Not Lackin’ LACMs
by | September 15, 2021 | No Comments
The DPRK tested a cruise missile, but this time it was a big one. Like “INF Treaty” big, if that term still meant anything. The DPRK announced that it launched a 1500 km range cruise missile, after months of hints that a strategic nuclear-capable cruise missile was in the works. While it technically does not …
Hope and Stiltgrass
by | September 13, 2021 | No Comments
Quote of the Week “As a special field of horticulture, a garden exclusively of ferns presents a powerful challenge to skill in soil culture and landscape design.” — “Ferns in the Flower Garden” by H. Lincoln Foster in Ferns, The Roger Tory Peterson Field Guide, 1963 edition. Note to readers: Veteran followers of these posts …
Boiling Fish at Yongbyon
by | September 8, 2021 | No Comments
Looks like Yongbyon is running a little hot. The IAEA has announced that it believes the DPRK is conducting a plutonium reprocessing campaign at Yongbyon. Jeffrey and Aaron discuss why the DPRK would want to do this. What could the mystery be? Why would the DPRK reprocess plutonium? For nukes. It’s for nukes. Basically like …
Time to Shift from the Post-Kabul Blues to the China Arms Control Challenge
by | September 7, 2021 | 1 Comment
It's Always Cloudy in Novaya Zemlya
by ACW Podcast | September 3, 2021
The Unipolar Moment Crashes and Burns in Kabul
by Michael Krepon | August 30, 2021
Wasted Opportunities with the JCPOA
by ACW Podcast | August 27, 2021
Russia Resumes Burevestnik Testing
by Jeffrey Lewis | August 18, 2021
A SECOND SILO FIELD
by ACW Podcast | August 13, 2021
Topping-off National Missile Defenses for Tac Nuke Reductions?
by Michael Krepon | August 12, 2021
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The DPRK tested a cruise missile, but this time it was a big one. Like “INF Treaty” big, if that term still meant anything.
The DPRK announced that it launched a 1500 km range cruise missile, after months of hints that a strategic nuclear-capable cruise missile was in the works. While it technically does not fall under the United Nations Security Council resolutions sanctioning DPRK ballistic missile and space tests, it is a huge concern, especially since it is probably meant to carry a nuclear payload one day.
Jeffrey and Aaron talk about the tech, cruise missile proliferation, how the DPRK has been signaling this capability for a while, and why this is a very serious capability that needs to be addressed.
And, of course, they make fun of the JLENS.
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