THEODORE POSTOL, physicist and weapons expert, has been at the centre of quite some controversy this past year.
In the mid-1990s, the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (formerly known as the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization) tested some special sensors developed by a company called TRW. The sensors were designed to distinguish between simulated nuclear warheads and dummy warheads of the type an enemy might use as decoys. Then, as now, TRW scientists said the sensors performed better than expected.
Having examined the original measurements, Postol disagrees. He alleges not only that the original tests were flawed but that a branch of…
