President Bush has announced plans to begin deployment of a strategic missile defense by September 30, 2004. The initial deployment will include six silos at Fort Greely, Alaska, and four at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California; each silo will contain one interceptor missile. More are to follow in succeeding years. Site preparation has already […]
Home Grown Proliferation: Testimony Reveals Serious Weaknesses in Pentagon Control Over Equipment Needed for Biological Weapons Laboratory
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation criticized the federal government today for undercutting its own non-proliferation and homeland security policies by selling equipment that can be used to make biological weapons.
Defense radar to be assembled in Corpus Christi
This week: News updates and a new report Defense radar to be assembled in Corpus Christi Missile Defense Agency Will Choose Kinetic Interceptor This Year Report of the Defense Science Board/Air Force Scientific Advisory Board Joint Task Force on Acquisition of National Security Space Programs 1. Defense radar to be assembled in Corpus Christi 25-story […]
Experts Advise Congress on Chemical and Biological Weapons Use in Iraq
The United States does not know exactly what chemical or biological weapons Iraq possesses and does not know exactly what their impact would be on U.S. forces; but Iraq is limited in its delivery capability.
Letter to President Bush and Prime Minister Blair Concerning the Potential Use of Chemical Agents During the Prosecution of an Iraq War
In the interest of national and global security, the United States and all of its allies must uphold the standards of international behavior that they seek to enforce and must not use chemical incapacitating agents or chemical riot control agents in the war with Iraq.
