China and Russia submitted a pair of non-papers to the Conference on Disarmament in speeches by Ambassadors Leonid A. Skotnikov (Russia) and Hu Xiaodi (China). The two speeches had a de facto division of labor, with Skotnikov talking substance and Hu talking process. Skotnikov’s reinforced the general argument that this is about rebuilding US-Russian strategic …
Nuclear Information Project
by | 2004-08-26 | No Comments
Hans M. Kristensen, formerly of the Nautilus Institute and now a consultant to the National Resources Defense Council, has a new project and website. The Nuclear Information Project “is a private, independent, and non-profit project created with the purpose of providing the public with access to declassified documents and analysis about nuclear weapons policy and …
Feel the love
by | 2004-08-26 | No Comments
Matt Bunn has a nice foogin/’ summary of the proposed Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) on the Nuclear Threat Initiative website. Apart from saying lots of sensible things–including calling on the Bush Administration to “reverse its new position and return to its long-standing support for a verified fissile cutoff”–Matt has a link to www.ArmsControlWonk.com I …
NFIRE KV Pulled?
by | 2004-08-25 | No Comments
Space News on Monday reports similar information to my August 20 post, announcing that MDA will (1) remove the kill vehicle from NFIRE, (2) use the NFIRE KV as a ground-based risk reduction asset, and (3) slip the launch date to 4Q FY06. Two items of note: First, the KEI program office appears genuinely baffled …
