In a pair of recent posts (12 JUN 2005 and 20 JUL 2005), I speculated the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) would scale back testing, largely to save itself embarrassment. Image of an intercept during from IFT-7. You won’t be seeing much of this in the coming years. MDA’s Independent Review Team (IRT) issued a Final …
IAEA BoG Refers Iran … Kinda
by | 2005-09-24 | 7 Comments
The IAEA Board of Governors has voted in favor of a resolution that finds Iran’s noncompliance with its NPT obligations to be “within the competence of the Security Council,” but does not appear to refer the issue the Security Council … yet. IAEA DG Mohamed ElBaradei described the issue as remaining in Vienna: I think …
The Biological Threat from China
by | 2005-09-24 | 3 Comments
Read “The Next Killer Flu” by National Geographic’s Tim Appenzeller with photographs by Lynn Johnson. Some analysts claiming to be “tough” on security are just “stupid” on security. One class of wonks define “security” narrowly, restricting threats to the deliberate acts—the acts of “evil doers.” The Washington Times printed a perfect example recently. One of …
Streak
by | 2005-09-22 | No Comments
STP-R1 is a DARPA satellite called Streak. Space.com has the details. Air Force launch officials say it will take about nine minutes for the Minotaur to haul the STP-R1 mission to the desired orbit tonight. The satellite, dubbed Streak by its operator, will test technologies for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. “Streak is a …
