Avatar photoWill We Finally get our Moon Base?

A couple of months ago, I made a snide remark about those who advocate of “pulling out of the Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits [military] installations on the moon among other things.” “Not that we have a plan for a [military] moon-base, but we might—you know?” Right. So, nearly three years after President Bush ordered …

Avatar photoNoah v. Jeffrey @ The Big Hunt, Th ~5 pm

Noah and I have, over the last couple of years, arranged a semi-annual Defense Tech – Arms Control Wonk extravaganza at a local DC watering hole when we both manage to be in town the same time. It’s on. Thursday, December 7—a day that will soon live in infamy for a whole bunch of other …

Avatar photoAtomic Nuked Veteran

Murdoc asks: “How do they verify that an applicant is eligible for this plate? With a Geiger counter?” Apparently not, according to Eric Felten of the Wall Street Journal: And Alabama offers what has to be the single most bizarre plate on the road today, a tag that reads “Atomic Nuked Veteran.” Those who would …

Avatar photoB-Dub REVCON Blogging

The Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation will be blogging the 2006 Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference. Cool!