Apparently, Poland gets a PAC-3 battery and US personnel as a tripwire, er defensive measure in exchange for hosting the European midcourse interceptor site: A senior Pentagon official described an unusual part of this quid pro quo: an American Patriot battery would be moved from Germany to Poland, where it would be operated by a …
USAF Organizational Culture and Reform
by | 2008-08-15 | 5 Comments
The Wonk—or more accurately Jeffrey—has been writing for a while about the organizational problems faced by the US Air Force in its handling of nuclear weapons (see this, this and this). In summary, Jeffery’s oft-repeated argument is this: Heads are going to roll — officers will lose promising careers, regular guys will get the blame. …
NSG Exemption for India
by | 2008-08-13 | 8 Comments
Following up on James’s post about the proposed NSG exemption for India, the Arms Control Association has the full text of the document. If you haven’t been reading Siddharth Varadarajan’s commentary at Reality, One Bite At A Time and in The Hindu, you are really missing out.
India's NSG Exemption
by | 2008-08-13 | 5 Comments
The US has apparently finished drafting the NSG exemption for nuclear trade with India (apologies, this is a few days old—I’ve been behind on my blogging). At a meeting in London last month US Ambassador to the IAEA Greg Schulte said that both India and the US wanted a “clean” exemption (i.e. one with no …
