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  • You Thought That Was All China Was Doing in Its Western Deserts?

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    Brendan Barry
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    Yesterday I wrote about some new ICBM silos China is building in its western desert. These things clearly interest me and so I was doing a little more digging when I found this even more recent article, this one from the BBC about an entirely different ICBM silo field that China is building in another…

  • It’s the Big Things That’ll Kill You

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    Brendan Barry
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    We can move from the microscopic things that will kill us to the very big things that will kill us. Nuclear missiles. Because satellite photography from late June indicated that China is presently building over 100 ICBM silos in its western deserts. China has long had nuclear weapons, but has also long kept its arsenal…

  • Casual Fails?

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    Brendan Barry
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    In a recent Washington Post piece, I came across a graphic style that I am not sure I can embrace. The article looked at the political trifecta at state levels, i.e. single political party control over the government (executive, lower legislative chamber, and upper legislative chamber). As a side note, I do like how they excluded…