A week ago, the State Department announced the imposition of sanctions for alleged supply of WMD and missile-related technology or destabilizing conventional weapons systems in accordance with the provisions of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (P.L. 109-353). Sanctions were levied against 13 entities from seven countries, as this Global Security Newswire story …
We Don't Need No Water, Let the Mother …
by | 2008-10-31 | 4 Comments
A fire broke out in a Minuteman III silo in Wyoming and burned undetected for five days. Tom Roeder from the Colorado Springs Gazette has the story. The use of duct tape is my favorite detail: The fire was May 23 at a silo 42 miles east of Cheyenne, Wyo,, where the Minuteman III missile …
Gen. Chilton on a Space Weapons Treaty
by | 2008-10-30 | 21 Comments
Yesterday morning I attended a breakfast featuring General Chilton, STRATCOM commander. The one-time astronaut offered this colorful illustration for why definitional issues would make it impossible, in his judgment, to negotiate a workable treaty banning space weapons: Let’s say you build a craft capable of pulling alongside a satellite, extending a robotic arm, and plucking …
Sarko on Obama
by | 2008-10-30 | 12 Comments
A diligent reader spotted an article in Haaretz reporting that, in private, Sarkozy has been very critical of Obama’s Iran policy, calling it (or perhaps him) “utterly immature”. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s positions on Iran, according to reports that have reached Israel’s government. Sarkozy has made …
