Quotes of the week: “In a world where freedom, not tyranny, is on the march, the cynical calculus of pure power politics simply does not compute.” – President Bill Clinton, 1992 “It is clear, absolutely clear … that this is a battle between the utility of democracies in the 21st century and autocracies.” – President …
Let’s Discuss Strategic Stability
by | 2021-07-06 | 1 Comment
“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 …
