Avatar photoThe Chinese Nuclear Weapons Design That Ended Up in Libya

David Albright and Corey Hinderstein have an article, Unraveling the A. Q. Khan and Future Proliferation Networks, in The Washington Quarterly that has previously upublished information about the Chinese nuclear weapons design provided to Libya by the Khan network: The documents appear to have been information that Pakistan had received in China in the early …

Avatar photoPatriot Performance in Iraq

Inside Defense has the full text of the Defense Science Board’s Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Patriot System Performance (Not yet available from the DSB website). The report focuses on three fratricide incidents—including the death of Lieutenant Nathan White of Abilene, Texas, which was the subject of some investigative reporting (also) …

Avatar photoDennis Papadopoulos

For people with virtually no sense of fashion when it comes to clothing, Washington “defense intellectuals” are suprisingly adept at picking up on the latest fashions when it comes to ideas. One of the biggest intellectual fads in recent years has been the threat to satellites from a high altitude nuclear detonation (HAND). And no …

Avatar photoWhat to do with UNMOVIC

The Associated Press reports that, “after blocking discussions for nearly two years, the United States has quietly started low-key talks on ending the work of U.N. inspectors” in Iraq. The Iraqi government wants UNMOVIC shut down, in part to regain control over past oil revenues that are used to fund UNMOVIC. France and Britain, however, …