On the radar: CNAS’ nuclear budget proposals; Panetta warns against Israeli strike; Last B-52 pilot not born yet; Getting past “nyet” on BMD; Boomer port visits in Korea; NATO partners wade into BMD roles, budgets; and the Problems of divorcing Pakistan again.
On the radar: Progress, but a long way to go with Russia; Comprehensive strategy, not exaggeration needed on Iran; Retirement for the Red October; Avoiding calamity with Iran; Nonpro funding critical; A regional approach on Iran; Kimball on the record; and Lewis sled tests his B83x argument.
On the radar: Preventing accidental war with Iran; NATO-Russia cooperation by Chicago; Pollack and Takeyh double down; Modernizer unhappy with budget process; Update on the DDPR; Reason to test Iran’s offers; S. Korea and the nuclear option; and Putin’s new political context
On the radar: Pifer talks Putin; Cutting nuclear excess from Pentagon budgets; Diplomacy required for cooperation on Iran; Bumps on the road to zero; IAEA Politics; Controlling arms, deficits; NATO missile defense for the interim; and a Call to ratify CTBT.
On the radar: Humanitarian move, strategic benefits; Advancing U.S. interests, even with Putin; The tool of diplomacy; Iran’s inferiority; Russia botches ICBM test; Breaking down the Iran timelines; Updated PF working paper on nuclear budget; and the test ban is still comprehensive.
On the radar: Pressing toward compromise with Iran; No new centrifuges, no new sanctions; Nuclear policy hits bureaucratic resistance; Lavrov wants a guarantee; Interview with Soltanieh; MX missile put to good use; and Iran’s navy dreams big.
On the radar: NYT on Pentagon budget cuts; Concerns about B61 costs, risks; Putin and the reset; Kicking dust on earth penetrators; Mullen changes tone of U.S.-Pakistan relations; PNI twenty years later; SM-3 IIB takes a budget hit; Nuclear smuggling in Moldova; and Chicago has a date with a bunch of Europeans.
On the radar: The excesses of nuclear spending; More defenses, more missiles; Markey on cutting nuclear budgets; Putin/Medvedev switcheroo; Libya’s uranium; North Korea’s inflated nuclear threats; and Sen. Garn on CTBT.