Avatar photoDPRK: Practicalities of Interdicting WMD

UNSC Resolution 1874: 12. Calls upon all Member States to inspect vessels, with the consent of the flag State, on the high seas, if they have information that provides reasonable grounds to believe that the cargo of such vessels contains items the supply, sale, transfer, or export of which is prohibited by paragraph 8 (a), …

Avatar photoIC Surprised at NORK Test?

… 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 …

Avatar photoThe Gilpatric Committee Report

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 …

Avatar photoSS-21 Debris In Georgia, Revisited

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 …