Alarms sounded on Russia nuclear treaty Martin Matishak May 26, 2014 Lawmakers are sounding the alarm over Russia’s arms control commitments and introducing measures to ensure the White House keeps a close watch on Moscow. A provision in the Senate’s $514 billion fiscal 2015 defense policy bill would require the White House to more quickly […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]