Lisa Owens Davis
Lyric of the week: And so there’s a rhyme That says life will soon be fine Love is just what you make it So keep on lovin, you’ll soon discover A mighty love — The Spinners, “Mighty Love” Note to…
February 2020
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Visualizations and Verification
James Palmer of the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment joins the ACW trio to talk about the importance of 3D modelling and data visualization, including recreations of North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site and virtual reality training simulations. Links of Note,…
Space Diplomacy
Quote of the week: “And to meet the emerging threats in space, the newest war-fighting domain, the president has called for the creation of the U.S. Space Force.” – Vice President Mike Pence, “America needs a Space Force” Washington Post,…
Iran’s Space Launchers and Solid Missiles
Iran tested a satellite launch vehicle, and it failed. But this isn’t a reason to cheer. Iran showed off a lot of goodies this month, pointing to an active solid-propellant missile program and has no said a future satellite launch…
Stephen Ledogar: Unsung Hero of Arms Control
Multiple Choice Quiz of the Week: Which two of the following films reflect the temper of the times for the 2020 Oscars? A. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington B. Parasite C. It’s A Wonderful Life D. Joker E. Singin’ in…
Iran’s solid-propellant SLV program is alive and kicking
If you are a friend of the blog, you might have heard of Iran’s program to develop a solid propellant space launcher, the relationship of the space launch program to Iran’s missile ambitions and the 2011 explosion that wiped out…
Where Are We? And Where Do We go from Here?
Lyric of the Week: “There’ll be no healing from the art of double dealing. Armageddon’s back in town again” — Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers, The Unraveling album Note to Readers: Here’s what I had to say to the UN Secretary…
Possible ICBM Modernization Underway at Sundian
This article was co-authored with Decker Eveleth. Decker Eveleth is a junior at Reed College studying International Comparative Policy Studies. He sometimes moonlights as the disembodied head of an Iranian weapons designer. China may be modernizing some very old ICBM…
NATO Expansion and the Great Unraveling of Arms Control
Quotes of the week: “An alliance is like a chain. It is not made stronger by adding weak links to it.” — Walter Lippmann, Today and Tomorrow column, August 5, 1952 “An alliance is effective only to the extent that it reflects a…
