These probably won’t help, but just in case. Today’s quiz is on who is making it easier for terrorists to get the bomb. 1. Which country is currently known to be exporting highly enriched uranium, in other words, bomb-grade nuclear material? a) North Korea b) Nigeria c) the United States of America d) Iran e) …
Kinetic Energy Cavity Penetrator Weapon
by | 2005-07-18 | 1 Comment
I wrote a post at DefenseTech.org about the Kinetic Energy Cavity Penetrator Weapon, a novel conventional bunker buster concept developed by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. You can click on the image for a .pdf of the patent application.
China and "No First Use"
by | 2005-07-17 | No Comments
General Zhu Chenghu (below, right), Dean of the Defense College at the Chinese National Defense University (Guofang Daxue), told a group of Hong Kong journalists including the Financial Times’s Alexandra Harney that China might use nuclear weapons first in a conflict over Taiwan: If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the …
Administrivia
by | 2005-07-15 | No Comments
Greetings from Arms Control Wonk, Beijing Office. A Chinese General shoots off his mouth and the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board releases the Report of the Nuclear Weapons Complex Infrastructure Task Force. There is too much to do, and I have to hop on an airplane. These are big events that require more time than …
