SS-20 (left) and Pershing II (right) eliminated under the 1987 INF Treay on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The Financial Times is reporting that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov asked Donald Rumsfeld how the Bush administration would respond to Russian withdrawl from 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty during …
Pyongyang/Tehran Missile Testing: Yeeeaahhhh….Maybe Not
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Before North Korea, on 4 March, said it was no longer bound to its 1999 missile launch moratorium, Time Magazine published a 20 February article making an old charge: “Administration officials think it may be cheating [on the moratorium] by using Iran as its proxy.” Reports that North Korea has been circumventing the testing moratorium …
Bolton's Mouth: Writing Checks His Ass Can't Cash
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Bulletin to Anne Applebaum and others who argue that John Bolton’s “blunt” manner makes him “an ideal candidate to be America’s U.N. ambassador”: your boy has a history of doing stupid things. Competence matters, kids. Case in point: Bolton’s fave strategy of naming countries who (the US thinks) are violating international arms control agreements. Additionally, …
Nuclear Numerology Chinese Style
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Arms Control Today has published my letter to the editor suggesting a better estimate of the Chinese nuclear arsenal would be about 100 weapons. I take no credit or blame for the title.
