[Be careful what (comments) you ask for. Geoff Forden suggests that the premise is mistaken, and the Ashura isn’t necessarily solid-fueled at all. See the comments section below.] Say we woke up one morning, Gregor Samsa-like, to find that all the liquid-fueled ballistic missiles in the Middle East (spread around the region by good old-fashioned …
Keeping Up With the Wonkses
by | 2008-08-26 | 2 Comments
Jeff is lucky to be out of town. It’s bad form to crow about one’s own work, but those of us gathered around the campfire while he’s in Seoul can certainly do it for him. Monday’s New York Times carries a story by Broad and Sanger about the Swiss Family Tinner, how the CIA flipped …
Nukes With Style
by | 2008-08-24 | 13 Comments
Let’s suppose you’re the kind of person who would read a blog like this. (You are.) Let’s further suppose that you happen to be in the Washington, DC area with a few hours to kill. Check out the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum. It’s fun for the entire nuclear …
Welcome Josh Pollack
by | 2008-08-24 | No Comments
While I am Seoul, Busan and other interesting places, my friend Josh Pollack is going to pick up the slack on the blog this week. Josh prefers to be known as “a consultant to the U.S. Government on arms control, proliferation, and deterrence issues, as well as a handful of other light-hearted topics.” Josh and …
