The Trump Administration is reportedly mulling the development of new “low yield” nuclear weapons in its Nuclear Posture Review. But is this really new? Or is it that we just don’t trust the Trump Administration with sharp objects, let alone the bomb. Jeffrey and Aaron discuss the recent history of proposals for new nuclear weapons, including …
Pyrrhic Victories and Draws
by | 2017-09-18 | 3 Comments
Quote of the week: “What history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for, but the methods we used to accomplish them.” — Hans Bethe In “Lonesome Day,” Bruce Springsteen offered this hopeful lyric: Hell’s brewing, dark sun’s on the rise This storm will blow through by and by House is on fire, …
SAR Image of Punggye-ri
by | 2017-09-13 | No Comments
Last week was pretty awesome — we had a huge “new tools” conference here at Monterey with all kinds of cool space and tech companies like Airbus. We have a great relationship with Airbus, which made available a pair of images taken with synthetic aperture radar of North Korea’s nuclear test site before and after …
Proliferation in the Age of Uncertainty
by | 2017-09-10 | 3 Comments
Quote of the week: “It is clear that the use of such a weapon cannot be justified on any ethical ground which gives a human being a certain individuality and dignity, even if he happens to be a resident in an enemy country.” — Enrico Fermi and I.I. Rabi, addendum to the Report of the …
