Quotes of the week: “For the first time in our lives, we can feel the disturbing vibrations of complete human readjustment. Usually the vibrations are so faint as to go unnoticed. This time, they are so strong that even the ending of a war is overshadowed.” — E.B. White, The New Yorker, 1945 “Now, I am …
North Korea’s Small SLBM
by | 2021-10-27 | No Comments
North Korea seems to be taking its new, small, solid propellant missiles to the sea, after taking them to the show. Perennial friend of the pod and aficionado of all things submarine Joseph Dempsey of the International Institute of Strategic Studies returns to talk to Jeffrey about what it is that the DPRK tested this …
Colin Powell
by | 2021-10-24 | No Comments
Blessing of the week: “May God bless you and keep you. May God’s face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May God turn His face toward you and give you peace.” — Numbers 6:24-26 Tribute of the week: “The time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have …
A Fractional Orbital Bombardment System with a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle??
by | 2021-10-18 | No Comments
This is a complicated one. According to Demetri Sevastopulo at the Financial Times, China tested something that sounds a whole lot like FOBS with an HGV. Something that orbited the globe and dropped a hypersonic glide vehicle against a target. Jeffrey, Aaron, and Scott try to figure out what actually was tested (HGV-FOBS? An intercontinental …
