Last night, at a bar in DC … Arms Control Wonk: Hey … is Ken Brill going to replace Space-Based Bob (Robert Joseph) as Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security? Striped Pants Cookie Pusher (SPCP) with Mojito (w/M): I wish. As of three hours ago, it’s John Rood. ACW: What? Damn. (Big gulp of …
SBX Tasked to Track Taepodong
by | 2007-02-03 | No Comments
Friend of Wonk Allen Thompson sends along this little update from the October 2006 issue of Seafarer’s Log: Twenty-six Seafarers recently were lauded for their contributions to the Department of Defense’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) X-Band Radar (XBR) Project office while working aboard the Interocean American Shipping Corp.-operated SBX-1. The SBX-1, during the period when …
The Onion Strikes Again
by | 2007-02-01 | 5 Comments
The Onion on China’s ASAT test: Americans Demand Military Response After Chinese Shoot Down DirecTV Satellite January 29, 2007 | Issue 43•05 WASHINGTON, DC—A citizens’ group presented a petition signed by nearly 75 million Americans to key members of Congress Monday, demanding the United States take immediate military action against China after the Communist nation …
