Blogging from the Aspen Wye River Conference Center today. As expected Mohamed ElBaradei won approval for an over-precendented third term as IAEA Director-General. The US continues last week’s spin that the failure to oust ElBaradei is a victory, arguing the United States “decided to back ElBaradei in exchange for what it hopes will be a …
A Potemkin Defense: Integrated Flight Tests Hate Our Freedoms
by | 2005-06-12 | 7 Comments
Arms Control Wonk.com has obtained the full text of the Final Report of the Missile Defense Agency’s Independent Review Team (IRT), first reported by Bradley Graham in the Washington Post. Graham, however, missed the scoop—the IRT perversely recommends reducing future flight tests because … this is so priceless … more failures might undermine the system’s …
Yuan Class Submarine
by | 2005-06-10 | 12 Comments
One of the “failures” Gertz pinned on the IC yesterday was the “deployment of a new [Chinese] attack submarine known as the Yuan class that was missed by U.S. intelligence until photos of the submarine appeared on the Internet.” Gertz first reported on this story in July 2004. Take a moment to read carefully Gertz’s …
Everythin's Bigger in Texas: Sea-based X-band Radar
by | 2005-06-10 | 3 Comments
San Antonio Express-News staff writer Jeorge Zarazua got a chance to climb around the Missile Defense Agency’s gigantic Sea-based X-band Radar (SBX)—a missile defense radar mounted on a self-propelled oil-drilling rig. The SBX is larger than a football field, which means its journey from Texas to Hawaii (and points beyond) will not include a trip …
