Quotes of the week: “You use a small one, then you go to a bigger one. I think nuclear weapons are nuclear weapons and we need to draw the line there.” — George Shultz “I don’t think there’s any such thing as a tactical nuclear weapon. Any nuclear weapon used at any time is a strategic …
“Subtle” DPRK Networks in Russia
by | 2018-10-29 | No Comments
A guest post by my colleague Cameron Trainer: Russia takes its commitment to enforcing United Nations sanctions on North Korea seriously. So seriously, in fact, that when Russian businesswoman Irina Tyan was listed in a NPR article as operating a banned joint venture with DPRK consulate Vladivostok, the government immediately took action to close the …
Missed Missiles: Finding a Failed Missile Test in India
by | 2018-10-23 | 10 Comments
Dave Schmerler, Michael Duitsman, and I were gathered around my computer, admiring satellite images we found of an Indian missile on a launch pad from May 2017. I pointed to some cloudy streaks on the screen and joked, “I wonder if that’s smoke from a test gone wrong.” We zoomed out to see more of …
Trashing the INF Treaty
by | 2018-10-22 | 13 Comments
Quote of the week: “Wake the damn Bambino. I’ll drill him in the ass.” — Attributed to Pedro Martinez, 2004, the year when the Red Sox broke the curse of not winning a World Series after trading Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees 86 years earlier. Donald Trump announced at a campaign rally on …
