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A Chinese ICBM Test in the Pacific

ACW Podcast | Oct 20, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 39.54

China tested an ICBM deep into the Pacific Ocean, instead of short-shooting it into PRC deserts.  Decker Eveleth joins Jeffrey to talk about why this is a fascinating change in…

 

Kim Jong Un’s Excellent Adventure

ACW Podcast | Aug 17, 2023 | Relevancy Score: 39.54

Sam Lair joins the podcast to talk about Kim Jong Un’s recent whirlwind tour of the North Korean Defense Industrial Base with Jeffrey and Scott. If you’re into missiles, geolocation,…

 

Fred Kaplan and A Capital Calamity

ACW Podcast | Oct 20, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 19.77

The legendary Fred Kaplan joins Jeffrey to talk about his brand new novel, A Capital Calamity.  Fred and Jeffrey talk through the Fred’s experiences in nuclear strategy and the influences…

 

Russian Nuclear Doctrine in the Financial Times 2: A Conversation with William Alberque

ACW Podcast | Apr 10, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 19.77

William Alberque joins Jeffrey for a friendly and deep debate about the Russian Navy nuclear documents leaked to FT, covered in our previous episode. This is a fascinating discussion not…

 

Shenanigans in Novaya Zemlya

ACW Podcast | Oct 11, 2023 | Relevancy Score: 19.77

…verify U.S. lack of testing.    Jeffrey and Aaron sit down to talk about the recent developments in Russia, and the likelyhood that there will be a return to explosive…

 

Failure to Launch

ACW Podcast | Jul 06, 2023 | Relevancy Score: 19.77

…on May 30. Jeffrey and Aaron talk about the Japanese response to the launch, the North Korean reponse to the failure, and whether or not people are tacitly starting to…

 

TYPHON, FATHER OF MONSTERS

ACW Podcast | Jun 27, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 19.77

…to bristle with missiles, Jeffrey and Aaron talk about regional escalation dynamics, who is buying what missiles, and who they are (or aren’t?) actually pointed at… Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!…

 

Russian Entanglement

ACW Podcast | Jun 27, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 19.77

…about the risks and justifications for bringing EW systems into a conflict, and discuss James Acton’s idea of modern entanglement, and the connection between modern conventional and nuclear operations. Support…

 

Pentagon Blocks Ukraine Strikes

ACW Podcast | Sep 02, 2025 | Relevancy Score: 19.77

…ATACMs, Storm Shadow and other systems that need US targeting data. Jeffrey and Aaron talk about what we already knew, what we didn’t, and what it all mean. Hint: Allies…

 

The Oreshnik IRBM

ACW Podcast | Nov 22, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 19.77

…first use of an IRBM (though not at IRBM ranges) and possibly MIRV (though conventional!) in combat.  Jeffrey and Aaron talk about Russia’s new Oreshnik missile, what it is, its…