Scott LaFoy
@wslafoy.bsky.social
Open Source Analysis of ballistic missiles, nuclear weapons, BMD, DPRK, & PRC.
Vice President of Nuclear and Technology Security Programs, Exiger.
Making podcasts over at https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/
All opinions my own.
Vice President of Nuclear and Technology Security Programs, Exiger.
Making podcasts over at https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/
All opinions my own.
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If you want the full story of Franklin just look at my next tweet!
It's an epic tale of blimps, balloons and nuclear weapons🧵
It's an epic tale of blimps, balloons and nuclear weapons🧵
It's June 2, which means it's the anniversary of the 1957 Franklin Shot fizzle from Operation Plumbbob, which is really only of note because of its extreme @gbrumfiel.bsky.social oriented content
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June 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If you want the full story of Franklin just look at my next tweet!
It's an epic tale of blimps, balloons and nuclear weapons🧵
It's an epic tale of blimps, balloons and nuclear weapons🧵
It's June 2, which means it's the anniversary of the 1957 Franklin Shot fizzle from Operation Plumbbob, which is really only of note because of its extreme @gbrumfiel.bsky.social oriented content
commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
June 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It's June 2, which means it's the anniversary of the 1957 Franklin Shot fizzle from Operation Plumbbob, which is really only of note because of its extreme @gbrumfiel.bsky.social oriented content
commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
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I guess it's that time of year again!
April 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I guess it's that time of year again!
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New article by my colleagues @ohnemax.bsky.social and @kadyshev.bsky.social on the utility of Arrow 3 against Russian ICBM, IRBM, MRBM and SRBM.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8AV5B...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8AV5B...
Analyzing the Utility of Arrow 3 for European Missile Defense Using Footprint Calculations
After the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, missile defense systems became more prominent and sought after on a global scale. In 2023, Germany decided to purchase the Israeli Arrow ...
www.tandfonline.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New article by my colleagues @ohnemax.bsky.social and @kadyshev.bsky.social on the utility of Arrow 3 against Russian ICBM, IRBM, MRBM and SRBM.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8AV5B...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8AV5B...
This is the proper way to make it through January, although the lack of Lao Gan Ma is concerning
January 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is the proper way to make it through January, although the lack of Lao Gan Ma is concerning
Attempting some Georgian dishes from the Supra cookbook for NYE.
Eggplant with seasoned walnut paste (nigvziani badrijani) and adjaruli khachapuri, plus some salmon with capers (not pictured) as an appetizer.
With a lil champagne/mimosa.
Happy new year, friends.
Hopefully better than 2024
Eggplant with seasoned walnut paste (nigvziani badrijani) and adjaruli khachapuri, plus some salmon with capers (not pictured) as an appetizer.
With a lil champagne/mimosa.
Happy new year, friends.
Hopefully better than 2024
January 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Attempting some Georgian dishes from the Supra cookbook for NYE.
Eggplant with seasoned walnut paste (nigvziani badrijani) and adjaruli khachapuri, plus some salmon with capers (not pictured) as an appetizer.
With a lil champagne/mimosa.
Happy new year, friends.
Hopefully better than 2024
Eggplant with seasoned walnut paste (nigvziani badrijani) and adjaruli khachapuri, plus some salmon with capers (not pictured) as an appetizer.
With a lil champagne/mimosa.
Happy new year, friends.
Hopefully better than 2024
googling "FedRAMP kanban software" and feeling the last of my youth slip away
December 16, 2024 at 12:13 AM
googling "FedRAMP kanban software" and feeling the last of my youth slip away
Twitter is doing Abrahamic-Pokemon Numerology on the assassin
December 9, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Twitter is doing Abrahamic-Pokemon Numerology on the assassin
That's obviously his health bar
Found this random screencap of Big Bird looking like he's about to address the allegations.
December 1, 2024 at 5:36 PM
That's obviously his health bar
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Went to Sandia 75 Anniversary temp exhib at Nuclear Museum (NMNSH) today.
full picset to flickr/nuclearanthro soon.
