I noticed this blurb on SEESAT today: I’ve been hearing murmurings around the community here in Washington that there may have been an extremely energetic event (satellite break-up?) in the last week or so in the LEO altitude range (700-1000 KM). “An enormous amount of debris” in the range of 1000 pieces may have been …
Better Controls to Plan and Manage PSI
by | 2007-01-16 | 5 Comments
Classified GAO reports. I knew they existed, but this is one is one that ought to be declassified, at least summary form: Nonproliferation: Better Controls Needed to Plan and Manage Proliferation Security Initiative Activities. GAO-06-937C. September 28, 2006. About the only thing I know are two recommendations, as described in H.R. 1: (A) The Department …
Now approaching midnight
by | 2007-01-15 | 6 Comments
This is DJ Shadow. His “Midnight in a Perfect World” contains is one of many pop culture references to The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist’s “Doomsday Clock” that tracks the level of nuclear danger in the world. (Jeffrey adds: Paul is so money.) In a few days, The Bulletin will move the hands on the …
Chris Hill Rulz
by | 2007-01-13 | 1 Comment
Paul Kerr reminds me why Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill remains my favorite US diplomat: Q: Can’t you at least get a Yongbyon freeze? That would seem to be a… HILL: Oh, you think that’s easy? [Laughter] I’ll tell you what — put that boom microphone down and …
