Peter Baker of the Washington Post fetes Deputy National Security Advisor Jack Dyer (J.D.) Crouch II for not being Doug Feith: “We sort of decided that J.D. was the one we would take a harder view of,” said one Senate Democratic staffer who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “But as it turned out, we …
Significant Quantity: OSD Field Guide
by | 2005-05-22 | No Comments
One of Arms Control Wonk’s regular readers also turns out to be pretty handy with photoshop. Here is the first of what I expect to be many occasional cartoons by Mr. “Significant Quantity”:
David Sanger: Two Time Loser on Kilju and Kumchang-ri?
by | 2005-05-21 | 3 Comments
Daniel Sneider of the San Jose Mercury-News observes similarities between recent allegations of nuclear test preparations near Kilju and the 1998 revelation that North Korea was constructing an underground nuclear reactor and reprocessing facility near Kumchang-ri—a claim that turned out to be false: The cloud over the nuclear test preparations reflects a history of intelligence …
How Many Rogue State Hard and Deeply Buried Targets?
by | 2005-05-20 | 3 Comments
Advocates of the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator often emphasize the existence of more than 10,000 Hard and Deeply Buried Targets (HDBTs) to suggest that a military requirement exists for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator. NIPP’s Eric Miller, for instance, argues: The Senate should follow the House and authorize the RNEP … [… Because] the program …
