“The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.” – Richard Powers, The Overstory “Life has a way of talking to the future. It’s called memory.” – Richard Powers, The Overstory Washington and Moscow have agreed to a resumption of dialogue under …
Chinese ICBM Silos
by | 2021-07-02 | No Comments
Jeffrey Lewis and Decker Eveleth Well, look what Decker found. Satellite images taken by Planet and analyzed by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (CNS/MIIS) indicate that China is significantly expanding the number of silos for its arsenal of intercontinental range-ballistic missiles. 120 silos under …
Nuclear Silos in the Chinese Desert
by | 2021-06-30 | No Comments
Decker Eveleth and Jeffrey Lewis’s team at CNS have found 119 silos for ICBMs out in the deserts of China. That’s the largest expansion of PRC silos in history, by far, but it isn’t totally clear what is going on, and whether each of these Bouncy Castles of Death represents a new missile or if …
North Korea’s Uranium Conversion: The History and Process, Part 3
by | 2021-06-29 | No Comments
This is a guest post by my colleague Jamie Withorne. Jamie is a Research Assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Her work focuses on emerging technology, North Korea sanctions evasion, and North Korea’s nuclear fuel cycle. This is the third and final part of a three-part series on North Korea’s uranium conversion …
