Years · 2021

May 2021

6 posts

Episode30 min

Hyperbolic Hyper Hype

The hype is real. Maybe its a branding thing, maybe people forget ballistic missiles are a thing, maybe nobody thinks “glider force” sounds cool. But whatever the reason, people keep calling hypersonic glide vehicles fast compared to existing missile systems.…

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The stands they are a changin’

Studying North Korea’s ballistic missile program with satellite imagery requires knowing what type of activities to look for, identifying the locations related to missile development and testing, and monitoring those sites to track changes or activities as they happen.  When…

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Wilson and Barash on Abolition and Deterrence

Quote of the week: “You’ve got to dream a little bit if you’re going to get somewhere.” – George P. Shultz Note to readers: Ward Wilson and David Barash have written with depth and feeling about abolition and nuclear deterrence.…

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Nuclear Grand Strategy (sic) and Abolition

Lyrics of the week: “I must’ve been through about a million girlsI’d love ’em and I’d leave ’em aloneI didn’t care how much they cried no sirTheir tears left me cold as a stone. But then I fooled around and…

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Israeli Rocket Motor Test

On April 20, an Israeli twitter user posted a video of a large smoky cloud to his Twitter account with the comment “A mysterious explosion in northern Israel.” Jeffrey and his team tracked down the “mysterious explosion,” identifying it as…

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Another Book on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Quotes of the week: “He just beat the hell out of me.” – John F. Kennedy after his summit meeting with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna “It was as if you were sitting in an iron barrel that was being beaten…