The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has recently taken a significant step in its nuclear research and development program that at the same time illuminates Riyadh’s best route for demonstrating transparency in nuclear safeguards. On November 6, the KSA announced it has broken ground on the country’s first nuclear reactor, a research installation rated …
Chemical Warfare that Saves Lives
by | 2018-11-26 | 2 Comments
Quotes of the week: “Be here, now!” — Ram Dass “Be here now. Be somewhere else later. Is that so complicated?” — David Bader Dear ACW Readers, In 2007, large B cell lymphoma came to call. With the help of chemotherapy, I was granted bonus time. I thought I was in the clear, but no: large …
Counting Type 094 Jin-class SSBNs with Planet Imagery
by | 2018-11-21 | 9 Comments
A quick post before the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. In my professional life, I am especially grateful for high frequency satellite imagery. This week Planet Lab’s SkySat sensor allowed us to make two very interesting observations about China’s SSBN program. Jeffrey Lewis and I both gave a few comments to Defense One, but …
Nuclear Risk-Reduction on the Korean Peninsula
by | 2018-11-19 | 1 Comment
Lyric of the week: “Don’t want to die in a Super 8 Motel just because somebody’s evening didn’t go so well” — Jason Isbell, “Super 8” in the Southeastern album Every nuclear weapon awaits a set of circumstances that could produce truly awful headlines. An accident waiting to happen. A failure in safety or security …
