Of the initial 5 nuclear weapon states, China was the fastest to go from its first atomic bomb explosion to its first H-bomb detonation.

Yet there's still 'limited knowledge in Western literature about how China built its first H-bomb.'

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LAUNCH of a suborbital missile test from GTsMP-4 (Kapustin Yar) near Volgograd in Russia to the GNIIP-10 range at Sary Shagan, Kazakhstan at about 1600 or 1630 UTC Apr 12. Apogee at least 1000 km, observed widely across the Middle East. Yellow straight line shows approx path

🇷🇺 RuMOD confirmed the test launch of unnamed ICBM (TEL version) from Kapustin Yar test range. «..The launch was to check readiness of ICBMs…».

🇷🇺‼️🚀 Some evidences say that Russia performed «Topol-ME» ICBM launch from Kapustin Yar toward Balkhash test range.

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The fact that US DoD lawyers decided at some point that attacking power plants is okay and the US did it (more than once) shouldn't be taken as a proof that these attacks are okay.

This is a really important point; there is something of a cottage industry in curating barking mad clips from Russian TV (of which, in fairness, there is no lack) and suggesting (a) this is the norm and (b) everyone is tuning into this nonsense.
Yes, it's horrific that there are…

Good take on 'missile defense works/doesn't work' by Laura Grego

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Here's how the #EclipseSolar2024 looked from space so far, watch for the shadow zooming in on the left-hand side of the video, then passing up and over North America!

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Drones at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant get attention, and they should, but they should not distract from these other attacks, which are plainly criminal.

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IAEA experts confirmed physical impact of drone attacks at ZNPP today, incl. at 1 of its 6 reactors.
One casualty reported. Damage at unit 6 has not compromised nuclear safety, but this is a serious incident w/ potential to undermine integrity of the reactor’s containment system.

Looks like a call to go back to targeting regional party headquarters...

Yes, historically the effectiveness criteria for US missile defense systems have varied considerably. Buried deep in the archives I found the effectiveness criteria for a first phase strategic defense system (1989). Comprehensive defense was never the goal.

This is bad.

I would say it wasn't quite 'peace though strength.' More like 'peace through everybody realizing that it's f-king dangerous and pointless.'

I'm bumping into this question again - yes, you can make 'adversary believe that you can plausibly use [nuclear weapons].' But he can also make you believe that he can plausibly use nuclear weapons in response. How does your deterrence help you?