The Arms Control Association posted the prepared remarks by Representative David Hobson (right) from lunch on Friday. Dave Ruppe summarizes of what he called a “scathing speech” in Global Security Newswire. One thing I would add to Dave’s excellent coverage—and that isn’t in Hobson’s prepared remarks—were a couple of references Hobson made to starting a …
Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat (NASIC, 2003)
by | 2005-02-04 | No Comments
Hans Kristensen has posted the most recent edition of Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat (National Air and Space Intelligence Center, August 2003). This is the same document that Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough “obtained” and reported on in a recent column. I was in the process of “obtaining” the document myself—through interlibrary loan. (If you …
RNEP Correction
by | 2005-02-03 | 1 Comment
The Washington Post corrected its 1 Febuary 2005 story about the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP). The Post … … incorrectly reported that the Bush administration is expected to seek $10.3 million in next year’s budget for that purpose. The official amended his information to say that sum is what the government has spent on …
Did We Say that UF6 Was From North Korea?
by | 2005-02-03 | No Comments
Yeah, or that Libyan UF6 could be from Pakistan. But the International Atomic Energy Agency, which conducted tests on the materials, has not reached the same finding and believes that the evidence is inconclusive. Several experts said the process of elimination cited by the Times still left open the possibility of other sources for the …
