Reuters has a story on the CounterCom system—about two weeks after Space News. The story has some good reporting, based on e-mails with AFSPC personnel. It commits one significant factual error: The device appears to have been put into service considerably earlier than had been projected by the Air Force as recently as February. At …
Paris Negotiations Update 2: Iran Stalling Until After the Election
by | 2004-10-31 | No Comments
Reuters is reporting talks between Iran and Europe will resume on November 5, with hints that Iran will agree to an interim suspension of uranium enrichment by November 10 in order to avoid referral to the Security Council. Tehran is stalling to see if the upcoming presidential election produces a coherent US policy.
Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat (NAIC, 2000)
by | 2004-10-30 | No Comments
For some reason, MDA has made the 2000 edition of Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat insanely difficult to find. Here it is.
Garwin on Missile Defense
by | 2004-10-30 | No Comments
Dick Garwin has an article on missile defense in Scientific American. Garwin concludes that “despite the more than $80 billion spent by the U.S. on missile defense since 1985, this system will not provide significant protection for many years, if ever.”
