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Now we know how the attempt to reconcile House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is going. It’s not. The tip-off came this week when, Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee, introduced the so-called “skinny” NDAA. Filing a slimmed-down defense policy bill is a very public way of calling attention to the stalled conference negotiations.
The Issue Russian officials have recently raised the possibility that Moscow might view commercial satellites that are providing support to Ukraine as legitimate targets for retaliatory strikes. Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy head of Russia’s delegation at a U.N. arms control panel, has said that the use of Western satellites to help Ukrainian forces on the battlefield is “an extremely dangerous trend” and that “quasi-civilian infrastructure may be a legitimate target for a retaliatory strike.”
Biden administration officials involved in the recent Nuclear Posture Review of U.S. strategic weapons and forces sought to further restrict the use of nuclear arms as during internal discussions on the nuclear review but ultimately backed off, according to Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, nominee to be the next Strategic Command chief.
Biden administration officials involved in the recent Nuclear Posture Review of U.S. strategic weapons and forces sought to further restrict the use of nuclear arms during internal discussions on the nuclear review but ultimately backed off, according to Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, nominee to be the next Strategic Command chief.