Iran, the IAEA, and the Kingdom
by March 21, 2023 | No Comments
|The IAEA is doing a great job with the s**t we’re handing them. A very jetlagged Jeffrey joins Aaron to talk about the IAEA and the very positive role that Director General Rafael Grossi has played in trying to hold together the nuclear situation with Iran. JCPOA-holdover cameras, discontinuity in footage, and a bunch of …
The Actual Demise of New START
by March 8, 2023 | No Comments
|Ukraine: ZNPP Reactor Restarts
by February 11, 2023 | No Comments
|On February 10, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published a statement from Ukraine’s nuclear regulator spelling out that, unless Ukraine has resumed control of the station and safety examinations had been carried out, none of the six power reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) will be permitted to generate electricity: “The State …
Another North Korean Missile Parade
by February 10, 2023 | No Comments
|Jeffrey, Aaron, and Scott say the unthinkable: we’re a little tired of the parades. But we’re glad the youthes are still ordering pizza and crowding around the computer to watch. North Korea paraded at least 15 ICBMs, including 4 that were clearly meant to look like solid-propellent ICBMs. We’ve been down this road before, they’ve …
ZNPP Risk: No Silver Bullet
by Mark Hibbs | February 6, 2023
One of Them is Wrong About That
by ACW Podcast | January 16, 2023
The Bohu Laser Facility, Part 2: Operations
by Eli Hayes | December 21, 2022
Detecting Missile Launches with Ionospheric Disturbances
by ACW Podcast | December 20, 2022
The Bohu Laser Facility, Part 1: History and Organisation
by Eli Hayes | December 20, 2022
How Sting Likes to Test
by ACW Podcast | December 3, 2022
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The IAEA is doing a great job with the s**t we’re handing them. A very jetlagged Jeffrey joins Aaron to talk about the IAEA and the very positive role that Director General Rafael Grossi has played in trying to hold together the nuclear situation with Iran. JCPOA-holdover cameras, discontinuity in footage, and a bunch of suddenly friendliness from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia all make for a tense and confusing situation.
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