armscontrolwonk.bsky.social
Professor at the Middlebury Institute & host of the Arms Control Wonk Podcast.
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Maybe mixing up the managers who moved on to central weapons related positions, but I can't find anything on him separate from the factory and related weapons tests now. But I did at some point figure out his name is actually Ri Yong Son from here www.redstartv.org/load/leader_... (around 13min)
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We get another look at them here.
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Our pal @colinzwirko.bsky.social has done a lot of work creeping on the upwardly mobile Ho Chol Yong.
www.nknews.org/pro/north-ko...
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We've followed this plant closely over the years, including when it got its most recent overhaul.
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FWIW, Ho Chol Yong, the plant manager who led tours in 2012-2016, was promoted some time ago. The current plant manger was on staff back then and is visible in the "BEATS BY UN" image, also taken at the plant.
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The Undersecretary of State for International Security and Arms Control (T) is the senior official in charge of the functional bureaus responsible for nonproliferation, arms control, regional security, defense relations, arms transfers, security assistance, etc.
www.state.gov/bureaus-and-...
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Trump's national security advisors to date, omitting the actings:
Flynn (24 days)
McMaster (1 year, 48 days)
Bolton (1 year, 154 days)
O'Brien (1 year, 124 days)
Waltz (101 days)
Rubio (1 day and counting)
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Meanwhile, Waltz is getting kicked upstairs -- gets him out of town but leaves him with some dignity and a reason to play nice. That's what Rice did to John Bolton when she became SECSTATE in 2005: she moved him from T, where he did a lot of damage, to the UN.
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There are already reports that SECDEF already feels embattled; I can't imagine this will help at all.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/p...
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As a practical matter, HAK's deputy in the White House, Brent Scowcroft (LBG) was the APNSA. Scowcroft talked about the challenges this created, particularly with SECDEF, in a roundtable convened by Ivo Daalder and the late Mac Destler.
spp.umd.edu/sites/defaul...
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(For the record, I think he's just saving her helium filled balloon from flying away and has been deeply misunderstood.)
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Also, big ups to this little rascal, who snatches a balloon from a little girl and gets told by Ri Hi Yong to simmer down.
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And for those that want to watch the show on Youtube, here its the link with @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social
youtu.be/uqp6SHs8AFI?...
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If you ask nicely we’re always happy to explain! It helps me learn to express myself better to a wider range of audiences!
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I guess that's not "General Matter" bluesky account. SIGH.
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One possibility is that its the new Australian process.
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This comes up because ...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) would be useful for lots of reasons from detecting missiles launches to managing forest fires. What is now
@spaceforcedod.bsky.social shared that data to support firefighters in California during the 2018 fire season.
www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil/News/Article...
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Here are the crucial ¶s from @reuters.com
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Its also a really old idea ("Smart Rocks/Brilliant Pebbles"). @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social did a really good podcast on it this week: Beyond stability, the biggest issues is there are counters and it is insanely sensitive to assumptions, easily needing to be 10x bigger.
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Overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) would be useful for lots of reasons from detecting missiles launches to managing forest fires. What is now @spaceforcedod.bsky.social shared that data to support firefighters in California during the 2018 fire season.
www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil/News/Article...
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Here are the crucial ¶s from @reuters.com.
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None of this is to criticize Chris Hill then or Witkoff now, who are both just playing the hand as dealt. But political reality is the GOP will only support agreements negotiated by a GOP POTUS -- even (or especially) if the agreement is worse than one done under a Dem.
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Written on the board is: "The developmental conditions of Marxist-Leninist theory of social formation" ... and the slide says:
"Classical Origins of Theory
Germany's Classical Idealism
Britain's Classical Political Economy
France's Utopian Socialism"