Why The Navy Should Retire TLAM-N The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, or TLAM, is named after the Tomahawk — a Native American axe. If you have ever seen a Western movie, the tomahawk [...]

I wrote this up in 2009 when there was a debate about whether to retire the nuclear-armed Tomahawk. One reason the Navy supported retirement was the concern of crashing nuclear-armed cruise missiles into countries like Japan and Korea.
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Using Starship to facilitate one-way suicide missions is perhaps an under discussed concept tho...

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Authoritarian adversaries weaponizing existing AI while everyone focuses on what future AI might do on its own.

I sure hope it’s all in one place neatly packaged and clearly labeled with its correct isotopic composition (spoiler alert: it never is)

"It is obvious that the immediate destruction of the complete list of 66 cities would have an even more devastating effect on Russia" The earliest postwar American planning for waging a full-scale nuclear war from 1945

This week, for DOOMSDAY MACHINES: A dive into the military imagination of full-scale nuclear war, drawn up while the embers of World War II were still warm… doomsdaymachines.net/p/it-is-obvi...

Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'

Trump on terrorist attacks in America: “Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."

Stand Up for Science 2026 - Boston, MA Boston is joining the Stand Up for Science national day of action! Join us at the Parkman Bandstand for speakers, chants, and actions.

Oppose the Trump team's efforts to gut the science engine of innovation that has improved American (and global) lives and contributed so much to the American economy and American security. I'll be there tomorrow!

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Anti-thesis: humans use shape their tools to their need

Synthesis: tools and users co-construct each other

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All tools shape their users.

The military hegemon in a relatively high trust, open world can no doubt make out quite well for a while, but ultimately the world adjusts to predation

The Threads of March

Exclusive | The dark secret behind the furious Bad Bunny Super Bowl controversy that divided America Bad Bunny was targeted by the bad guys!

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Inside of me there are 2 wolves

Congresswoman going deep into the Colby lore

PAT RYAN: 'Does the US want to be the policeman of the Middle East getting nothing but spending precious lives & trillions.' Rng a bell?

COLBY: Defer to you

R: That was Trump. How about this - 'we simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a Middle East war'

C: Defer to you

R: That was actually you

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Using the word “deterrence” to mean “dominance” would be a really stupid way for the world to end.

Deterrence is for when dominance is unavailable

Deterrence still runs on rat choice, right?

Gee I wonder why Taiwan would support Ukraine

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What if a nuclear deterrence architecture designed for the 20th Century isn’t fit to purpose in the 21st?

LFG!!!!

Adversaries who target our people’s “inner demons” demand new kinds of countermeasures.

www.likewarbook.com

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shame that innovation for deterrence resilience didn’t get a row

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Innovate left of requirements

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Treaties are indicators of behavior, not determinants of behavior.

French President Emmanuel Macron has just given a truly remarkable speech on France's nuclear policy at a moment of great anxiety in Europe. I wanted to offer an early comment. Welcome to the age of 'Dissuasion Avancée' in Europe.

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YouTube video by Council on Foreign Relations A Year Without USAID and What Comes Next

Watching this now.
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