Quote of the week: “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever…
North Korea tested what appears to be a maneuverable reentry vehicle (MaRV), which could support a tactical nuclear mission and subvert ballistic missile defenses. Jeffrey and Aaron talk through the difference between a MaRV and a hypersonic glide vehicle, discuss…
Quote of the week: “Certain subjects seem quite clear as long as we leave them alone.” — Fred Charles Iklé, How Nations Negotiate Note to readers: My last post asked you to consider your theory of change — change that results in…
Zach Cohen has a story on CNN (“US intel and satellite images show Saudi Arabia is now building its own ballistic missiles with help of China”) on China’s assistance to the growing Saudi ballistic missile program. It is, in many…
Lyric of the Week: “But your momma always said, ‘Look up into the sky Find the sun on a cloudy day,’ on a cloudy day” — Tones and I All of us who persist in seeking arms control and disarmament are…
Verse of the week: “Though much is taken, much abides; and thoughWe are not now that strength which in old daysMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate,…
Quotes of the week: “It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.” — Robert E. Lee “If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.” — Sun Tzu, The…
Quotes of the week: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald ”One thing is certain and…
The Soviet Union supplied North Korea with FROG surface-to-surface missiles around 1969. This is how the US figured it out.
Note to readers: One of the many challenges we face in trying to reduce nuclear dangers is how to engage China, India, and Pakistan into a diplomatic process, multilateral and bilateral, that strengthens and lengthens two of the norms we…
