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 …
The New Congress and the Lost Art of Political Compromise
by | 2018-11-13 | No Comments
Quotes of the week: “Atomic energy seems to present choices that defy wide popular understanding and control. So far, the control of such decisions is a kind of indigestible element in the operation of democratic politics.” — Robert A. Dahl, “Atomic Energy and the Democratic Process,” 1953. “The death of democracy is not likely to be …
