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 …
Pinkston on NORK Goodies
by | 2009-06-21 | 2 Comments
The International Crisis Group, to my mind, is a very uneven operation. It also annoys me that they never sign their reports. But Dan Pinkston, out in Seoul, has a trio of very good reports on North Korea’s Chemical and Biological Weapons Programs, Nuclear and Missile Programs and Getting Back to Talks. Top notch stuff …
Nuclear Sesame Street
by | 2009-06-20 | 9 Comments
I’ve been reading “Caging the Dragon” on the flight to London and it reminded me of a little song from Sesame Street that goes: One of these things is not like the others One of these things is just not the same. What reminded me of that? These three yields: – Fission yield – Fusion …
