Greetings from Halifax! I am attending a conference hosted by the Canadian International Council on U.S. Nuclear Strategy. Joseph Pilat is giving a pretty good talk about NATO and nuclear weapons. I am playing around with my new toy (and no I couldn’t wait a month or so).
Tracing Paper Causes Nuclear Sub Accident
by | 2008-05-23 | 4 Comments
I’m off on holiday for a couple of weeks and then have a conference out in Monterey so my posting may be a bit sporadic (read non-existent) until I get back. I hope to visit the museum at Los Alamos on my travels (assuming I’m allowed to) so I might have some good pictures to …
RRW Dinged in Defense Authorization Bill
by | 2008-05-23 | 5 Comments
Late yesterday the House passed the FY 2009 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 5658) sans the administration’s request for dedicated RRW funding. It also thwarted a last-ditch effort by Congressional supporters of RRW to restore some of that funding, which the HASC had cut the previous week when it voted the bill out of committee. …
Lessons from the RSA
by | 2008-05-21 | 5 Comments
A reader, Paul Carroll, made an important point in commenting on a previous post of mine about verifying the North Korean declaration: Obviously, when dealing with North Korea and the risk of diversion or concealment we want the uncertainty to be as low as possible. But I would urge us to caution against demanding levels …
