Avatar photoCarrier Killer: China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles and Theater of Operations in the early 21st Century

Gerry Doyle and Blake Herzinger join Jeffrey to talk about their new book: Carrier Killer: China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles and Theater of Operations in the early 21st Century. The group sits down to talk through China’s DF-21D and DF-26 missiles. Do they work? What do they do? What can they actually accomplish? How do navies …

Avatar photoBerlin Games: A Tale of Hughes Helicopters, Diplomats, and North Korea’s Arms-trading Networks

The following is a guest post by Friend of Blog Daniel Salisbury. Last month, I published an article in Intelligence and National Security exploring the role of intelligence operatives in perpetrating arms trafficking and that of intelligence agencies in countering it. The piece provided a case study of an audacious 1980s arms deal where DPRK …

Avatar photoArms Control Implications of the War in Ukraine (II)

Lyric of the week: “You can throw me in the Colbert County jailhouse You can throw me off the Wilson Dam But there ain’t much difference in the man I wanna be And the man that I really am. Listen to me… We ain’t never gonna change We ain’t doin’ nothin’ wrong” — the astounding …

Avatar photoArms Control Implications of the War in Ukraine (I)

Quote of the week: “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” ― Confucius Let’s start with the good news. We’re not out of the woods yet, but the war in Ukraine, like those preceding it, is again demonstrating that nuclear weapons are not useful in warfare. If Vladimir Putin authorizes a …