A Firstful of Interceptors: ABM Performance During True Promise II
by September 10, 2025 | No Comments
|Introduction This is the second in a series of blog posts Iām writing on True Promise II, the October 2024 Iranian missile attack against Israel. This post focuses on the U.S. and Israeli missile defense efforts, building on my previous post on TP II as well as the work and methodology outlined by Steve Fetter …
Pentagon Blocks Ukraine Strikes
by September 2, 2025 | No Comments
|Alex Ward and others at the Wall Street Journal reported on the details of a Pentagon review process that has halted Ukraine’s ability to conduct long-range strikes into Russia with ATACMs, Storm Shadow and other systems that need US targeting data. Jeffrey and Aaron talk about what we already knew, what we didn’t, and what …
Fly Burevestnik Fly!
by August 22, 2025 | No Comments
|The Slack channel noticed that Russia was gearing up to test the SSC-X-9 Skyfall nuclear-powered cruise missile (aka Burevestnik), which Jeffrey and co. confirmed with satellite images. Reuters picked it up, noting how awkward all this was coming, as it did, just as Putin flew to Alaska to meet with Donald Trump. Aaron and Jeffrey …
Mad Max MANPADS in Yemen
by Sam Lair | August 21, 2025
Thaqib-1 Anti-Air Missiles, In This Climate!? Potential Limitations of Houthi Ingenuity
by Seth Hosford | August 21, 2025
Russia Goes Random: Iskander-M's Ballistic Missile Defense Evasion
by Seth Hosford | August 13, 2025
Iran’s Pathway to the Bomb
by ACW Podcast | July 13, 2025
Institute of Atomic Energy in Pyongyang
by Jeffrey Lewis | July 10, 2025
Recalling two mentors
by Joshua Pollack | July 2, 2025
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