Iowa State students taking Aerospace Engineering 462: Design of Aerospace Systems had a novel idea for a course project: Design an air launched anti-satellite weapon. What is needed by the Air Force is a new and inexpensive design that improves upon the capabilities of the previously designed missile and re-extends the United States’ grasp on …
UNMOVIC's Future
by | 2005-08-19 | 1 Comment
From what I am being told, the UNSC will not make a decision about UNMOVIC’s future during its upcoming meeting. Whether or not to keep UNMOVIC or a similar organization has been a matter of debate for quite a while now. For example, Hans Blix has argued that such an organization could be useful in …
Nukehavistan
by | 2005-08-19 | 2 Comments
Several loyal readers have drawn my attention to a heretofore undetected nuclear threat, as reported by The Onion: U.S. Intelligence: Nukehavistan May Have Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON, DC—A report released Monday by the Defense Intelligence Agency suggests that there is reason to believe that the former Soviet republic of Nukehavistan may be manufacturing nuclear weapons. “New …
Microsatellite-based Space Targets for Missile Defense
by | 2005-08-19 | No Comments
General Obering and the Missile Defense Agency want to build microsatellites that look like warheads and decoys to help them practice looking dumbfounded when the interceptor fails to leave the silo. Sorry, that was peevish. Let me try again: MBA, BDSM, ISO: … novel, advanced micro-satellite technology concepts for developing polymorphic ballistic missile target complexes …
