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Monday vibes from Tzar Boris of Krasnoyarsk.

An image from Oliver North's notebook from 1986

To celebrate 40 years, we published the “Top 40” declassified documents from our first four decades. What's your favorite?

How about Oliver North's handwritten reminder to call up the former Treasury secretary in re: blocking a Ford Foundation grant to the Archive? nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

Link: www.dvidshub.net/tags/image/e...

I was not prepared for Fallout-themed CENTCOM F-15s with Enclave paintings.

How Russia and China are countering US alliance's missile threat The joint anti-missile exercise did not target any third party, China’s Defense Ministry said.

Russia and China recently conducted a joint anti-missile exercise, which @dvsteff.bsky.social told Newsweek signaled a growing level of trust, with the two sides able to mutually benefit amid the proliferation of long-range precision weapons in Europe and Asia.
www.newsweek.com/how-russia-c...

Vickers says hello. You might have missed him.

US ally responds to American missiles threatening Russia The U.S. Typhon missile system can conduct land-attack missions with 1,000-mile-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Newsweek that the deployment of the United States Typhon missile system in the country does not target any specific nation, after Russia said it reserved the right to take necessary measures to ensure its security.
www.newsweek.com/japan-americ...

Official translation of Putin's remarks on New START, etc. at Valdai meeting last week.

en.kremlin.ru/events/presi...

STRATDELA #38 Still kicking

Let's roll: Fresh STRATDELA issue!

1dkv.substack.com/p/stratdela-38

🚨 Delighted to share that I’ve just signed with Oxford University Press to write my next book: looking at how ideas about Western civilisation shape (and are shaped by) the design and use of military technology.

STRATDELA #38 Still kicking

Let's roll: Fresh STRATDELA issue!

1dkv.substack.com/p/stratdela-38

Latest STRATDELA issue deployed, everyone. Enjoy.

My friends from CENESS are launching a great webinar series on Russia's Nuclear Policy.

#NukeSky

STRATDELA #37 Summer's End

Link: open.substack.com/pub/1dkv/p/s...

...and a direct link to the registration form: forms.yandex.com/u/68a809aaf4...

More details here: ceness-russia.org/news/?&pg_no...

My friends from CENESS are launching a great webinar series on Russia's Nuclear Policy.

#NukeSky

Latest STRATDELA issue deployed, everyone. Enjoy.

STRATDELA Special #16 Intermediate-range missiles for everyone, and may no one be left behind.

I can imagine that some folks dislike Substack, so just in case: medium.com/p/2ac369e89b43

Trump and Putin are flexing their way toward a nuclear stand-off "Rhetoric sometimes turns into action in unpredictable ways," a former senior U.S. arms control official told Newsweek.

Contributed to this @newsweek.com piece: www.newsweek.com/trump-putin-...

What Will Follow Russia’s Exit from Moratorium on INF Deployment In early August, an official statement from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs put an end to yet another potentially useful arms control instrument: the unilateral moratorium on the deployment of...

Some broader thoughts on Post-INF Post-Moratorium by yours truly: russiancouncil.ru/en/analytics...

I think that's wrong Sahil, but still thanks for kind words! :)

Opinion | Here’s the Big Deal Trump and Putin Could Actually Reach in Alaska A Ukraine peace deal seems out of reach, but a nuclear arms deal is not.

Excellent new analysis. Practical steps that these two leaders can actually take. None of them would diminish their power. All of them would make the world safer. By @sahilshah.bsky.social and @dvsteff.bsky.social. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

STRATDELA Special #16 Intermediate-range missiles for everyone, and may no one be left behind.

I can imagine that some folks dislike Substack, so just in case: medium.com/p/2ac369e89b43

STRATDELA Special #16 Intermediate-range missiles for everyone, and may no one be left behind.

Link: open.substack.com/pub/1dkv/p/s...

Posting this for no apparent reason.

The latest STRATDELA Special deployed to your mailboxes. You might guess the topic.