The nuclear weapons, arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation podcast. Companion to the popular Arms Control Wonk blog (www.armscontrolwonk.com). Hosted by Jeffrey Lewis & Aaron Stein.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 days 19 hours 21 minutes
The Khorramshahr: BM-25 Musudan in Iran
Iran's Khorramshahr missile may be the BM-25 variant of North Korea's Hwasong-10, which the US calls the Musudan, which is based on the Soviet R-27 Zyb, which the US called the SS-N-6 Serb. Simple, right? Don't worry! Jeffrey and Scott talk about...
Nuke the Moon.
Jeffrey and Scott celebrate the Lunar New Year by sharing two stories about how the moon featured in the arms race. Scott talks about plans to nuke the moon in project A119, while Jeffrey discusses how a young Bill Perry helped the US monitor Soviet...
Please sir, May I launch another?
Trident’s latest test was rather underwhelming. The missile's flight trajectory was error filled and flew at an unintended target (Disneyworld). Why? The dastardly grey weather, or something more pernicious. Is our dear Dreadnought in trouble? Tune...
The Trump Dump: Sources and Methods
If you study nuclear weapons, you study something secret. Not surprisingly, we spend a lot of time in the arms control community thinking about intelligence estimates. Jeffrey and Scott take a break from the bomb to talk analytic method....
Shooting Down (Dumb Ideas About) North Korea's ICBM
Jeffrey and Aaron discuss a number of inaccuracies in the public debate over North Korea's long-range missiles and U.S. missile defenses, while Scott seethes on mute.
THE GREEN BEE
In the mid-60s, The Green Hornet was a popular TV show. Popular enough for the Taiwanese to apparently name an early ballistic missile after it, the Green Bee (青蜂). Also, did you know Taiwan had its own ballistic missile program?...
Andrea Berger Talks UNSC 2321
Can the North Koreans still trade coal effectively? What is going on with North Korean ships? Are transit lounges smokey dens of proliferative behavior? Andrea Berger, Deputy Director of Proliferation and Nuclear Policy at the Royal United Services...
Turkey and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Aaron and Scott talk about the Fourth Player in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Turkey was the lesser-known player in the Cuban Missile Crisis, with nuclear-tipped Jupiter missiles that ranged the bulk of the western USSR and Warsaw Pact...
The Donald and the Nuclear 3: Tokyo Drift
Donald Trump can independently order the United States to launch nuclear weapons. No, really ... he can independently order the use American nukes. This realization has made some uncomfortable, prompting discussions about presidential power and the...
2 Donald 2 Nuclear
The election is over and Donald Trump is our president elect. The president elect and the nuclear did make regular appearances on the podcast, but things are different now. This week, Jeffrey and Aaron discuss the election, the Donald, and the nuclear.