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This guest post is by Jim Lamson. Last month, Iran named its new defense minister, Mehrdad Akhlaghi-Ketabchi, to replace the interim minister, Majid Ebn al-Reza, and succeed the former defense minister, Aziz Nasirzadeh, who was killed in February 2026 by…
Jon Landay has a story in Reuters (Saudi missile plant expansion may produce more powerful missiles, study says) on the ongoing expansion of Saudi Arabia’s solid propellant missile production site at al-Duwadimi. We have been monitoring the site for many…
Long story short (tl;dr) Welcome to the new Wonk. There’s a lot that changed and you should check it out: — Article reading lists by topic — New podcast landing page and player — Podcast transcripts — Guests of the…
Aaron and Jeffrey crossed paths in Philadelphia for a TTX about space nukes and escalation dynamics. The two caught up on the game, the recent news from USAF Secretary about US weapons in orbit, and what it all means for…
Is space based missile defense all gold and no dome? Aaron and Jeffrey sit down with FPRI Fellow Sam Lair to discuss their forthcoming paper about the costs of space based missile defense.
Aaron and Jeffrey have a lot to announce. On this special episode of the show, the two let the listeners in on their future plans, and take a look back at the history of the podcast.
China has conducted a test of its JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile into the open ocean — a departure from its usual practice of lobbing missiles into the desert or splashing them down in domestic waters. Jeffrey and Aaron Stein sit…
The US-Iran MOU is humiliating, it was signed at Versailles, and its still not on any government website. In fact, if you try a .gov keyword search for Iran’s commitment to not build nuclear weapons, the top result is Obama’s…
Jeffrey and I have an article in Survival in which we reveal that, during 2024, South Korea deployed more than 300 Korea Tactical Surface-to-Surface Missile (KTSSM) short-range missiles. The numbers themselves are astonishing. But it’s the basing mode that really…
Aaron and Jeffrey sat down to discuss the Trump administration’s review of nuclear strategy, the case for uploading, and what it all means for the looming arms race.
