The Hwasong-12, finally
North Korea has finally tested (successfully) a new missile — and boy it is a doozy. After the April 15 parade, we called this missile the KN-08 Mod Odd and the KN-08 +/-. But North Korea calls it the Hwasong-12 and…
May 2017
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En Marche!
France has elected Emmanuel Macron as President, which is a chance for Jeffrey to inflict upon Aaron endless stories illustrating his love of French wine, food, and nuclear weapons.
Nuclear South Asia
Quotes of the week: “Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.” –Aeschylus “Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.” –Mark Twain When you find yourself in a hole, recovery is a multi-step process.…
THAAD Deployment
Jeffrey and Aaron don’t really want to keep talking about North Korea, but there is a US THAAD battery sitting on a fricking golf course. That calls for a podcast, one in which Aaron and Jeffrey discuss the politics of…
THE GREENER BEE
Do you remember THE GREEN BEE? Where we talked about a mysterious Taiwanese ballistic missile that looked a lot like the Lance? Well the research continues and new data has come to light putting the Green Bee firmly on the…
Korea and the Limits of Coercive Ambiguity
(With apologies to Alexander George.) North Korea and the Trump Administration turn out to be a pretty heady mix. That blend has been driving Americans to distraction for weeks, and keeping the natsec Twittersphere continuously busy. With North Korea in mind, I dashed off…
