The Strategic Posture Commission Report contains at least one outright howler — the claim that the deployment of nuclear-armed cruise missiles is essential to extended deterrence in Asia: In Asia, extended deterrence relies heavily on the deployment of nuclear cruise missiles on some Los Angeles class attack submarines—the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile/Nuclear (TLAM/N). This capability …
Persbo Cover
by | 2009-05-07 | 12 Comments
Mail call this morning brought a magazine in a nondescript brown paper envelope — the sort one imagines is used for pornographic magazines. If the return address affixed to the envelope didn’t say “CTBTO Preparatory Commission,” I would have been very worried. Turns out it is just the latest edition of CTBTO Spectrum featuring an …
Oh, Calm Down
by | 2009-05-07 | 11 Comments
I’ve been taking a blog break, but this one has my dander up. The Washington Times created a tempest in a teapot with a very silly front-page “exclusive” today. It’s exclusive, all right. The article distorts a quote from Rose Gottemoeller to the effect of, the U.S. would like to see everyone in the NPT: …
Sovereignty on the Moon?
by | 2009-05-07 | 13 Comments
I’m in Montreal for a conference on space debris. It’s a wonderful city (we wondered into Chinatown for dinner last night and, spiritually, I haven’t left yet) and I hope the conference is half as good. It opened today with a round table discussion on the governance of space: what can and should be agreed …
