@progmil.bsky.social does a really nice job critically analyzing these recent writings on various aspects of the current nuclear weapons debate. Strongly endorse his assessment.

Examining the DoD CB Defense Program's budget proposal for medical R&D projects almauroni.substack.com/p/examining-...

There's always a debate on nuclear weapons issues, even as most of the national security community ignores the topic almauroni.substack.com/p/the-nation...

Graham Platner’s extramarital liaisons are disqualifying by Pete Hegseth, Ken Paxton, and Donald Trump

Good article on nuclear deterrence warontherocks.com/contriving-i...

Anyone who unironically refers highly enriched uranium as “nuclear dust” should be forever barred from discussing anything related to nuclear weapons. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Ben Rhodes offers a good discussion on Iran‘s nuclear program and other issues on NPR‘s Fresh Air Former Obama adviser reflects on the 'Battle for American Identity' www.npr.org/2026/05/27/n...

Looking at the DoD CBDP's non-medical projects proposed in the 2027 President's Budget almauroni.substack.com/p/examining-...

The NNSA has a very healthy budget, ready to build more nukes. almauroni.substack.com/p/the-nation...

Oh thank the gods. Buh-bye

look, the overarching thing here that everyone overlooks is, either deterrence is a real thing and a strategic arsenal is worth funding, or it's not if cuba is not deterred in conventional terms alone, then we might as well just pack everything up and go home

It's that time of year when I analyze the DoD CBDP's proposed budget for the next fiscal year. almauroni.substack.com/p/examining-...

Fentanyl is still not a WMD almauroni.substack.com/p/fentanyl-i...

With its ruling allowing Alabama to use maps that it previously deemed illegal, the Supreme Court has proven itself an absolute joke. #alpolitics

Looking back at Paul Nitze's concerns about a "bolt out of the blue." almauroni.substack.com/p/worrying-a...

Well … yeah. Essentially if every disaster is local, local governments need to plan for and execute responses. Ideally this ought to be done without immediately turning to the Feds for big checks, but red states would actually have to raise taxes for this and they don’t want to.

This again is one of the problems of this whole thing. The Iranian leadership is not "insane." They're fairly rational actors that seem to behave in rational ways, but if you keep saying they're insane there's no way you can talk to them.

The statement "Iran must not have a nuclear weapon" is a weak substitute for an actual policy debate. almauroni.substack.com/p/whats-the-...

In the last part of my piece for Arms Control Today, I argue explain why it's unwise to insist on banning enrichment in Iran forever, or Iran sending its HEU to the United States. @armscontrolnow.bsky.social

Someone who clearly missed the deterrence block at Air War College. Or who just blatantly disregards Schelling’s writings on the subject.

Hegseth's new vaccination policy is imperiling U.S. military service members and the success of future military operations. almauroni.substack.com/p/dod-policy...

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The comments to this article reflect how every sane person understands what a bad idea this is.

In a perfect world, we could have better CB defense gear and a more robust Defense Threat Reduction Agency. almauroni.substack.com/p/building-a...

Why Nations Don’t Want Nuclear Weapons

THIS. Stupidest move by the Biden natsec community. Absolutely no one asked for this or changed a thing after it was announced.

This was obvious during the Integrated Deterrance Era. What is integrated deterrence you ask? I don’t know. No one knows. It was never defined. It was nothing. For four years are strategy was a mystery term that no one could define.

Time to start looking at the proposed defense budget and its implications on CB defense almauroni.substack.com/p/what-does-...

oh hey it’s a wacky new cartoon of no particular relevance to anything this morning www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Good pushback on some of the more alarmist claims about Iran's potential CBW capabilities.

Lots of chatter about Iran's CB weapons capabilities, but one has to wonder about the credibility of these claims. almauroni.substack.com/p/iran-does-...

The reason that the US President has the exclusive authority to order the use of nuclear weapons is because Truman set up the system along those lines after WWII. This is often depicted as either a power grab, or because in the nuclear age such decisions "must" be made quickly. This is false.

There is no specific Constitutional prohibition against initiating a nuclear holocaust so it's hard to see why Democrats are so upset with Donald Trump. by Jonathan Turley

While the US mucks around in the Middle East, deterrence in Asia is still required. almauroni.substack.com/p/should-we-...

Today I learned I can read German

Pete Hegseth Replaces Top General With Horse That Drinks Beer https://theonion.com/pete-hegseth-replaces-top-general-with-horse-that-drinks-beer/

One of the absolute worst opinions on the Iran conflict, hosted by what used to be a great paper. My subscription ends in a week, will not renew.

It's all so insane almauroni.substack.com/p/the-us-mil...

I hate to agree with Donald Trump, but what he says here is pretty much what I've been saying: The enriched uranium is deep underground, perhaps buried. The rest of Iran's nuclear complex is not capable of producing a bomb any time soon. And a raid would be a disaster. (That's just me.)

objectively the funniest critique an american could level at another country

#BiologicalWeapons #Deterrence #USA This Biodeterrence "Framework" Is a Joke almauroni.substack.com/p/this-biode... [...] I don’t know where they’re going with this at all. This is what happens when you have a DoD WMD community that cannot think beyond its technical focus. We lack WMD analysts ...

I don't understand why it's apparently so hard to recognize the problems with adapting a "deterrence by denial" approach that's specific to biological weapons. almauroni.substack.com/p/this-biode...