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 […]
“The case for the CTBT: Stronger than ever”
In my April Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists column, I examine the recently released National Academy of Sciences report on the technical and security issues related to the CTBT.
S.Korean Intelligence: N. Korea Preparing Nuclear Test
As expected, North Korea is apparently preparing for its third nuclear test, according to South Korean intelligence officials. This is in line with typical North Korean behavior — in the past, it has tested missiles first followed by a nuclear test witnessed in 2006 and 2009.
The Case for the CTBT: Stronger than Ever
Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on April 9, 2012 Article summary below; read the full text online. In his April 2009 speech in Prague, President Barack Obama outlined a vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and pledged to “immediately and aggressively” pursue approval of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty […]
