Avatar photoKyl On Classified Space Spending

Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) engaged in a long discussion over the classified budget on programs to defend satellites that made some of his colleagues, including Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) very uncomfortable as Senator Kyl pointed out what wasn’t in the budget and gave some hypothetical examples. I’ve highlighted some suggestive passages from Congressional Record. Mr. …

Avatar photoQuestioning Russia's Bomb Test

A few weeks ago I blogged about Russia’s “Father of All Bombs,” a fuel-air bomb they claimed to be the world’s largest non-nuclear weapon. Did the Russians really drop the bomb off a Tu-160 bomber or was the drop a hoax? David Axe at Wired has some interesting speculations.

Avatar photoSo Long, St. Pete

Now this is a long-term blow to the RRW and Complex 2030.

Avatar photoNNSA Cover Letter to Congress

. Okay, so although the original press release that NNSA sent out announcing the JASON report was not so hot, the cover letter that NNSA Administrator Tom D’Agostino sent to Congress the same day was much more forthright: The JASON group found that the RRW design is pursued with the principles of scientific connections and …