KE ASAT in the Davidson Technologies booth at a recent SMDC conference in Huntsville, AB. It turns out KE ASAT is alive and well, living in Alabama. For those of you who don’t remember, the KE ASAT is a giant, kevlar fly swatter that is supposed to whack satellites out of the orbit. The problem …
Like Rashomon, But for Wonks
by | 2005-03-11 | 6 Comments
Four little reporters listened to conference call with the Director of the Missile Defense Agency … The first little reporter, Ann Roosevelt of Defense Daily, went “MDA Director ‘Disappointed’ In Recent Test Problems.” (subscription only, I am afraid) The second little reporter, Bradley Graham of the The Washington Post, went that “Missile Defense Director Moves …
So Long, INF?
by | 2005-03-10 | 2 Comments
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
by | 2005-03-09 | No Comments
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 …
