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A Return to Nuclear Testing

ACW Podcast | Nov 03, 2025 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

…of Energy does all the time in lots of different ways.  Some people worried this meant a return to explosive testing, others seemed to think it was about delivery systems. …

 

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

Seth Hosford | Aug 13, 2025 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

…aeroballistic missile gets picked up on radar, ‘rest assured that the missile will perform some erratic maneuvers on its aeroballistic trajectory.’ Interesting point, but what we know about ballistic missiles…

 

Oppenheimer

ACW Podcast | Aug 15, 2023 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

…intentional rendering of power politics and personal animus within the U.S. security apparatus.  Kelsey penned a companion piece over at the Arms Control Wonk Blog, talking about the wider related…

 

Iran’s (Not So) Integrated Air Defenses at Natanz

Sam Lair | May 19, 2025 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

…also shows one of the radars’s “coverage fan.”  Based on the size of the fan, the radar appears to have a range of about 120 km, which is consistent with…

 

Iran’s October Missile Raid

ACW Podcast | Oct 02, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

…Aaron start picking apart the information available to look at what we can learn about the state of the Iranian offensive missile arsenal, weight what Iran’s options for next steps…

 

Whither the Iranian S-300?

Sam Lair | Feb 20, 2026 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

…some air defense sites around Tehran. The launcher seen here is about 15-16 meters, the same length as the S-300 launchers previously seen at the site outside of Isfahan. Akin…

 

Busting the Burevestnik

ACW Podcast | Sep 18, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

…9M730 Burevestnik, aka the SSC-X-9 Skyfall, using Planet Labs satellite imagery. It appears to be about 300 miles north of Mosco, near a national-level nuclear storage facility.  Decker and Jeffrey…

 

Russia Buys North Korean Missiles

ACW Podcast | Jan 16, 2024 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

…North Korean style solid-propellant missiles. Jeffrey and Aaron talk about what this means for global ballistic missile proliferation, possible South Korean responses, and the continued rise of North Korea as…

 

Iran’s Pathway to the Bomb

ACW Podcast | Jul 13, 2025 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

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…

 

Conscious Decoupling

ACW Podcast | Feb 07, 2026 | Relevancy Score: 18.5

U.S. Undersecretary of State Tom DiNanno accused China of conducting decoupled, low-yield nuclear tests including on June 22, 2020.  Aaron and Jeffrey talk about seismic monitoring of nuclear tests, the…