Friends, I will be in London and Paris for the next two weeks, beginning with a display of the fine art of hotel expressionism showing at the Swissotel in London. If any of you, dear readers, are available for a cocktail in London from 02 – 08 July, drop me an e-mail: jeffrey [at] armscontrolwonk.com …
HIRC Markup, US-India Nuclear Deal
by | 2006-06-27 | 35 Comments
Possible demise of the NPT being broadcast now… Just remember that the NPT doesn’t include the phrase “unless the US says so.” Update I forgot to mention that comments containing the phrases “nuclear apartheid” or ”[reference to arms controllers] ayatollahs” will not be approved. If you have to ask why, I doubt you’d understand the …
Chastise That Naughty Boy!
by | 2006-06-26 | 1 Comment
Mikio Ikuma, Deputy International Editor of Yomiuiri Shimbun, calling for a strike on North Korea: Strike: Chastise That Naughty Boy! Tokyo, Japan—North Korea has been toying with dangerous weapons for so long, wrongly hoping that it can intimidate neighboring grown-ups. It is time to teach the ill-bred child that bad behaviors are not tolerated in …
Finally, some good news for MDA?
by | 2006-06-23 | 5 Comments
The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA), much-beleaguered about the status of the missile defense system designed to protect the United States against missile attacks, can finally report good news. Sort of. It held a test of the upgraded version of the interceptor for its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (Aegis BMD) system. The new Standard Missile …
