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| August 28, 2008 |
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U.S. Policy Brief: The Need for a Strategic Dialogue with China (Issue Brief)
In January 2007, China tested a direct ascent anti-satellite weapon. The test garnered international condemnation and caused great concern among American policy-makers and the public at the growing possibility of an arms race in space. CDI Research Assistant Vince Manzo reviews four expert perspectives on China’s test, and outlines the policies both countries should immediately pursue to avoid space warfare.
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| August 13, 2008 |
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Missile Defense Update #6: Aug. 13, 2008 (Reports)
• Latest GMD Test Cost $130 million • U.S. and Czech Republic Sign Missile Defense Agreement; Poland Still Uncertain; Russia Upset • Russia Reduces Oil to the Czech Republic • Presidential Candidates on Missile Threats • One ABL Test Not Enough, Says Program Official • Israel Tested Iron Dome Missile Defense System • Israel Seeks Stronger Defense • Israel May Hold Off on Upgrading PAC-2 • Israeli Missile Defense: Arrow-3 vs. SM-3 • U.S. and Israel to Cooperate on David’s Sling • Japan Held Test Run of Patriot Batteries
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| August 11, 2008 |
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Information Warfare and Nuclear Weapons Security (Analysis)
The extent to which information warfare threatens nuclear weapons command and control systems is unclear, but the threat to similar government and commercial systems has been extensively studied. In this article, CDI Science Fellow Eric Hundman analyzes the potential threat to nuclear command and control by combining public data on information warfare threats with a classification system for information warfare techniques developed by the Defense Department.
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| August 8, 2008 |
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Space Security Update #5: Aug. 8, 2008 (Briefing)
SpaceX Suffers Flight Failure of Falcon 1 • AEHF Cost Overrun Prompts Nunn-McCurdy Investigation • $15 Billion TSAT Contract to be Awarded this Winter • Tajikistan Sells Space Tracking Facility to Russia for Debt Forgiveness • France to Push for European Space-Surveillance Network • Air Force Testing Center Held First Space Summit • Pentagon Creates Space and Intelligence Capabilities Office • SBIRS HEO-1 Payload Handed Over to Air Force • Broad Area Surveillance Intelligence Capability to be Procured the NRO • Galileo System: Services, Military Use and Procurement • Competition for Galileo Master 2008 • Think-Tank Claims Australia Needs Space Capabilities • China’s Beidou/Compass System Goals
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| August 7, 2008 |
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Afghanistan Update: July 2008 (Fact Sheets)
News and analysis about the security situation in Afghanistan and the surrounding region.
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| August 7, 2008 |
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Building Transparency in Space (Opinion)
CDI Director Theresa Hitchens has an op-ed called “Building Transparency in Space,” in the July 26, 2008, edition of Space News. She argues that the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense should be more open-minded about industry ideas regarding sharing space situational awareness data.
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| August 7, 2008 |
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Air Force Cyber Command Factsheet (Fact Sheets)
With the creation of an Air Force Cyber Command (AFCYBER), the Air Force has formalized its assertion that cyberspace is a warfighting domain. While AFCYBER was established under the claim that defending the cyber infrastructure is crucial to our nation’s security, the Air Force also intends to place a heavy emphasis on fighting through cyberspace. In this AFCYBER fact sheet, CDI Research Assistant Chelsea Dilley looks at the ambiguity surrounding the new command and questions whether many of the major issues have been addressed.
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| August 4, 2008 |
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DARPA Engaged in Potential Space Weapons Development (Analysis)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is engaged in research related to space-based weapons development according to its fiscal year 2009 (FY 09) budget justification documents. CDI Senior Analyst Victoria Samson outlines these potential weapons programs in her analysis, "DARPA's Potential Space Weapons Programs."
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| August 1, 2008 |
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The Next Great Space Debate (Analysis)
In a recent article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, CDI Director Theresa Hitchens takes a critical look at this year's annual session of the UN Committee for Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which ended on June 20 without making key decisions on major security issues that face the global space community.
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| August 1, 2008 |
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U.S.-Sino "Grand Bargain" in Space (Analysis)
Recent events have made Sino-U.S. competition, and even conflict, in space seems increasingly likely. In an article co-authored with David Chen, CDI Director Theresa Hitchens presents the incoming U.S. administration with a bargaining strategy aimed at achieving improved security for U.S. space systems and forestalling an anti-satellite arms race with China.
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| July 31, 2008 |
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The Defense Monitor, Volume XXXVII, No. 4 - July/August 2008 (Reports)
Future Combat Systems: Is the Army's Modernization Project Worth It? • Drowning in Dollars: Has a $200 "Plus-Up" Helped the Air Force? • Air Force in Free Fall • A Different Kind of Enemy: American Soldiers Face Mental Health Challenges After Returning Home • United Nations Considers Arms Trade Treaty • The Responsibility to Protect: An International Norm in the Making?
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| July 24, 2008 |
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Small Arms Agenda at U.N. Biennial Meeting of States (BMS) (Analysis)
Over 130 United Nations member states met from July 14-18 for the Biennial Meeting of States (BMS), where states reviewed progress on the implementation of the Programme of Action that establishes national, regional and global measures to stem the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. Unlike previous UN small arms meetings, the United States did not participate in this year’s BMS. CDI Research Assistant Jonah Leff offers a detailed analysis of last week’s conference.
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| July 16, 2008 |
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2002 DOD Missile Defense Memorandum (Reports)
The Department of Defense memorandum outlining the missile defense program direction and that of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) can be found at the Federation of American Scientists website.
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| July 16, 2008 |
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Pentagon's Prompt Global Strike Program: A Trigger for Nuclear Conflict? (Analysis)
The Pentagon’s Prompt Global Strike (PGS) program aims to enable the United States to plan and deliver military strikes anywhere on the globe in less than one hour. However, weapon systems developed in pursuit of a PGS capability could raise the probability of an inadvertent nuclear exchange and complicate future arms control negotiations. Therefore, as CDI Research Assistant Vince Manzo explains in this analysis, it is imperative that Congress exercise strict oversight over all aspects of any PGS program.
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