Given Russia's Avangard announcement was last week, I'm a bit late to the party on this (parental leave, vacation). But Steve Simon's @nytimes op-ed is a useful springboard. (1/n)
nytimes.com/2020/01/02/opi…
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To put it bluntly, if I die in a nuclear war, I'm indifferent as to whether I'm killed by a warhead carried by Avangard or one carried by an ICBM. (4/n)
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I'd quibble with the paragraph below in various ways.
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Me in @washingtonpost on the overhyped exhibition of China's DF-17 missile. (12/n)
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
carnegieendowment.org/2018/04/02/hyp…
carnegieendowment.org/2013/09/03/sil…