John Fleck at the Albuquerque Journal summarizes (subscription only) Jonathan Medalia’s most recent edition of Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program, RL32929, Congressional Research Service, 20 July 2005 (download). Download the report from FAS The July 20 edition of Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program expands substantially on previous editions, by adding a …
Defending Obering
by | 2005-07-25 | No Comments
In response to my post, Trey Obering is a Fool, MDA Spokesman Rick Lehner has transcribed the General’s remarks from an audiotape. I agree with Obering’s remarks, as transcribed by MDA: We are not desiring to go against a Chinese threat, but we need to, in our development program, to address the Chinese capabilities, because …
Thinking about the Unthinkable . . . a Couple Meters Underground
by | 2005-07-24 | 3 Comments
Chemical and biological weapons released by the “bunker buster, as seen in our animation.” Shameless—but timely—piece of self-promotion here. The Union of Concerned Scientists, where I work, along with Physicians for Social Responsibility, produced an excellent animation on the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, also known as the nuclear “bunker buster.” This is a big bomb, …
Fun With Nuclear Targeting
by | 2005-07-23 | No Comments
Over at DefenseTech.org, I blogged a little about nuclear targeting. The happy occasion is a rumor that the OVP “tasked the [STRATCOM] with drawing up a contingency plan … in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack [that] includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons.” Bouphonia liked it. Off …
