Tim Thies
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Researcher @ifshhamburg.bsky.social | PhD candidate Radboud Uni | arms control, emerging technologies, military innovation | usual caveats
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From Adamsky’s book
November 17, 2023 at 10:51 AM
From Adamsky’s book
Reposted by Tim Thies
On Oct. 27, the Pentagon announced it was pursuing a new nuclear weapon, known as the B61-13, an air-delivered gravity bomb that - if developed and deployed - would have a far higher explosive yield than the current new gravity bomb being built, the B61-12.
This news is weird, frankly.
A thread.
This news is weird, frankly.
A thread.
November 6, 2023 at 4:13 PM
On Oct. 27, the Pentagon announced it was pursuing a new nuclear weapon, known as the B61-13, an air-delivered gravity bomb that - if developed and deployed - would have a far higher explosive yield than the current new gravity bomb being built, the B61-12.
This news is weird, frankly.
A thread.
This news is weird, frankly.
A thread.
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Me: Carol Cohn was right, but I’m sure men today aren’t nearly as prone to making foreign policy a penis-measuring context.
Politico: Hold my beer.
Politico: Hold my beer.
November 7, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Me: Carol Cohn was right, but I’m sure men today aren’t nearly as prone to making foreign policy a penis-measuring context.
Politico: Hold my beer.
Politico: Hold my beer.
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Important to note that although the plan is to buy 1,000 LRSO missiles, half of those will be test-launch and backup. The number of LRSOs carrying a nuclear warhead will be the same as for the current ALCM: about 500. warriormaven.com/air/pentagon...
Background: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Background: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
warriormaven.com
warriormaven.com
November 7, 2023 at 9:08 AM
Important to note that although the plan is to buy 1,000 LRSO missiles, half of those will be test-launch and backup. The number of LRSOs carrying a nuclear warhead will be the same as for the current ALCM: about 500. warriormaven.com/air/pentagon...
Background: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Background: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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New paper by David Wright and Cameron Tracy on hypersonic weapons is IN FREE ACCESS. Check it out scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/2023.... A couple of figures from the paper are in the thread (as a teaser) 1/3
November 7, 2023 at 9:54 AM
New paper by David Wright and Cameron Tracy on hypersonic weapons is IN FREE ACCESS. Check it out scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/2023.... A couple of figures from the paper are in the thread (as a teaser) 1/3
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Keir Lieber and Daryl Press explain why coercive nuclear escalation—a strategy NATO developed during the Cold War—remains the “the perfect tool for holding off powerful rivals.”
The Return of Nuclear Escalation
America’s adversaries have hijacked its old deterrence strategy.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 25, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Keir Lieber and Daryl Press explain why coercive nuclear escalation—a strategy NATO developed during the Cold War—remains the “the perfect tool for holding off powerful rivals.”
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I'm glad that Reuters reached out to get the facts on Russia's abandonment of the CTBT. Contrary to so many other news outlets, they examine the value of testing and take the time to question its necessity.
Explainer: What is the Test Ban Treaty and why would a country conduct a nuclear test? | Reuters
Russia's parliament has passed the last stage of a law to withdraw Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which now goes to President Vladimir Putin for signing. He...
www.reuters.com
October 25, 2023 at 5:36 PM
I'm glad that Reuters reached out to get the facts on Russia's abandonment of the CTBT. Contrary to so many other news outlets, they examine the value of testing and take the time to question its necessity.