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.” …
Arms Control Implications of the War in Ukraine (IV): Proliferation
by | 2022-05-16 | No Comments
Quote of the week: “The one thing nuclear weapons do seem to be good for is deterring major attacks on those who have them. In this respect, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, like NATO’s 2011 campaign in Libya, will only confirm their value—not because the Russians will use them but because Ukraine didn’t have them. …
New Construction at Yongbyon
by | 2022-05-13 | No Comments
Josh Pollack, Dave Schmerler and I have a new analysis of satellite images showing that North Korea is resuming construction at a long-dormant nuclear reactor that, if completed, would increase its production of plutonium for nuclear weapons by a factor of ten. You can read the full analysis here. US officials declined to comment on …
