july 19, 1999 Department of Defense Responds to Proposal to Homeport U.S. Aircraft Carrier in Japan Without Nuclear Weapons Original FOIA document In response to a proposal from the U.S. Ambassador to Japan that homeporting of a U.S. aircraft carrier to Japan be done without nuclear weapons onboard, U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird responded […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report February 26, 1998
IN TODAY’S REPORT: I. United States 1. US Reaction to Kim Dae-jung’s Inauguration 2. DPRK Defectors 3. US MIAs 4. Confirmation of ROK Prime Minister 5. Russian Nuclear Safety I. United States 1. US Reaction to Kim Dae-jung’s Inauguration State Department Spokesman James Rubin (“STATE DEPARTMENT NOON BRIEFING,” USIA Transcript, 02/25/98) stated that […]
Technological Alternatives to Reduce Acid Gas and Related Emissions from Energy-Sector Activities in Northeast Asia November, 1996
1.Introduction and Background Of the many environmental concerns currently facing the nations of Northeast Asia, the problem of “acid rain” or “acid precipitation” presents perhaps the most potent combination of immediate and ongoing impact and regional scope. “Acid rain” , (as described in more detail in other papers in this series) is a general, though […]
NPR Working Group #5: The 1994 Nuclear Posture Review
NPR Working Group #5: The Relationship Between Alternative Nuclear Postures and Counterproliferation Policy Disclosure of portions of the Bush administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) has resurfaced the issue of what role the US nuclear posture should have in deterring and, if necessary, defeating, the acquisition and use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD by so-called […]
1992 CINCPAC China Assessment
Following the demise of the Soviet Union, the United States was struggling with analyzing its new security situation and foreign challenges. James Woolsey, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, said that, “We have slain a large dragon. But now we live in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes.” In listing […]