The United States has suddenly announced that we support (again) the negotiation of a Fissile Material Cut Off Treaty, which would prohibit the production of fissile materal for nuclear weapons. And I mean suddenly. The Bush Administration had been reviewing its support for the FMCT, obstructing negotiations in the CD. And then (according to AP) …
Your tax dollars at work …
by | 2004-07-29 | No Comments
Reading an old GAO report on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) performance in The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)/’s Scientific and Technical Information Network (STINET) Service, I see that the drone responsible for scanning in the paper copies is also an avid collector of beanie babies–see pp 19-20. It appears that djh1@rochester.rr.com was the high bidder. Just …
What happened to CSRS?
by | 2004-07-28 | No Comments
House and Senate Appropriators recently terminated an Air Force program called the Counter Surveillance Reconnaissance System. CSRS (pronounced like “scissors”) was a ground-based, mobile system designed to use reversible, non-damaging effects to temporarily impair reconnaissance satellites. The system was expected to reach IOC in 2007, but the Appropriators removed the $ 53 M in FY …
CBO report on Boost Phase
by | 2004-07-26 | No Comments
The Congressional Budget Office has released a new report on boost phase missile defense. Some notable revelations: 1. About $ 700 M of the 7.6 M for BMDS Interceptors program over the next five years will be for space-based interceptors (SBI). James Hackett, a right wing hack who takes pot shots at KEI program manager …
