Anonymous officials tell Bill Gertz that China is develping a maneuverable re-entry vehicle for the DF-31 and JL-1 ballistic missiles: A CCTV program about MARVs that got Rick Fisher all hot and bothered. It also is developing a maneuverable re-entry vehicle (MARV), or MARV, for its nuclear warheads. The weapon is designed to counter U.S. …
WMD Proliferation Financing Executive Order
by | 2005-06-29 | 1 Comment
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 …
