This doesn’t usually happen. Honest. MDA Director Henry “Trey” Obering (right) attributes the failure of IFT-13C to a “very minor computer software glitch.” Noah Shachtman, however, has posted a fantastic analysis from former DOD Director of Operational Test and Evaluation Phil Coyle who argues the software glitch is anything but minor. Rather, the glitch reflects …
Amended Administrivia
by | 2005-01-14 | 4 Comments
Dammit. Shachtman over at DefenseTech.org suggests my efforts to entice my readership to join us for a drink or eight at the Fox & Hounds pub— Washington DC, next Tuesday, the 18th, starting around 8pm—weren’t exactly rousing. So let me try again: And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go From this day to the ending of …
State to Merge Arms Control and Nonproliferation Bureaus
by | 2005-01-13 | No Comments
Taking arms control with him? The Washington Times reports that SECSTATE has approved a plan to merge the State Department’s arms control and nonproliferation bureaus “having concluded that much of their work oveps and resources are being wasted.” The State Department IG made the recommendation in September after a a routine evaluation of the four …
Nuclear Test Watch Relaunch
by | 2005-01-12 | No Comments
Michael Roston has given Nuclear Test Watch its own home.
