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 …
Off to New York
by | 2005-05-24 | No Comments
I will participate in a panel discussion sponsored by Economists for Peace and Security entitled Missile Defense, Space and the NPT. The discussion will be held from 3-5 at the Mission of Iceland to the United Nations. Back tomorrow.
