China’s Central Military Commission Xiong Guangkai Ain’t On It … A little low hanging fruit this morning. Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough report: Pentagon officials said Chinese Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Xiong Guangkai is retiring. Gen. Xiong … is considered one of the most influential Chinese military officials … Gen. Xiong was passed over …
North Korea Claims to have Nuclear Weapons
by | 2005-02-10 | 1 Comment
The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement to the Korean Central News Agency declaring North Korea’s nuclear status: We had already taken the resolute action of pulling out of the NPT and have manufactured nukes for self-defence to cope with the Bush administration’s evermore undisguised policy to isolate and stifle the DPRK. …
North Korean Nuclear Weapons.
by | 2005-02-10 | 4 Comments
They say they got ‘em. Do they? Why did they choose to share this information? Film at 11. Or blog post at like … later.
Bush Slashes CTBTO Contribution (Dumb Austerity Measure 1)
by | 2005-02-08 | No Comments
The CTBTO offices in Vienna. The Bush Administration has hacked 25 percent from its budget request for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), reports David Ruppe over at Global Security Newswire. The Bush Administration’s FY 2006 Budget Request includes $ 14.35 M for FY 2006, down from $19 million appropriated by Congress for …
