tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7203030458160461977..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Just Like ClockworkGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-47205865417283222042007-06-28T11:04:00.000-04:002007-06-28T11:04:00.000-04:00Akshully, all the overt fumbling and bumbling is j...Akshully, all the overt fumbling and bumbling is just a decoy; the REAL D&D stuff is so black no one dares use it; it's so good that it would reveal its own existence the moment its output was exploited.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm ....Brian Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895289104798325252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-62166032719437426622007-06-28T10:23:00.000-04:002007-06-28T10:23:00.000-04:00To be precise, I think that the process of negotia...To be precise, I think that the process of negotiating a treaty would lead to the establishment of ad hoc structures on the Chinese side that would produce a fuller consideration of their interests in avoiding a space race.<BR/><BR/>Absent such a negotiation, I would expect that China's development of these systems as technical programs advocated from within the General Armaments Department to continue, increasing the risk that both sides will deploy strategic forces that would be difficult to control in a crisis.<BR/><BR/>The negotiation could take the form of a bilateral dialogue, although the Chinese have been slow to follow through on reciprocal Second Artillery visits and the establishment of a hotline.<BR/><BR/>It seems, to me, that starting a multilateral negotiation in Geneva with substantial bilateral contacts, as the Clinton Administration did successfully with the CTBT, would be the best way to get the Chinese government to engage with the significant costs to their security that their direct ascent and directed energy programs will incur.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002011423475922254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-67621697228286757452007-06-28T08:49:00.000-04:002007-06-28T08:49:00.000-04:00Funny you should mention that...I saw a recent art...Funny you should mention that...I saw a recent article which suggested that such an aircraft may be in the works.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-52977714806396811632007-06-28T03:53:00.000-04:002007-06-28T03:53:00.000-04:00How about a stealthy Mach 3 plus 21st century vers...How about a stealthy Mach 3 plus 21st century version of the SR-71 Blackbird?<BR/>No worries about predictability or shoot down by common air defense missiles.billmillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935148113752374830noreply@blogger.com