Absent an unexpected development, always a real possibility in volatile Syria, there is no expectation and seemingly little U.S. desire for immediate action against Syrian chemical weapons. “It’s fine for the 82nd Airborne to practice these things, but I just don’t see the scenario yet,” former Defense Department official Philip Coyle said.
Defense Daily Story on B61 Life Extension Costs Quotes Kingston Reif
B61 Nuclear Bomb Life Extension Program Is Worth It, Kehler Says July 12, 2013 By Pat Host The head of the Defense Department’s nuclear enterprise defended the B61 nuclear gravity bomb life extension program (LEP), which is under fire as too expensive and wasteful in an era of budget cutting and further nuclear weapons reductions. […]
DefenseOne Story on Chemical Weapons in Syria Quotes Philip Coyle
Seizing Chemical Weapons in Syria Is Really Hard To Do By Lee Michael Katz July 26, 2013 As U.N. officials negotiate terms of their probe into murky reports of chemical weapons use in Syria, one thing remains clear: An attempt by the United States to seize Syria’s deadly stockpile would be a difficult and dangerous […]
DefenseOne OpEd: What Ash Carter Gets Wrong about Nuclear Weapons Spending
Published in DefenseOne on July 24, 2013 What Ash Carter Gets Wrong about Nuclear Weapons Spending Historically, cost has not played a decisive role in the United States’ nuclear weapons policy. For most of the nuclear age, money for the nuclear enterprise was viewed almost entirely in the abstract: $1 million was just a number […]
Army Times Story on B61 Quotes Center Research
STRATCOM chief: Upgrades needed for nuclear weapon arsenal, Global Strike fleets By Brian Everstine July 24, 2013 The head of U.S. Strategic Command today urged an end to the gridlock that has delayed long-overdue upgrades to the nation’s nuclear arsenal and the aircraft fleet that protects them. “We find ourselves in a position today that […]