I am in Shanghai, attending the Stanley Foundation’s US-China Regional Dialogue on Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation here at Fudan University. This is part of a two-week tour of China that will include Beijing and Qingdao. I should be able to blog pretty regularly. In addition, James has promised to resume posting and I’ve lined up …
Be Careful What You Wish For
by | 2008-10-20 | 2 Comments
By all accounts, the US has succeeded in getting North Korea to agree to inspections at undeclared facilities as part of the verification process—another impressive diplomatic victory for Chris Hill. There’s little prospect the US will try to use this provision imminently as it appears to have agreed to a “plutonium first” approach. But, when …
DF-21 Delta aka CSS-5 Mod 4
by | 2008-10-14 | 28 Comments
I am fascinated by China’s development of conventionally-armed ballistic missiles, particularly the development of a conventionally-armed DF-21 variant, the DF-21C (pictured above, it seems). I recently read an article in Defense News by Wendell Minnick on conventionally-armed DF-21s and the threat to US carriers. It’s a good article. One observation, though — the author and …
B61 Mod 12 LEP
by | 2008-10-13 | 5 Comments
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, Elaine Grossman had an excellent story on the B61 Mod 12 LEP. Elaine reported that NNSA was considering either increasing the size of the B61 or reducing the explosive yield to create “real estate” for new new safety and security features: However, if the Pentagon could either …
