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Arms Control Wonk Podcast Books Authors Articles Arms Control Wonk: Leading Voices on Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Lisa Owens Davis by Michael Krepon | February 27, 2020 | 11 Comments Lyric of the week: And so there’s a rhyme That says life will soon be fine Love is just what you make it So keep on lovin, you’ll soon discover A mighty love — The Spinners, “Mighty Love” Note to readers: Zack Davis relays the following: Lisa Owens Davis died on February 26 at home … Visualizations and Verification by ACW Podcast | February 26, 2020 | No Comments James Palmer of the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment joins the ACW trio to talk about the importance of 3D modelling and data visualization, including recreations of North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site and virtual reality training simulations. Links of Note, Courtesy of James Palmer: Enhanced briefings for a CTBTO On-site Inspection SnT2017 (Palmer and Stevanović). … Space Diplomacy by Michael Krepon | February 25, 2020 | 1 Comment Quote of the week: “And to meet the emerging threats in space, the newest war-fighting domain, the president has called for the creation of the U.S. Space Force.” – Vice President Mike Pence, “America needs a Space Force” Washington Post, March 3, 2019 Note to readers: Here is the talk I gave at an outstanding … Iran’s Space Launchers and Solid Missiles by ACW Podcast | February 19, 2020 | No Comments Iran tested a satellite launch vehicle, and it failed. But this isn’t a reason to cheer. Iran showed off a lot of goodies this month, pointing to an active solid-propellant missile program and has no said a future satellite launch is going to use a solid-propellant space launch vehicle. This is bad news. Aaron and … Stephen Ledogar: Unsung Hero of Arms Control by Michael Krepon | February 16, 2020 Iran’s solid-propellant SLV program is alive and kicking by Fabian Hinz | February 14, 2020 Where Are We? And Where Do We go from Here? by Michael Krepon | February 9, 2020 Possible ICBM Modernization Underway at Sundian by Scott LaFoy | February 5, 2020 NATO Expansion and the Great Unraveling of Arms Control by Michael Krepon | February 3, 2020 Political Reflections from the Serengeti by Michael Krepon | January 27, 2020 -- About Founded in 2004 by Jeffrey Lewis , Arms Control Wonk was the first blog on arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation. It has since been a home to everything that is "too wonky or obscene" for publication about nuclear weapons. The site now features thirty-plus contributors with an archive of over three thousand articles . Subscribe RSS Feeds Social Media Contact Latest Podcast   -- James Palmer of the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment joins the ACW trio to talk about the importance of 3D modelling and data visualization, including recreations of North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site and virtual reality training simulations. Links of Note, Courtesy of James Palmer: Enhanced briefings for a CTBTO On-site Inspection SnT2017 (Palmer and Stevanović). How to put technical data into an enhanced briefing (Palmer and Stevanović). Posters with example images (click ‘Download Poster’ on page): https://ctnw.ctbto.org/DMZ/abstract/21428 https://ctnw.ctbto.org/DMZ/abstract/20088 Presenting work on the DPRK test site destruction event SnT2019 (Palmer and Selby). Comparative talk for test site, showing 3D visualisation capability at SnT2015 (Pabian), from 3 minutes 20 seconds in. Software discussed during podcast. GeoVisionary: https://www.virtalis.com/products/geovisionary/ Cesium: https://cesium.com/ Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast ! All Episodes -- Latest Tweets   -- Tweets from https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/lists/acw-contributors Pin It on Pinterest...