Some initial thoughts:
Sole mention AFAICT of past & ongoing links of NMNSH as Sandia’s museum is an (AFAICT) UNLABELLED(?!?) plaque from 1973.
#NukeSky
1/n
#DissertationWriting
full picset to flickr/nuclearanthro soon.
Some initial thoughts:
Sole mention AFAICT of past & ongoing links of NMNSH as Sandia’s museum is an (AFAICT) UNLABELLED(?!?) plaque from 1973.
#NukeSky
1/n
#DissertationWriting
November 29, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Went to Sandia 75 Anniversary temp exhib at Nuclear Museum (NMNSH) today.
full picset to flickr/nuclearanthro soon.
Some initial thoughts:
Sole mention AFAICT of past & ongoing links of NMNSH as Sandia’s museum is an (AFAICT) UNLABELLED(?!?) plaque from 1973.
#NukeSky
1/n
#DissertationWriting
full picset to flickr/nuclearanthro soon.
Some initial thoughts:
Sole mention AFAICT of past & ongoing links of NMNSH as Sandia’s museum is an (AFAICT) UNLABELLED(?!?) plaque from 1973.
#NukeSky
1/n
#DissertationWriting
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Russia's Defense Ministry has released photos of what it says is wreckage from U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles, fired by Ukraine into Kursk Oblast November 23-25 (Khalino airfield was one site that was targeted)
November 26, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Russia's Defense Ministry has released photos of what it says is wreckage from U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles, fired by Ukraine into Kursk Oblast November 23-25 (Khalino airfield was one site that was targeted)
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Last week Russia made first combat use of a strategic nuclear missile and its MIRV submunition, thankfully without nuclear warheads. Read on to learn the likely familiar origin of the allegedly new Oreshnik missile, claimed concept of use and why ambiguity as to its IRBM vs. ICBM class is baked in.
Russia Says It Fired an Unprecedented New Type of Hypersonic Missile for the First Time Ever
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the weapon was developed very rapidly, hyping it up as an unstoppable hypersonic precision-strike weapon.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Last week Russia made first combat use of a strategic nuclear missile and its MIRV submunition, thankfully without nuclear warheads. Read on to learn the likely familiar origin of the allegedly new Oreshnik missile, claimed concept of use and why ambiguity as to its IRBM vs. ICBM class is baked in.
I love this specific iteration of this meme because it is one of the most *accurate* while still being funny. It has a solid amount of implicit commentary built into it without just making things up or going totally insane with the Radical boxes.
Art.
Art.
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I love this specific iteration of this meme because it is one of the most *accurate* while still being funny. It has a solid amount of implicit commentary built into it without just making things up or going totally insane with the Radical boxes.
Art.
Art.
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Reposted by Scott LaFoy
Although there are a few crossovers, my starter pack is much more focused on nuclear energy than nuclear nonproliferation or nuclear weapons than @cherylrofer.bsky.social's. But you should follow that one too!
go.bsky.app/7nJsY2F
go.bsky.app/7nJsY2F
November 13, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Although there are a few crossovers, my starter pack is much more focused on nuclear energy than nuclear nonproliferation or nuclear weapons than @cherylrofer.bsky.social's. But you should follow that one too!
go.bsky.app/7nJsY2F
go.bsky.app/7nJsY2F
As someone who spends an inordinate amount of their time working with the nuclear energy industry and nuclear supply chains, this list (and Katie's general social media presence!) is really, really useful for keeping up with the sector.
Interested in nuclear energy, with a side of other nuclear science topics like health physics and nonproliferation?
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
November 13, 2024 at 10:29 PM
As someone who spends an inordinate amount of their time working with the nuclear energy industry and nuclear supply chains, this list (and Katie's general social media presence!) is really, really useful for keeping up with the sector.
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Interested in nuclear energy, with a side of other nuclear science topics like health physics and nonproliferation?
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
November 13, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Interested in nuclear energy, with a side of other nuclear science topics like health physics and nonproliferation?
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
Here's my starter pack!
go.bsky.app/NGW4Abq
Podcasts are published, dogs are walked, time to prepare for my upcoming (quick) work trip to the greatest state in the Union.
