food on the plane was fit for …
HASC Language on Stockpile Management
by | 2009-06-23 | 18 Comments
The House Armed Services Committee defense authorization bill contains language that would repeal language creating the RRW program in favor of a “stockpile management program.” I notice that the term of art is management, not modernization, although I wouldn’t object to latter word if the effort was confined to the purposes established in the language: …
UK Trident Yield
by | 2009-06-22 | 23 Comments
Back in January 2008, Michael Bilton in the Sunday Times had a very interesting article on the UK Trident force that I somehow missed. Sort of a UK-version of Doug Waller’s excellent, Big Red. The most intriguing part, to me, is the suggestion that the UK warheads have variable yields. Previously, UK officials had indicated …
Collision at Sea
by | 2009-06-21 | 5 Comments
A few days ago, CNN reported that a Chinese submarine had collided with the towed sonar array of a USN destroyer. The AP now reports confirmation of the incident by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The American side has yet to acknowledge it, according to Stars & Stripes. Perhaps now would be a good time to …
