The New START treaty has expired leaving the US and Russia without a bilateral limit on offensive strategic arms for the first time in decades. There is reportedly a handshake deal not to do anything drastic for six months while the two sides talk about the outlines of a future deal, but there seems to be little …

U.S. Undersecretary of State Tom DiNanno accused China of conducting decoupled, low-yield nuclear tests including on June 22, 2020.  Aaron and Jeffrey talk about seismic monitoring of nuclear tests, the role of hydronuclear testing, and what might be going on.    Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!

Russia has deployed the Oreshnik system in Belarus and then, from Russia, conducted another Oreshnik test.  Jefffrey and Aaron discuss how the open source team found the deployment site in Belarus before Russia announced it, what they think Oreshnik is, and how Russia managed to violate two arms control treaties with one missile.   Support …

Jeffrey and Scott watched the new Kathryn Bigelow movie “House of Dynamite” and they both have opinions. The crew talks through both the artistic choices as well as the wonky details. “House of Dynamite” is an interesting take on missile defense and decisionmaking that doesn’t quite commit enough to any philosophical or strategic camp, but ultimately …