Verse of the week: “Everyone knows the great energies running amok cast/ terrible shadows, and each of the so-called/ senseless acts has its thread looping/ back through the world and into the human heart. – Mary Oliver, “Shadows” Sinclair Lewis’s novel about the rise of fascism in the United States, It Can’t Happen Here, published …
Waiting for the Boom
by | 2022-06-04 | No Comments
After a brief hiatus due to Jeffrey’s house catching on a lil’ bit of fire, the Arms Control Wonk team is back to take a look at North Korea’s triple missile launch and looming possible nuclear test. Jeffrey and Aaron discuss the North Korean nuclear testing schedule, the expectations of precision that open source intelligence …
Death Cult Drones, Maybe
by | 2022-05-26 | No Comments
Did you know that, in the 1990s, the Aum Shinrikyo death-cult acquired two remote-controlled helicopters and considered using them to deliver chemical weapons? It’s a wild story, write Brian Scheu and Philipp Bleek — although one that raises more questions, including about sourcing, than it answers. A terrible tale of drones, chemical weapons, and (gasp!) …
Arms Control Implications of the War in Ukraine (V): Proliferation
by | 2022-05-23 | 1 Comment
Quotes of the week: “History gives us no reason to expect that a nation’s first atomic bomb, if simply designed, will fail.” — Fred Chrles Iklé, Bernard Brodie, Alexander George, et.al., “The Diffusion of Nuclear Weapons to Additional Countries: The Nth Country Problem” “Once again, Pollyanna is silenced and Cassandra is doing all the talking.” …
