Quote of the week: “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” – Albert Einstein Thanks to the reporting of Steve Liewer of the Omaha World-Herald, we have learned about the latest effort by House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry to drive a stake into the heart of the …

Ears pricked up across the nonproliferation world last week when North Korea’s representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva stated that Pyongyang “will join international disarmament efforts for a total ban on nuclear tests.” Does this development mean that North Korea may be prepared to join the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty? The ambassador’s remarks, offered …

Matt Korda, fellow Canuck and master of North Korean missile puns, submitted this piece on publicly available missile patents. It’s wonderfully in the weeds, but then again we are called Arms Control “Wonk” for a reason, right?  ______________ When I’m bored, I sometimes like to scroll through the latest patents listed on Google. It’s the …