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GUEST POST: IF YOU CAN’T DODGE A WRENCH: China May be Ill-Equipped to Deal with a Nuclear Accident or Attack
John Ford | Jan 26, 2026 | Relevancy Score: 18.5
Today’s guest post is again from Jenny Moss [LinkedIn]. Snowboarder, China Analyst, Team Alumnus, in that order. This one is about PLARF detonation readiness (or rather the lack thereof). Multiple…
TYPHON, FATHER OF MONSTERS
ACW Podcast | Jun 27, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 18.5
…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: 18.5
…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: 18.5
…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: 18.5
…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…
Russian Nuclear Doctrine in the Financial Times
ACW Podcast | Mar 10, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 18.5
…in a war scenario with China. Jeffrey and Aaron go through what the documents reveal and debate if they’re generally consistant with what is understood about Russian nuclear doctrine or,…
Fly Burevestnik Fly!
ACW Podcast | Aug 22, 2025 | Relevancy Score: 18.5
…up, noting how awkward all this was coming, as it did, just as Putin flew to Alaska to meet with Donald Trump. Aaron and Jeffrey talk about the OSINT and…
Fred Kaplan and A Capital Calamity
ACW Podcast | Oct 20, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 18.5
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…
Iran’s Once in a Lifetime Moment
ACW Podcast | Apr 17, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 18.5
…a metaphor about an automobile And you may find yourself enriching your uranium stocks, and building reactors And you may ask yourself “Well, how did I get here?” Letting the…
GUEST POST: ON ‘FIRMS’ Ground: Can drone innovation in Ukraine be seen from space?
John Ford | Feb 27, 2026 | Relevancy Score: 18.5
…to 12.3 km in 2024. Strikes reaching at least 10 and 20 km both increased about 12% in relative prevalence. The most common strikes in 2024 were around 1.6 km…
