Staring at the curve representing the effectiveness of contact bursts againt hard and deeply buried targets, I noticed the RNEP was designed to defeat tunnels and underground facilities between 100-400 m. FIGURE 4.5 Effectiveness of contact bursts against some deeply buried targets. Note: CEP=circular error probable (i.e. accuracy). Source: Committee on the Effects of Nuclear …
Showing "Skunk" Baxter Some Love
by | 2005-05-25 | 7 Comments
Doobie Brother’s guitarist and “Missile Defense Analyst” Skunk Baxter—recently appointed to NASA’s Exploration Systems Advisory Committee—gets some love from the Wall Street Journal for his unconventional views on terrorism: “We thought turntables were for playing records until rappers began to use them as instruments, and we thought airplanes were for carrying passengers until terrorists realized …
CRS on Reliable Replacement Warhead
by | 2005-05-25 | 3 Comments
Jonathan Medalia at the Congressional Research Service has written a very thorough treatment of the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RW) program. Medalia quotes Raymond Jeanloz, chair of the National Academies Committee on International Security and Arms Control, to describe the basic choice involved with RRW: He supports a version of RRW that would build on the …
North Korea Reacts to Recent Meeting With U.S.
by | 2005-05-24 | No Comments
North Korea’s FM responded to the 13 May bilateral meeting between US and DPRK officials with a positive statement: The DPRK will continue to closely follow the U.S. attitude and its stand will be officially conveyed to the U.S. side through the contact channel in New York when an appropriate time comes. Well, postive for …
