More images of space-themed stamps from India. K.S. Jayaraman of Space News (“Indian Government Set To Create Aerospace Command”) reports that Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi told reporters India would establish Aerospace Command for various military space missions. I blogged this back in May. IAF officers have been pushing such …
Steinbruner on Iraq
by | 2005-10-27 | 1 Comment
I usually limit my commentary about Iraq to WMD-related issues. That reflects both my own relative expertise, as well as my sense of futility about the entire endeavor. The course of this catastrophe follows a terrible, inexorable logic that I believe immune to the efforts of policymakers or protestors. In a way, that’s moral cowardice …
NNSA Asks Congress to Drop RNEP
by | 2005-10-26 | 7 Comments
Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) sent out a press release announcing that the Appropriations Conferees “have agreed to drop funding for continued research on the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) project…” The House had eliminated DOE funds for RNEP, while the Senate recommended $4.0 million. The real shock: NNSA asked the conferees to do it. Apparently, …
TPM: No Second Source on Niger Claims
by | 2005-10-25 | 2 Comments
I started this blog to be on record so I could say “I told you so.” Josh Marshall reports that—despite what the T-Bone and the FCO have claimed—Britain did not have a second source for their bogus claim the Iraq was pursuing Niger: So, wait! Didn’t the Brits have some other source of intelligence for …
