On the radar: Generals don’t want added BMD; Panetta objects to HASC bill; Manned or unmanned; Intercept on Youtube; Nukes back to Korea; HASC gone wild; the Case against the East Coast shield; and the Adventures of Kim Jong Un.
On the radar: Americans favor nuclear spending cuts; The HASC mark; CMRR budget shuffle; Trumping the Air Force on the bomber; BMD on the East Coast; 12 subs; Putin staying home; B-61 mismanagement and costs; Albright and Heinonen on talking with Tehran; Spring cleaning at Parchin; and Burying the element from hell.
On the radar: HASC pushes for CMRR funding; Excess nuclear spending; East Coast BMD strategically unnecessary; Sen. Lugar defeated in primary; Pifer on cooperative missile defense; Amb. Daalder on NATO seating charts; Double standard on nonpro; Washington’s war of words with Iran; No arms race after Agni V; and the Beginnings of overkill.
On the radar: HASC plus ups for CMRR, subs and warheads; Nuclear boondoggles; Opportunity with Pakistan; Israeli politics and Iran; Delays for MOX; Russia seeks BMD guarantees; Assessing North Korea’s nuclear threat; and a Nuclear poll.
On the radar: The anti-nonproliferation lobby; West calls for urgent practical steps; Iran talks after Sarko; Debunking the BMD myth; Shadow NATO summit; and Projectile dysfunction.
On the radar: Officials and experts look for progress in Baghdad; NAS questions missile defense plans; Options for influencing China; Post-strike scenarios; Bipartisan support for nonpro budget; Israeli officials on Iran; and NUKEMAP goes viral.
On the radar: Not much; Kristensen report on NSNW; Russian General gets some headlines; Gen. Jacoby on East Coast missile defense; Senators question rising MOX costs; Playing politics with diplomacy; and Waiting on a GMD test.
On the radar: Forecasting from North Korea’s fakes; U.S. has 2,150 operational warheads; Detecting a test; BMD sim; Nuke budget charts; Counter-smuggling; Sanctions expectations; and Re-discovering the bomb.