House Panel Approves Spending Extra $60 Million on Antimissile System Frank Munger May 19, 2014 The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation handed out some pretty low grades today in its first-ever Report Card. The White House got a “D” and the House Armed Services Committee got a “C-” for administration’s funding requests and the […]
Economist Story on Missile Defense Quotes Kingston Reif
Star Wars 2: attack of the drones May 17, 2014 THE best time to shoot down a hostile missile is straight after take-off. During this initial “boost phase” it moves more slowly, is easier to spot (because its exhaust plumes are so hot) and presents a bigger target (having not yet ditched its first-stage fuel […]
Medium.com Story on Nuclear Capability of the F-35 Quotes Center Spokesman
Can Israel’s Stealth Fighters Really Carry Nukes? By Michael Peck May 14, 2013 The F-35 stealth fighters that America is selling to Israel will be capable of carrying nuclear weapons, according to Israeli media. If Israeli F-35s can carry nukes, or if the ever-inventive Israeli defense industry can modify them to do so, then Israel […]
OCO, WARTHOGS, GTRI, AND SSBNX: Making Sense of the Alphabet Soup & Nickname Game that is the NDAA
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation will host a press call with Lt. General Robert Gard and John Isaacs to outline key provisions of the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as it moves to the House floor.
Globe & Mail Story on Missile Defense Quotes Philip Coyle
Ottawa examines merits of U.S. missile defence program Steven Chase May 12, 2014 The governing federal Conservatives appear to be trying to gauge the Canadian public’s appetite for joining the U.S. ballistic missile defence program, defence watchers say. Conservative-dominated committees in both the Senate and Commons are examining the merits of the U.S. missile defence […]
