ASP ICYMI – latest on Jaczko, Missile Defense, Yemen, Iran and North Korea

Continuing his reports from Chicargo, ASP Fellow, Joshua Foust, briefis us on the latest developments from the Summit

Podcast by ASP Fellow Joshua Foust, reporting from the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago

The report says that nuclear planning for Cold War-style conflicts with an exchange of nuclear weapons is exceedingly unlikely and such planning is a left over from the days of the Soviet Union. The current threats the United States faces today, rouge states, failed states, terrorism, cyber warfare, epidemics or climate change cannot be defended against by nuclear weapons.

In a move to push forward legislation to change the Smith-Mundt Act, The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 has been included as part of an en-bloc amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013.

ASP ICYMI – House DOD Budget latest. Afghan cells, Iran China and Euro crisis