Quote of the week: “You’ve got to dream a little bit if you’re going to get somewhere.” – George P. Shultz Note to readers: Ward Wilson and David Barash have written with depth and feeling about abolition and nuclear deterrence. We’re within visual range but don’t exactly see eye to eye. I’ve invited them to …
Nuclear Grand Strategy (sic) and Abolition
by | 2021-05-12 | 1 Comment
Lyrics of the week: “I must’ve been through about a million girlsI’d love ’em and I’d leave ’em aloneI didn’t care how much they cried no sirTheir tears left me cold as a stone. But then I fooled around and fell in loveI fooled around and fell in love” –Elvin Bishop, “Fooled Around and Fell …
Israeli Rocket Motor Test
by | 2021-05-06 | No Comments
On April 20, an Israeli twitter user posted a video of a large smoky cloud to his Twitter account with the comment “A mysterious explosion in northern Israel.” Jeffrey and his team tracked down the “mysterious explosion,” identifying it as a solid rocket motor test for an unknown missile or space system. Aaron and Jeffrey …
Another Book on the Cuban Missile Crisis
by | 2021-05-04 | No Comments
Quotes of the week: “He just beat the hell out of me.” – John F. Kennedy after his summit meeting with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna “It was as if you were sitting in an iron barrel that was being beaten with a sledgehammer.” – Lt. Vadim Orlov, recalling the effect of “practice” depth charges to …