Food recs always welcome.
Tia B's La Waffleria is obviously the top.
Food recs always welcome.
Tia B's La Waffleria is obviously the top.
October 21, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Podcasts are published, dogs are walked, time to prepare for my upcoming (quick) work trip to the greatest state in the Union.
Food recs always welcome.
Tia B's La Waffleria is obviously the top.
Food recs always welcome.
Tia B's La Waffleria is obviously the top.
New Arms Control Wonk ep up! The legendary Fred Kaplan joins @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social to talk about his new novel, A Capital Calamity, a Jane-Austin-Meets-Dr.-Strangelove comedy of DC manners & etiquette, in the fraught world of consultants & consequences. Tune in.
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Fred Kaplan and A Capital Calamity | Arms Control Wonk
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October 21, 2024 at 12:07 AM
New Arms Control Wonk ep up! The legendary Fred Kaplan joins @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social to talk about his new novel, A Capital Calamity, a Jane-Austin-Meets-Dr.-Strangelove comedy of DC manners & etiquette, in the fraught world of consultants & consequences. Tune in.
patreon.com/posts/114390346
patreon.com/posts/114390346
Double header Arms Control Wonk podcast today! @dexeve.bsky.social and @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social met up to talk about the PLARF's Pacific ICBM test and the ROK's new massive missile on parade.
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The Big Honking Hyunmoo-V | Arms Control Wonk
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October 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Double header Arms Control Wonk podcast today! @dexeve.bsky.social and @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social met up to talk about the PLARF's Pacific ICBM test and the ROK's new massive missile on parade.
patreon.com/posts/114363931
www.patreon.com/posts/big-ho...
patreon.com/posts/114363931
www.patreon.com/posts/big-ho...
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GOOD CHRIST ALMIGHTY do NOT try to geolocate kidnapped Israeli civilians and post about it are you out of your FUCKING MIND
October 9, 2023 at 12:47 AM
GOOD CHRIST ALMIGHTY do NOT try to geolocate kidnapped Israeli civilians and post about it are you out of your FUCKING MIND
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Alright, which one of you is responsible for this. I know you're here. @wslafoy.bsky.social?
September 23, 2023 at 10:31 PM
Alright, which one of you is responsible for this. I know you're here. @wslafoy.bsky.social?
One of my dogs completely ignores TV sounds with exactly two exceptions.
If Scratch from Baldur's Gate 3 or Blaidd from Elden Ring are on screen, then suddenly the house is On Alert and the humans Must Be Protected.
If Scratch from Baldur's Gate 3 or Blaidd from Elden Ring are on screen, then suddenly the house is On Alert and the humans Must Be Protected.
September 1, 2023 at 3:38 AM
One of my dogs completely ignores TV sounds with exactly two exceptions.
If Scratch from Baldur's Gate 3 or Blaidd from Elden Ring are on screen, then suddenly the house is On Alert and the humans Must Be Protected.
If Scratch from Baldur's Gate 3 or Blaidd from Elden Ring are on screen, then suddenly the house is On Alert and the humans Must Be Protected.
Another excellent voice in Natsec and export controls/policy joining BlueSky!
I highly recommend Don's Sentinel Situation Report, I use it for keeping up with niche defense industrial base tracking and global trade controls/strategic industrial developments.
https://sentinelllc.substack.com/
I highly recommend Don's Sentinel Situation Report, I use it for keeping up with niche defense industrial base tracking and global trade controls/strategic industrial developments.
https://sentinelllc.substack.com/
Thanks to @wslafoy.bsky.social for the kind invitation to join ya here - stand by for further
August 20, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Another excellent voice in Natsec and export controls/policy joining BlueSky!
I highly recommend Don's Sentinel Situation Report, I use it for keeping up with niche defense industrial base tracking and global trade controls/strategic industrial developments.
https://sentinelllc.substack.com/
I highly recommend Don's Sentinel Situation Report, I use it for keeping up with niche defense industrial base tracking and global trade controls/strategic industrial developments.
https://sentinelllc.substack.com/