Dafna Linzer reports President Bush will sign an Executive Order allowing the United States to freeze assets of persons who do business with eight entities in North Korea, Iran and Syria that the Bush Administration believes are involved in poliferation: But the draft executive order goes far beyond previous measures by threatening the U.S. assets …
Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century
by | 2005-06-27 | No Comments
I totally missed that the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee published a position paper entitled Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century. Ivan Oelrich didn’t, though. He’s drafted a five page response, summarized below: Comments on the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee Position Paper Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century The United …
Chinese Dragon Awakens
by | 2005-06-26 | 2 Comments
The Washington Times has the first a three-part series by Bill Gertz hyping the threat from China. It includes this paragraph that seems so insane from where I am sitting—a hotel room in Beijing: “We may be seeing in China the first true fascist society on the model of Nazi Germany, where you have this …
JL-2 SLBM Flight Test
by | 2005-06-25 | 3 Comments
Greetings from Beijing. Li Bin (right) says hello. China flight tested a Julang-2 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on or near June 10. A (probably Golf-class) submarine launched the JL-2 westward toward a target on a test range inside the country. Bill Gertz reported the test in the Washington Times, which was later confirmed by …
