Chauncey Gardiner Makes Another Appearance
by April 19, 2021 | 2 Comments
|Verse of the week: “To the garden of the world anew descending, Potent mates, daughters, sons, preluding, The love, the life of their bodies, meaning and being, Curious here behold my resurrection after slumber, The revolving cycles in their wide sweep having brought me again, amorous, mature, all beautiful to me, all wondrous” — Walt …
A boat only a missile could love
by April 13, 2021 | No Comments
|Now that we are all looking at Sinpo for signs of further activity involving the TULP (Towed Underwater Launch Platform) and the collocated floating drydock at the semi-refurbished construction hall, I wanted to bring your attention to an interesting vessel I have been following for a few months. Its purpose is not entirely understood and …
This Would Be A Good Time for An Open Skies Treaty Overflight
by April 12, 2021 | 2 Comments
|DPRK Moves Launch Barge
by April 6, 2021 | No Comments
|Dave Schmerler and I observe that North Korea just moved the launch barge it keeps at the Sinpo South Shipyard to test submarine-launched ballistic missiles. On April 6, North Korean towed the barge from the secure boat basin where it is normally docked to the boat launch in front of the shipyard’s main construction hall. …
Multiple Choice Quiz
by Michael Krepon | April 5, 2021
A Tale of Two Launches
by ACW Podcast | April 1, 2021
Britain Increases Its Defense Spending and Shortchanges Its Future
by Michael Krepon | March 22, 2021
The Well-Read Wonk
by Michael Krepon | March 16, 2021
Making the Easy Stuff Hard: Re-joining the JCPOA
by ACW Podcast | March 10, 2021
Killing the ABM Treaty: A Retrospective
by Michael Krepon | March 8, 2021
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North Korea has been active the past few weeks, launching a set of cruise missiles (probably just coastal defense systems) and a separate set of ballistic missiles (which look like stretched KN23 short-range ballistic missiles) a few days later. But these events were received very differently by the Biden administration and analysts.
Jeffrey, Aaron, and Scott discuss why these events were received so differently, what the deal is with North Korea’s newest short-range ballistic missile system, and what the Biden administration may be getting itself into with its denuclearization policy.
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