US intelligence on Russian and Chinese Nuclear Testing activities 1990-2000. Some concerns arose and a special panel established to determine if they were testing nukes during CTBT early years. They apparently were not testing nukes. Interesting reads! nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2…

Navigational Warnings have appeared that point to a likely #Trident-III D5 #SLBM test launch in the Atlantic between Sept 17-22. Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky) Etienne Marcuz Jonathan McDowell Scott LaFoy

Navigational Warnings have appeared that point to an elaborate #HASTE #hypersonic #missile test from Wallops between Sept 22-28. Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky) Jonathan McDowell Scott LaFoy Etienne Marcuz

WOO congrats to Dr. Jeffrey Lewis And Sam Lair!!! fpri.org/news/2025/09/f…

The INF's body lies a-mouldering in its grave Escalation goes marching on

I am old enough to remember when very serious people™️ said we couldn't save money by putting the D5 in silos because it would require expensive new silos and other infrastructure.

Sol Messing Official Jon Lajoie Bobby Allyn And I'm going to admit it: the app is a ton of fun, and you can use it to make all your dreams come true (cc Scott LaFoy).

VIDEO: North Korea unveils three new Hwasong-20 ICBMs at the finale of its Oct. 10 parade in Pyongyang — the biggest reveal of a rain-soaked show attended by top officials from Russia and China. Previously teased but never tested. Colin Zwirko breaks down what the spectacle says

So rather than write up MY thoughts on A House of Dynamite, I'm actually planning on doing a little write-up of the nuke community's thoughts. So if you're a wonk, and you've seen it, and you want to share a take, please do! I might not use everything but I want to hear!

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A House of Dynamite is a gripping nuclear thriller... that makes no sense? Here, finally, is my piece about what experts have to say about the movie (short 🧵 and then I'll do another 🧵 on what I think about it).... npr.org/2025/10/24/nx-…

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While North Korea's phishing and IT workers are studied closely, there is a critical cyber vulnerability for the US-ROK alliance that's not being talked about: HWP files. Perry Choi discusses how format hardening can address this operational vulnerability. bit.ly/3JpnKgE

I remember, when writing North Korea's Cyber Operations, the .HWP being repeatedly brought up by multiple technical security experts we spoke to in the ROK and US. Glad to see this bringing it up and combining both the vulnerability side & it's ubiquity across ROK targets.

The Department of State 2021 "compliance report" is the most detailed unclassified statement on Russian, Chinese nuclear testing. DIA said something similar in 2019. Russia is directly accused of low-yield testing, while there are only concerns about Chinese transparency.

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North Korea’s ceremonial head of state has died. kcna.kp/en/article/q/8… journa.host/@w7voa/1154887…

I can't believe I never knew that Demis Hassabis was so important to two of my favorite games of all time, Black and White & Evil Genius. Absolutely wild

1/2 A recent NPR article was featured in The New York Times coverage of US-China nuclear tensions. Check out Renny Babiarz, PhD & Jason Wang using geospatial data & other info to chronicle nuclear testing preparations at the Lop Nur site: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Oh look someone is BACK after many months of not podding. Come listen to Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and I talk about House of Dynamite. I actually really love this discussion and how we disagree in ways I find very interesting. armscontrolwonk.com/archive/122106…