Avatar photoWhy ICBMs are Hard to Build

UCS’s David Wright has written a nice post at All Things Nuclear that replots a graph originally produced by IISS to explain that ICBMs are hard to build because the principal trick to increasing range is adding fuel:

Avatar photoThe Flood

The clearest thinking and writing I’ve ever done was under the influence of chemo drips. The prospect of death can be life affirming… or not. The Soviet Union was on a chemo drip for the decade before it died, but few took serious notice. Sovietologists in the United States were too threat-oriented to recognize grave …

Avatar photoBack in the US

I am just back from a swing through Asia that ended in a little visit to the Lighthouse of Hope for Happiness and Prosperity on Earth — better known as the Korea Institute for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control. (Think I am kidding about the Lighthouse comment? Check out the KINAC PR video at 00:50.)

Avatar photoPublic Service Announcement

With DC returning back from its summer vacation, there are numerous events going on around the city. Several events are today and a few later in the week. September 13, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Gen. Kevin Chilton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, “Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense, and Defense Policy.” Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the …