The U.S. posture toward North Korea is determined by the country's policies and not its leadership, a key Obama administration official said yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 28).
National Security Council senior director for Asia policy Jeffrey Bader said, "Our (Read more...)
The Obama administration has yet to make clear how it intends to win sufficient GOP backing to meet its goal of ratifying a new nuclear arms control treaty with Russia during the current Congress's "lame-duck" session between next week's election (Read more...)
Russia's experimental Bulava submarine-based ballistic missile in a practice flight today flew 3,700 miles and hit its target, marking the seventh successful test in 14 trials to date of the weapon, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Oct. 28).
A Japanese warship outfitted with Aegis ballistic defense techology yesterday was able to track and eliminate a ballistic missile target, Reuters reported (see GSN, Oct. 28).
The medium-range target was fired around 5 p.m. Hawaii time and was brought (Read more...)
The U.S. Defense Department has announced plans to deploy a missile defense system managed by the Army to cover Guam, but it was uncertain whether the Pacific island would host the equipment, the Pacific Daily News yesterday quoted a Guam (Read more...)
Two Ohio police officers were sickened Tuesday following an arrest at a house found to contain a byproduct of the biological toxin ricin, along with cocaine and illicit mushrooms, the Toledo Blade reported (see GSN, June 28).
Nine officers (Read more...)
Taiwan has made an initial decision to seek an extended delay on delivery of six U.S. Patriot Advanced Capability 3 missile interceptor batteries, the Taiwanese Central News Agency reported yesterday (see GSN, Sept. 7).
Taiwanese budget limitations and U.S. (Read more...)
Austria yesterday unveiled plans to establish a new arms control advocacy entity in cooperation with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (see GSN, April 19, 2007).
Slated to open early next year, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and (Read more...)
The United Kingdom's spy chief today asserted that WMD proliferation among nations could have more widespread effects than terrorist strikes on Western targets, Reuters reported (see GSN, Oct. 21).
The remarks by Secret Intelligence Service head John Sawers to (Read more...)