MDA now hopes the NFIRE KV will collide with its target during the “simulated” engagement with a ballistic missile. This would, as ABC News reported, be “the first real step” towards the “unprecedented weaponization of space.” The anonymous Pentagon official who told Jim Oberg that “the kill vehicle/’s fangs have been pulled: It lacks the …
Distorting Intelligence on North Korea
by | 2004-04-29 | No Comments
After the Washington Post reported the intelligence community will raise its estimate of the number of North Korean nuclear weapons from “possibly two” to “at least eight”, Colin Powell tells reporters in Berlin that he is “not aware of a new number” and has “not been given any such information by the intelligence community.” This …
Rumsfeld’s New Buddy
by | 2004-04-27 | No Comments
Today in the Department of Defense, Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld hosts an honor cordon to welcome Italy/’s Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini to the Pentagon at 10:30 a.m. EDT. The “post-facsist” Fini once praised Mussolini as the 20th century/’s greatest statesman. Can/’t decide which snide comment to make … …
Pennsylvanians go to the Polls
by | 2004-04-27 | No Comments
“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. …
