Or not: MDA spokesman Rick Lehner provided a transcript of Obering’s statement that is (1) different from what the WaPo reported and (2) consistent with policy. Lehner’s transcript is the second comment. I’ve added another post on the subject. Director of the Missile Defense agency, Lieutenant General Henry A. “Trey” Obering III, reportedly told a …
Pritchard on US Korea Policy
by | 2005-07-22 | No Comments
Jack Pritchard has a hell of an article about US Korea policy in UNIDIR’s Disarmament Forum. Although written before North Korea’s return to Six Party Talks, Pritchard’s history of the last round helps explain why North Korea came back. DPRK participation in the multilateral process seems designed to placate Beijing and prevent Washington from taking …
What we have here is a failure to operate
by | 2005-07-21 | 1 Comment
Now these guys knew how to operate. George W. Bush loves missile defense. Loves, loves, loves. So does Donald Rumsfeld. And Dick Cheney. So do a legion of members of Congress, most of them Republicans. For that matter, so do most Americans. At least they like the idea of it. (Sadly, if you poll them, …
China's Ballistic Missiles
by | 2005-07-21 | No Comments
The Defense Department has issued its Annual Report of the Military Power of the People’s Republic of China for 2005. Although the report was the subject of extensive debate, the final document appears relatively mundane. It contains, unlike past reports, a large amount of detailed information—although there are some quality control problems. The data dump, …
