Quotes of the week: “Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” — George Washington Carver “The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.” — Sun Tzu The June 16th meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin has generated the expected raft of “shoulds” and “musts.” There is a …
Adios, Open Skies Treaty
by | 2021-06-07 | 2 Comments
Quote of the week: “Virtue signaling is for political show horses, but unbecoming for America.”—John Bolton Steve Liewer of the Omaha World-Herald has been our eyes and ears on the successes, trials, and tribulations of the Open Skies Treaty. I have been granted permission by the World-Herald to reprint his June 5th piece bidding a …
Hyperbolic Hyper Hype
by | 2021-05-28 | No Comments
The hype is real. Maybe its a branding thing, maybe people forget ballistic missiles are a thing, maybe nobody thinks “glider force” sounds cool. But whatever the reason, people keep calling hypersonic glide vehicles fast compared to existing missile systems. Jeffrey and Aaron discuss hypersonic weapons, what people keep getting wrong about them, and why …
The stands they are a changin’
by | 2021-05-26 | No Comments
Studying North Korea’s ballistic missile program with satellite imagery requires knowing what type of activities to look for, identifying the locations related to missile development and testing, and monitoring those sites to track changes or activities as they happen. When it comes to conducting static or ground tests of propulsion systems for ballistic missiles, there …
