I have an op-ed up at Comment is Free:Were Obama serious about exchanging missile defence for Russia's assistance to Iran, he wouldn't have been hinting at the elimination of the programme for the last several months. Rather, he'd be trying to convince the Russians that...
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Part of the Bush administration's strategy for "locking in" missile defense in case of a Democratic presidential victory was to conclude agreements with Poland and the Czech Republic that would.
My hopes for sanity between Russia and the US may have been premature:The United States will pursue a missile defense plan that has angered the Kremlin, Vice President Joseph R..
It appears that the Bush administration's effort to diplomatically "lock in" a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic has failed:Russia has dropped plans to install missiles near Poland after the Obama administration signalled a change in US attitude to the region, a...
I have an article on Russia, Obama, and missile defense up at Guardian Comment is Free.
Great New York Times article yesterday on the curious case of Michael Cantrell, an engineer who bilked the government out of millions of dollars in missile defense money. Much of.
Defense News (unfortunately, no link) has an article providing some additional detail on Chinese efforts to develop an anti-ship ballistic missile. The platform appears to be a DF-21 MRBM (Medium Range Ballistic Missile) which has a range of about 2500 km. The article confirms that...
Yglesias points out this report from the Center for American Progress on sea-based ballistic missile defense, in which Andrew Grotto and Rebecca Grant argue for continued funding of research and.
Russia appears to be displeased about the missile defense deal with Poland:Russia reacted angrily, saying that the move would worsen relations with the United States that have already been strained.
This can happen when you adopt a foreign policy of intimidation (neocons take note...):Poland and the United States reached an agreement Thursday to base American missile interceptors in Poland, the prime minister said, going ahead with a plan that has angered Russia and threatened to...
Defense News has a good article on the Navy's decision to end pursuit of the DDG-1000, although much will be familiar to readers of Information Dissemination. The story notes the.
Cernig:The head of the Missile Defense Agency, General Trey Obering, has previously justified the massive expense and foreign policy jeopardy of placing land-based anti-missile facilities in Eastern Europe on the.