A US military briefing on Space Operations describes the so-called Microsat Kinetic Kill Payload (MKKP): Mission: Destruction of Enemy Spacecraft Up to 10 can be placed in orbit in 1 SMV [Space Maneuver Vehicle, ed.] using rotary launcher Target DATA passed to MKKP while in the SMV Autonomous after launch Identifies Target Initiates hyper-velocity “tail …
On Bilateral v. Multilateral talks with North Korea
by | 2004-10-05 | No Comments
The wierdest moment of the Presidential debate was the candidates getting wonky over the merits of bilateral vs. multilateral negotiations. I was going to do my best to explain the difference, but Peter Scoblic beat me to it with an op-ed, “Why N. Korea Talks Matter So Much,” in the Los Angeles Times. Long-story short: …
The whole story about Libya
by | 2004-10-04 | No Comments
Paul Kerr notes that Newsweek (October 11, 2004) has the other shoe dropping on Administration claims about its role in disarming Libya: “We convinced Libya to disarm,” Bush said. But in fact the British played the lead role in the negotiations. And the talks succeeded only after the British managed to sideline the Bush administration/’s …
Counter Satellite Communications System Deployed
by | 2004-10-02 | No Comments
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Counter Satellite Communications System (or just Counter Communications System) to 76th Space Control Squadron in Colorado. The announcement was made by U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Larry James in an interview at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space 2004 conference. The press coverage failed to actually give …
