This post has been updated as of 4:02 pm on Friday. Sometimes you see a picture that is simply so amazing you have trouble believing it is real. That was the case with two images the Air Force released from its SBIRS–HEO on-orbit checkout. I found them so amazing on so many different levels! My …
MDA Test Oddities
by | 2008-12-11 | 10 Comments
I am close to posting on the most recent Missile Defense Agency flight test (FTG-05). In case you wonder why this is taking me literally days to work through (with lots of help from David Wright), read these statements by new MDA Director General Patrick O’Reilly. Good afternoon, or as Mr. Whitman said, almost good …
Frank Pabian on Iran, Syria
by | 2008-12-10 | 9 Comments
In a talk at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Frank Pabian makes really amazing use of GoogleEarth and SketchUp. (There are also a couple of references to the blog, for which I am grateful.) You can also watch the Q&A:
Meet the erLEP
by | 2008-12-09 | 2 Comments
In my most recent article, After the Reliable Replacement Warhead, in Arms Control Today I mention the so-called “extensive reuse” Life Extension Program (erLEP), in which components are mined from other warhead designs to make more reliable weapons: One option that falls between current LEPs and the RRW program, proposed in a joint study by …
