… well, that’s what anonymous senior intelligence official told FOX news: North Korea’s decision to detonate a nuclear device underground Monday caught the United States by surprise, officials said. “They didn’t give us any warning whatsoever,” one senior U.S. intelligence official who works on North Korean issues told FOX News. Another intelligence official, as well …
The Gilpatric Committee Report
by | 2009-06-11 | 15 Comments
What’s the most important U.S. government report on nuclear and arms control matters that has gotten little notice and even less respect? My vote goes to the Gilpatric Committee report. presented to LBJ in January 1965. So let’s open the shoe box files to Roswell Gilpatric, and give credit where it’s due. Gilpatric was one …
SS-21 Debris In Georgia, Revisited
by | 2009-06-10 | 9 Comments
Hey, remember how much fun (more) we had trying to determine which Russian missiles were fired into Georgia from pictures of debris, such as this rocket body laying on an unfortunate sedan? Well, the new NASIC slickee (aka Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat, 2009) reproduces this picture with the caption “Russian SS-21 Damage in Georgia …
North Korea and International Norms
by | 2009-06-10 | 19 Comments
North Korea is rightly considered an international pariah that not only starves its population while pampering its dictator but also thumbs its nose at the international community’s demand that it not test nuclear bombs or continue its missile development. It is therefore, perhaps, strange to think why the DPRK tested its two nuclear bombs underground. …
