Not sure how much time I have to write … We have the Chinese SSBN event today at New America (at 12:15) and, more importantly, the Happy Hour at the Big Hunt at 6:00 pm. Here is a challenge to readers: I took this image of the 094 and this ONI diagram to make a …
Nuclear Forensics Team to the Rescue
by | 2008-01-09 | 2 Comments
If a nuclear bomb were to go off in a U.S. city, how long would it take to get info on what kind it was and where it came from? Los Angeles Times had an article about nuclear forensics and government teams who are working on detection. I appreciate the attempt to make it sound …
Sen. Clinton's Pakistan Nukes Proposal
by | 2008-01-08 | 9 Comments
It’s public knowledge that the United States has helped Pakistan secure its nuclear complex in the past, but Senator Clinton’s proposal at the Democratic debate on Sunday is by far the most ambitious yet. She said she would try to get Musharraf to share the security responsibility of the nuclear weapons with a delegation from …
WaPo Fact Checker Looks Foolish
by | 2008-01-08 | 9 Comments
I’ve only spoken with Michael Dobbs once, on the telephone, and he seemed like a nice guy. But, wow, is he being rude and dissmisive on the Washington Post website. It is this kind of ignorant arrogance that bothers the hell out of me. Dobbs, in a feature called “Fact Checker,” expands his mandate to …
