Norway will participate in France's "forward deterrence" nuclear initiative.
Norway will also sign a mutual defense treaty with France, known as the Narvik Agreement.
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PARIS (TV 2): Norge vil være med på Frankrikes atomparaply-initiativ i et nytt forsvarssamarbeid.
Thanks so much to True Anomaly for having me out to their facility in Colorado to talk about my book "Weapons in Space." I thoroughly enjoyed touring their satellite fabrication facility and seeing some of their space defense projects. It's a very interesting time in the commercial space arena!
Aaron Bateman
I am thrilled to share my new *open access* article in Security Studies, “Other than Law: Legitimizing China’s Nuclear Strategy.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
David Holloway's new tome on the international history of nuclear weapons has arrived!
Aaron Bateman
Fiona Cunningham
Declassified 1982 study about improving the survivability of U.S. military and intelligence space systems.
This is a declassified 1981 memo from Richard Allen (then national security advisor) about a recent test of the Soviet Union's co-orbital anti-satellite weapon. The Soviets were testing out a new optical sensor for target acquisition.
I'm still shocked when people ask, "aren't all archives online now" ... no, far from it. Most of the best stuff is buried away in dusty files in the most unexpected places.
Aaron Bateman
Some of the recently declassified images of the NRO's Cold War-era JUMPSEAT HEO signals intelligence satellite program. lnkd.in/eGym2xBj
The National Reconnaissance Office has declassified limited details about JUMPSEAT, a Cold War-era signals intelligence satellite program in HEO. www.nro.gov/news-media-f...
Yes, going back to the Cold War, aligning political and industrial goals in the context of joint defense projects proved to be v. difficult both between the US and Europe and within Europe.
