The cold war warrior, and author of NSC 68, Paul Nitze, observed that there are two types of nuclear weapons policy what he called “declaratory policy,” which is for “political-psychological effects,” and “actual policy,” which are the secret nuclear weapons employment plans to be used in times of conflict. Usually […]
For the world, US society, just about everything and everybody save the mega rich, the election of Donald Trump as US President is a veritable disaster. One of the more interesting, and potentially disastrous, aspects to a Trump presidency that many have focused upon, both before and after the election […]
When it comes to nuclear weapons a very important fusion reaction is H3 + H2 > He4 + n + 17.6 Mev It is a handy reaction because it occurs at relatively low temperatures, that is relative to other fusion reactions. Tritium is produced in nuclear reactors by bombarding lithium-6 […]
In November 1983, during NATO Operation Able Archer 83, we came within a hair’s breadth of nuclear war. We are learning just how close, and what transpired, with greater depth and accuracy thanks to the work of the National Security Archive at George Washington University. To mark the occasion the […]
On Sunday the Makeyev Design Bureau released an image of what the RS-28 Sarmat ICBM will look like. The RS-28 Sarmat is the heavy ICBM replacement for the SS18 and SS19. The image appears above. On Tuesday Russia tested an SS19 ICBM, and reports indicate that it may have tested […]
The shell game, dense pack, warhead fratricide, road mobile ICBMs, it’s all coming back now! It’s hard not to think of the MX missile and the Midgetman road mobile ICBM and the furore they provoked in the late 1970s and early 1980s when thinking about the debate on the Ground […]
On Friday North Korea conducted a, failed, test of the Musudan (Hwasong-10) Medium Range Ballistic Missile, and informative analysis is slowly emerging given the paucity of data. The Musudan is widely seen as being based on Soviet SS-N-6 “Serb” technology (i.e. not Scud). The Musudan has been lengthened to carry […]
29 September marked the birthday of Enrico Fermi, one of the 20th centuries more noted physicists. It was Fermi that posed the famous paradox, since named after him, on the probability of extraterrestrial intelligence. To mark the occasion I reproduce an article on the Fermi paradox with respect to nuclear […]
Public domain satellite imagery shows new construction activity at the Khan Research Laboratories, Kahuta Pakistan, consistent with development of a new uranium enrichment plant. The imagery was obtained on 28 September 2015 and 18 April 2016. According to Jane’s Intelligence Review In addition to being located near to the KRL, […]
Jeffrey Lewis has an interesting article exploring some of the possible technical advances represented by North Korea’s fifth nuclear weapons test. He reminds us of the boast earlier this year, from Kim Jong-un, that North Korea had developed a nuclear warhead capable of delivery by ballistic missile North Korea’s propaganda […]
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