I am creating a new category called “data points.” Lieutenant General Walter L. Sharp, nominated to be Commander, United States Forces Korea, estimates the size of the North Korean missile stockpile in his answers to advance policy questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee: North Korea continues to build missiles of increasing range, lethality and …
300 IR-2s?
by | 2008-04-04 | 34 Comments
We’re just four days away from National Nuclear Technology Day in Iran when no doubt President Ahmadinejad will have another big announcement to make. In preparation, Iran seems to have been installing some more P-2s IR-2s (ooops, sorry). George Jahn and Mark Heinrich have both got stories on this, but their efforts have produced some …
While England Slept
by | 2008-04-04 | No Comments
My blog post on Gordon England and nuclear weapons spending (DEPSECDEF Deeply Confused, March 29, 2008) made Al Kamen’s In the Loop in the Washington Post. While England Slept Usually, witnesses at congressional hearings enlighten lawmakers on the inner workings of their departments. But not always. Take Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England’s appearance recently …
Coming to America
by | 2008-04-03 | 6 Comments
I’m off to DC next week. I’m going to be appearing at the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday and the New America Foundation on Wednesday. It’s what you call a bipartisan approach. At AEI I’m a panellist at a one-day conference entitled The Crisis in Nonproliferation: Meeting the Challenge. At New America (bet you can’t …
