Fri, 2 March 2018
Russian president Vladimir Putin presented his annual address yesterday. He showed off a bunch of new or recent nuclear weapons systems, designed to defeat US missile defenses. The weirdest idea of all is a nuclear power cruise missile with global range. You read that right. Nuclear powered. Aaron, Jeffrey, and Scott convene to discuss Russia’s new generation of insane nuclear weapons, ponder how we got here, and wonder what the hell we can do about it. Links of Note: Video Links! The whole speech. The new laser. The new intercontinental nuclear-powered cruise missile. The Sarmat ICBM with global range. The air-launched missile Kinzhal. The Status-6/Kanyon nuclear autonomous underwater vehicle. The Russian Ministry of Defense has opened up voting on some of the new systems' names... if you wanna vote, vote here. Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast! |
Mon, 26 February 2018
We’re back. After a brief hiatus, Jeffrey and Aaron return from their myriad trips. The show documents Aaron and superproducer Scott’s visit to missile central down at joint-base Anacostia, where the two got an up close and personal viewing of the Qiam/Burkan 2-H and other assorted Iranian made goodies on display. Jeffrey then filled Aaron in on his trip to the Munich Security Conference and his assorted medical ailments while traveling through out Germany. Links of Note: Our two prior episodes on the Iranian materiel display, one focusing on the Qiam/Burkan 2-H and one focusing on the Qasef-1. Our series of six episodes discussing strategic stability, European security, and the Russian/INF problem. See episode description for links! Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast! Sponsored Links: Our sponsor this episode is ActionKit, a powerful suit of online campaigning tools. |
Wed, 7 February 2018
A Canadian reviews the last two months' North Korea news with a special guest. Andrea talks to Scott LaFoy for a whirlwind tour of December and January's developments. They cover Kim Jong Un's New Years Address, the Vancouver Foreign Ministers Meeting, and those pesky ship-to-ship transfers the North Koreans are so fond of these days.
Links of Note: Andrea's pre-mortem of the Vancouver Meeting at Arms Control Wonk. Andrea's discussion of the Olympic exchanges and negotiations over at The Diplomat. NK News imagery of the nuclear backpacks from the 2013 parade. Scott and Fyodor Tertitskiy's NK Pro article on the Olympic Negotiations. Full text of Kim Jong Un's 'op ed' in KCNA/Rodong Sinmun. VOA link, safe for clicking in South Korea! Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast! Sponsored Links: Our sponsor this episode is ActionKit, a powerful suit of online campaigning tools. |
Wed, 24 January 2018
India launched the Agni-V intermediate-range ballistic missile. Launch a missile, get a pod. Aaron is skiing in Vail, so The Diplomat's Ankit Panda joins Jeffrey to discuss India's nuclear and missile programs from rail mobile missiles to the guy who flooded India's only ballistic missile submarine. Links of Note: Ankit's Twitter thread on Agni test imagery. Ankit and Prashanth Parameswaran did an excellent pod over at The Diplomat covering the Arihant and the Agni V.
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Tue, 16 January 2018
A draft of the Trump Administration's Nuclear Posture Review has leaked -- and its a doozy. Aaron and Jeffrey discuss the history of these reviews and recommendations to develop a new sea-launched cruise missile and a variable yield warhead for the Trident D5 submarine launched ballistic missile. Links of Note: The Huffpost article that originally leaked the document. The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review from the Obama administration. Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast! Sponsored Links: Our sponsor this episode is ActionKit, a powerful suit of online campaigning tools.
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Fri, 12 January 2018
The Trump Administration is naming names, confirming what Jeffrey has long said — that the new cruise missile Russia is building in violation of the 1987 INF Treaty is the 9M729, which is known in the US as the SSC-8 Screwdriver. Aaron and Jeffrey discuss Russia’s violation of the INF Treaty, offering a deep dive on the new ground-launched cruise missile and the RS-26 intermediate-range ballistic missile. Previous Podcast Episodes about this Topic: The Little Green Men and a New Cruise Missile Russia and the INF: Don't Call it a Circumvention Is Russia Cheating on the INF Treaty? This was the very first Arms Control Wonk Podcast episode! Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast! Sponsored Links: Our sponsor this episode is ActionKit, a powerful suit of online campaigning tools. |
Fri, 5 January 2018
We usually avoid chasing Trump’s tweets but when the President of the United States says his button is bigger than Kim Jong Un's ... well, we’re not made of stone. Aaron and Jeffrey talk about whether Trump is bluffing and what the disarray in the White House says about policy process issues.
Links of Note: The tweet in question and a backup in case it disappears.
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Sun, 31 December 2017
Ambassador Nikki Haley gave quite the presentation a few weeks ago. Standing in front of two Qiam/Burkan-2H missile pieces, the US Ambassador the UN called out Iran for its proliferation activities in the Middle East. Two weeks, Aaron and Jeffrey talked at length about the missile. In this episode, Aaron circles back to the other two objects shown off: An Iranian drone and suicide boat. To talk Iranian drones and regional proliferation, Aaron spoke with Adam Rawnsley, the co-author of Foreign Policy’s SitRep, and a top expert on all things unmanned. Links of Note Adam Rawnsley's Twitter thread on Conflict Armament Research's report on Houthi use of Iranian drones. RAND report on IAF operations against the Hezbollah Ababils. 2006 Flight Global Report on Hezbollah Ababil. CAR report on the drone boat. CAR report on Qasef-1. UN Panel of Experts report with Iranian Toophans in Yemen. DVIDS Hub link to the 5568 x 3712 photos of the Iranian drones being used by the Houthis in Yemen. |
Wed, 20 December 2017
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera announced that Tokyo wants to acquire a pair of long-range cruise missiles -- the 500 km-range Joint Strike Missile from Norway and the 1000 km range JASSM-ER -- to arm the country's new F-35. Aaron and Jeffrey discussion the implications for Article 9 of Japan's constitution and stability in the region. Links of Note: Japan Times article on the Japanese Ministry of Defense's plans for cruise missile acquisitions. Sponsored Links: Our sponsor this episode is ActionKit, a powerful suit of online campaigning tools. |
Fri, 15 December 2017
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley gave a dog-and-pony show with debris from the recent Houthi missile strikes against Saudi Arabia. Jeffrey and Aaron go over the debris, explaining why the U.S. thinks the Yemeni Burkan-2H is actually the Iranian Qiam and asking what that means. Links of Note: DVIDS Hub link to the 5568 x 3712 photos of the alleged Iranian missiles being fired into Saudi Arabia by the Houthis in Yemen.
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