“Citing the backing of President Bush, Sen. Arlen Specter voted Tuesday in the Republican primary, seeking a fifth term and hoping to ward off a strong challenge by Rep. Pat Toomey.” Polls close at 8:00 pm. Democrats have been torn about this race: Toomey is Santorum Redux, but would be an easier mark for Rep. …
Forthcoming Pentagon Insanity Over China
by | 2004-04-26 | No Comments
In his Senate testimony, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Lawless indicated that a substantial portion of the 2004 Annual Report on the Military Power of the People/’s Republic of China will be dedicated to the threat posed by Chinese space systems: I would say that in this year/’s China Military Power Report … some …
Just Make Facts Up! They're Chinese, No One Will Notice!
by | 2004-04-25 | No Comments
I notice that some fellow traveler found her way to my site with the following search string: “ken timmerman make quotes up” Timmerman recently drew my ire for a series of incredible assertions regarding the DF-31 and the CZ-2C Smart Dispenser Upper Stage: The DF-31 is deployed! It can carry three nuclear warheads! Charles R. …
Mass and Yield of Chinese Nuclear Warheads
by | 2004-04-25 | No Comments
Today is (yet another) dissertation day, which means more puzzling inconsistencies in the work of eminent political scientist John Wilson Lewis. In “China/’s Ballistic Missile Programs” (International Security 17:2, Autumn 1992, 30), he claims the original design plans for China/’s solid-propellant ballistic missiles (DF-21/JL-1, DF-31/JL-2) called for a 500 kg warhead with a 200-300 kt …
