Dem rims keep spinnin’ even after the centrifuges stop. All Hail the Robot Economist.
Pimp My Cascade
by | 2007-02-05 | 9 Comments
Bill Broad and David Sanger report that Iran is set to make a major announcement. Iran is expected to declare in coming days that it has made a huge leap toward industrial-scale production of enriched uranium — a defiant act that the country’s leaders will herald as a major technical stride and its neighbors will …
Poor Man's Bob Joseph
by | 2007-02-03 | 10 Comments
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 …
