Wasted Opportunities with the JCPOA
Bad news abounds for Iranian and US returns to JCPOA compliance. Aaron and Jeffrey talk through the frustration around breakout time requirements, the timidity of the Biden administration, and the sho...
27 Aug 202126min
A SECOND SILO FIELD
Matt Korda and Hans Kristensen with the Federation of American Scientists have tracked down what appears to be a second field of missile silos near Hami, Xinjiang. Aaron, Jeffrey, and Scott gather u...
13 Aug 202141min
I Sing of Arms and the Man
American weapons systems need better names. Tom Karako, Director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins Jeffrey to talk about just what it is that ...
28 Jul 202130min
Nuclear Silos in the Chinese Desert
Decker Eveleth and Jeffrey Lewis's team at CNS have found 119 silos for ICBMs out in the deserts of China. That's the largest expansion of PRC silos in history, by far, but it isn't totally clear wha...
30 Jun 202134min
The Space Launch Simorgh-asbord
Jeffrey's team is at it again. This time, they (and Jonathan McDowell!) caught an unannounced (and failed) Iranian space launch attempt and have now caught what appears to be a second unannounced (an...
24 Jun 202135min
The Relevance of the Nuclear Posture Review
Is the Nuclear Posture Review something worth doing, or a massive waste of time and political capital? Jeffrey and Aaron vote "waste." The NPR takes up a ton of time, leaves policy on autopilot during...
23 Jun 202139min
Hyperbolic Hyper Hype
The hype is real. Maybe it's a branding thing, maybe people forget ballistic missiles are a thing, maybe nobody thinks "glider force" sounds cool. But whatever the reason, people keep calling hyperson...
29 Mai 202130min
Israeli Rocket Motor Test
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 "m...
6 Mai 202117min
