A big story in a tiny little newspaper today. The forthcoming Quadrennial Defense Review may recommend that the Air Force convert 50 Minuteman III ICBMs to a conventional role, relocating the missiles to Vandenberg AFB in CA from their current home at picturesque Malmstrom AFB, Montana (pictured above). At least that is what Senator Kent …
Repliable Replacement Warheads
by | 2005-08-10 | 5 Comments
The Replacements – great 80s band. (copyright, Daniel Corrigan) The Reliable Replacement Warhead program is hot, very hot. It is all things to all people. Very pliable, as it were. A Hill staffer told me, in fact, that the Department of Energy is just giddy about the possibilities for this program. That, of course, is …
US-India Nuclear Co-op – Some Rules
by | 2005-08-08 | 1 Comment
As most of you probably know, the recently-announced US-India agreement to pursue nuclear cooperation still has some obstacles to overcome in Congress. So I thought I’d provide some information from people who are way smarter than I am on this issue. 1. This CRS report by Sharon Squassoni. 2. The summary at the bottom of …
60 years later
by | 2005-08-08 | 1 Comment
Hiroshima, afterwards, and the “atomic dome” The 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is an appropriate time to review the status of nuclear weapons in the world. It’s okay, it’s quite bad, and it’s unbelievably insane. It’s okay, in that not everything the Bush administration is doing is incredibly stupid and or insane. In particular, …
