Stephen Schwartz is guest-blogging at DefenseTech. I am cross posting his piece on the Reliable Replacement Warhead. Remember those commercials for Lay’s potato chips where the announcer says that Lay’s are so good that you can’t eat just one? Well, with a slight modification that slogan now applies equally well to the nuclear bureaucrats at …
Pak Bomb Factory
by | 2006-07-27 | 5 Comments
David Albright and Paul Brannan of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) released commercially available satellite images of a new Pakistani plutonium production reactor under construction. (Here is a GoogleEarth placemark.) This is really great work. Precisely the kind of open source analysis that I admire. The revelation made the front page of …
Department of Wankery
by | 2006-07-27 | 1 Comment
The House approved this atrocity yesterday. Great first day back from vacation. But since the deal will strengthen the nonproliferation regime and definitely has nothing to do with campaign contributions, selling weapons to India, or containing China, I’m not worried. OTOH, this is truly frightening. My utility belt tells me it’s to the bar, Batman… …
Ain't No Party Like A State Department Party
by | 2006-07-25 | No Comments
I know, it is the New York Post, so grain of salt and all … A State Department worker cruising down 34th Street with three scantily clad women in what appeared to be a government car with flashing lights collided with a yellow cab last night after allegedly running a red light, police said. The …
