Avatar photoThaqib-1 Anti-Air Missiles, In This Climate!? Potential Limitations of Houthi Ingenuity

What do the Houthis and Mad Max have in common? They share an amazing tenacity when it comes to being scrappy with their supplies. For example, this Houthi technical isn’t exactly Mad Max canon, but still embodies the spirit of the DIY universe.  Here we have a Soviet R-60 missile that was sent to South …

Avatar photoRussia Goes Random: Iskander-M’s Ballistic Missile Defense Evasion

Ballistic missile guidance is generally well understood. Ballistic missiles get to where they’re going using a variety of navigational tools, from satellite sensors to gyroscope inertial guidance. A normal, non-hysterical missile flies up into the atmosphere and begins its descent onto target following a ballistic trajectory. But, what if I were to tell you that …

Avatar photoIran’s Pathway to the Bomb

Aaron and Jeffrey finally deconflict their schedules to talk about the outcome of the Israeli-Iranian war, Iran’s pathway back to the bomb, and why they’re both irritated with the “fix it or nix it crowd.” Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!

Avatar photoInstitute of Atomic Energy in Pyongyang

A post written with Allison Berke… While the locations of many of North Korea’s most important nuclear facilities are known to the general public, one of North Korea’s more obscure locations has remained a mystery. In the mid-1980s, North Korea created an Institute for Atomic Energy in Pyongyang to house a 20 MeV cyclotron imported …