On the radar: Zarkaria on reengaging Iran; Advantage - US; Virtual diplomacy with Iranians; Defense and the jobs argument; Panetta’s take on North Korea; and Tunneling into China’s strategic challenges.
On the radar: Farewell sweet B53; The full costs of nuclear weapons; Safety first for nuke budgets; Useful talks with North Korea; What not to cut; and Remembering the MX shell game.
On the radar: OMB letter on budget constraints; The B53 is big. Really big; Iran’s naval strategy; China’s tunnels; Why Russian warhead numbers went up; Learning from Iran’s dead monkeys; and a Waltzian view on Qaddafi and disarmament.
On the radar: Rep. Kaptur on how to cut defense; More options for cuts; Fulfilling the Weekly Standard stereotype; Budget savings from bombers and subs; New START data release; The upcoming IAEA report on Iran; Navy and Air Force to merge missiles; and the last 9 megaton bomb.
On the radar: Hearing voices on the SSBN budget; Bolstering consensus on Iran; Pawning national security for more nuclear spending; Fordow getting gas; Questioning the Iranian presidency; North Korea and enrichment; and Partying like it’s 1959.
On the radar: An opening for cooperation; Reluctance on cooperation; Business is good for MDA; Turner and the budget walls; Glyn Davies’ new role; Preventative strikes and unintended consequences; and How low can the triad go.
On the radar: Gen. Kehler sees triad for now, dyad a future option; Bosworth out, Davis in; Tauscher on missile defense; Hints of US-DPRK bilaterals; Careless rhetoric on alleged Iran plot; US-China strategic dialogue; and Iran’s nuclear swag.
On the radar: Mechanical troubles, desperation for Iran’s program; US, Russia, China all doing nuclear upgrades; North Korea’s tests on a map, poster; Commission looks at MOX; Lt. Gen. Klotz on arms control; Confidence for GBI failures; and a “Safe, Harmless, Giant Atomic Bomb.”