Missile defense debate reignites By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE Politico For decades, the military’s been trying to get a missile shield system in place that would eliminate the danger of the kind potentially posed by the rocket North Korea launched Friday morning Pyongyang time. Click here to read the rest of the article and quotes from […]
Laicie Olson in the Hill: “P5+1 talks with Iran are a first step in long process”
As the P5+1 prepares to sit down for talks with on Iran on its nuclear program this weekend, our own Laicie Olson argues in an op-ed published today in the Hill that the upcoming meeting is a vital first step in what will likely be a long-term effort to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program is purely for civilian purposes…
P5+1 talks with Iran are a first step in long process
Laicie Olson wrote an oped on the possible outcomes of the P5+1 talks with Iran that will begin April 13, 2012. This piece entitled “P5+1 talks with Iran are first step in a long process” was originally published for The Hill’s “Congress Blog” on April 12, 2012. The U.S. and its European allies are set […]
Shipboard Sensors for European Missile Defense Far From Up to Snuff
Earlier this year we profiled the Defense Science Board’s (DSB) September 2011 report titled “Science and Technology Issues of Early Intercept Ballistic Missile Defense Feasibility.” We noted at the time that the report is about a lot more than early intercept; it highlighted a number of shortcomings of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA), some of which also plague the Ground Based Midcourse Defense system. The report was especially startling given that such information doesn’t often make it beyond the classification wall.
Strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be illegal and ill-advised
The Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation’s National Advisory Board Member, John C. Polanyi wrote an oped on Iran that was published in the Toronto Star on April 11, 2012. Prominent among my teachers were those who had been in the desert of Alamogordo at the first nuclear test, the day the nuclear age […]
