The Senate Foreign Relations Committee [1] has approved the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (popularly known as the New START Treaty ) [2] for a floor-vote by the full US Senate [3...
Much has been made of our glimpse into the administration’s nuclear philosophy, afforded by this week’s leak of the new Nuclear Posture Review and the signing of a new START with Russia. Most analyses I have seen tie the content to President Obama’s avowed aspiration for a nuclear-free world. It is never...
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I’ve discussed Iran’s nuclear weapons program in these pages before, but an incident occurred early Friday that has been under-reported. A small unit of special operators entered southern Iraq and occupied an oil well in an area that Iran claims was never returned after the Iran-Iraq War...
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In a scene reminiscent of the Cold War, two Russian fast attack submarines are “patrolling” off our East Coast. Back then, they would likely be loitering (submerged), awaiting the departure of one of our ballistic missile boats from refurbishing at the Groton [CT] yards. But today, it’s...
Largely obscured by the ObamaCare food fight, SecDef Robert Gates has made the closing of the Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor line at 187 planes (out of the contracted run of 381) as one of his major objectives in the FY2010 defense budget [1] . Reasons given range from cost ($350 million each) to availability...
Barack Obama has finished his first trip to Мать Россия (Mother Russia) and came away without headlines or “breakthroughs”. This is a success. Trust me, any surprises ( e.g ., headlines, breakthroughs) coming out of Putin’s Russia wouldn’t have been favorable to us. An agreement...