http://defensetech.org/2007/01/04/nuke-scarecrow-put-out-to-pasture/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2007/01/04/nuke-scarecrow-put-out-to-pasture/#comment-154005 WR Tue, 06 May 2008 22:27:16 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3343#comment-154005 Chris, By the way you write, I am wonder if working with some of the heavy metals as a metallurgist got to your brain. Chris,
By the way you write, I am wonder if working with some of the heavy metals as a metallurgist got to your brain.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/01/04/nuke-scarecrow-put-out-to-pasture/#comment-57970 WR Tue, 06 May 2008 22:26:06 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3343#comment-57970 Some of the links (URL's) are defunct. Please update them. Some of the links (URL’s) are defunct. Please update them.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/01/04/nuke-scarecrow-put-out-to-pasture/#comment-154004 Chris Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:04:09 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3343#comment-154004 Hey thos esuit cases need to be recharged don't they EggHeads--I am a Mettalurgist to the MAX and know all about that Metal and the Tamper so do the mini nukes with small pits of PU-239 do to MASS DEFECT meaning most tactical warheads are either phizzled out or incapable of sustaing a high order detonation. Best way is to take the innards ofa W-77 and test it. Hey thos esuit cases need to be recharged don’t they EggHeads–I am a Mettalurgist to the MAX and know all about that Metal and the Tamper so do the mini nukes with small pits of PU-239 do to MASS DEFECT meaning most tactical warheads are either phizzled out or incapable of sustaing a
high order detonation. Best way is to take the innards ofa W-77 and test it.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/01/04/nuke-scarecrow-put-out-to-pasture/#comment-154003 Haninah Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:40:41 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3343#comment-154003 Thomas D'Agostino, currently deputy administrator for defense programs, is being tapped as acting administrator. Unfortunately, the "acting" bit means there's no chance of confirmation hearings (I'm not sure whether NNSAdministrator is a confirmed position to begin with). Beyond the security issues, I'd love to see the type of congressional attention that a hearing would bring to Complex 2030. Like I've written before here on DefTech, it's not that I think C2030 is necessarily a bad idea (might be, might not be) it's just that there's a lot about it that would benefit enormously from some careful oversight. Joe Cirincione was quoted in today's WaPo saying, "I would feel better if Brooks were being dismissed on policy grounds rather than security grounds" (note that he also called Brooks "a very intelligent public servant with a great deal of integrity"). Whether or not you support RRW and Complex 2030, it's hard to deny that Brooks (and, for that matter, D'Agostino) have botched the PR for this whole undertaking disastrously, from trying to use RRW as a cover for RNEP (and getting called out even by Republicans) to having to admit that their claims about the cost and longevity of RRW were totally unsubstantiated. Thomas D’Agostino, currently deputy administrator for defense programs, is being tapped as acting administrator. Unfortunately, the “acting” bit means there’s no chance of confirmation hearings (I’m not sure whether NNSAdministrator is a confirmed position to begin with). Beyond the security issues, I’d love to see the type of congressional attention that a hearing would bring to Complex 2030. Like I’ve written before here on DefTech, it’s not that I think C2030 is necessarily a bad idea (might be, might not be) it’s just that there’s a lot about it that would benefit enormously from some careful oversight.
Joe Cirincione was quoted in today’s WaPo saying, “I would feel better if Brooks were being dismissed on policy grounds rather than security grounds” (note that he also called Brooks “a very intelligent public servant with a great deal of integrity”). Whether or not you support RRW and Complex 2030, it’s hard to deny that Brooks (and, for that matter, D’Agostino) have botched the PR for this whole undertaking disastrously, from trying to use RRW as a cover for RNEP (and getting called out even by Republicans) to having to admit that their claims about the cost and longevity of RRW were totally unsubstantiated.

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