Michelle Goldberg reports from CPAC on Rep. Chris Cox’s wisdom: America’s Operation Iraqi Freedom is still producing shock and awe, this time among the blame-America-first crowd,” he crowed. Then he said, “We continue to discover biological and chemical weapons and facilities to make them inside Iraq.” Apparently, most of the hundreds of people in attendance …
CBO on Nuclear and Missile Defense Cuts
by | 2005-02-21 | No Comments
The Congressional Budget Office has released Budget Options (February 2005), which presents options to the House and Senate for altering federal spending and revenues. Among the cuts to national defense spending, CBO examined several options relating to nuclear weapons and missile defense, including: Option 050-12 Reduce the Trident Submarine Force to 12 and Buy 48 …
Arms Control Wonk Outage
by | 2005-02-18 | 1 Comment
I’ve had a case of the flu. I should resume posting over the weekend.
North Korean Nuclear Weapons Estimate
by | 2005-02-16 | 1 Comment
Long Island’s Newsday reports on the contents of a recent intelligence community-wide assessment of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. The estimates run from the CIA (2-3 bombs) to DIA (12-15 bombs, “tops”), with DOE in between. Newsday reports that discrepancies “reflect uncertainties about the size of the bombs and whether North Korea has begun producing some …
