MOU 404
by | 2026-06-30 | No Comments
The US-Iran MOU is humiliating, it was signed at Versailles, and its still not on any government website. In fact, if you try a .gov keyword search for Iran’s commitment to not build nuclear weapons, the top result is Obama’s 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Aaron and Jeffrey work through why Trump was right …
KTSSMing Them Softly
by | 2026-06-30 | No Comments
Jeffrey and I have an article in Survival in which we reveal that, during 2024, South Korea deployed more than 300 Korea Tactical Surface-to-Surface Missile (KTSSM) short-range missiles. The numbers themselves are astonishing. But it’s the basing mode that really alarmed us – these missiles are deployed in fixed, concrete blockhouses, tightly clustered, across three …
Let the Uploading Begin
by | 2026-06-04 | No Comments
From Satan to Sarmat
by | 2026-05-27 | No Comments
Russia tested the RS-28 Sarmat heavy ICBM, which will replace the SS-18/RS-36M Satan. What’s it for? Aaron and Jeffrey talk about the role of heavy ICBMs, the foundational assumption for counterforce, the rise of orbital bombardment systems (FOBS!!!!!!!!), the collapse of the ABM Treaty and the future of space-based interceptors. Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!
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The US-Iran MOU is humiliating, it was signed at Versailles, and its still not on any government website. In fact, if you try a .gov keyword search for Iran’s commitment to not build nuclear weapons, the top result is Obama’s 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Aaron and Jeffrey work through why Trump was right to quit while he was behind, why continuing the fight wouldn’t have changed a single comma, and why, weeks later, you still can’t find the thing on state.gov.
Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!
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