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Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

Hoboken, NJ / NYC
blog.nuclearsecrecy.com
Joined September 2011

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    1. Joe Cirincione‏Verified account @Cirincione 6 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @CherylRofer @wellerstein @nukestrat

      It's possible, but the simpler explanation is that the have a H-bomb. New graph from @ctbto_alerts shows range up to 1MTpic.twitter.com/740PDHsc4X

      1 reply 3 retweets 9 likes
    2. Cheryl Rofer‏ @CherylRofer 6 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @Cirincione @wellerstein and

      What I'm saying is that what they tested may not fit in the case they showed.

      4 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
    3. Adam Mount‏ @ajmount 6 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @CherylRofer @Cirincione and

      Omg none of you disagree. As a matter of policy, we have to assume it's thermonuclear. As a matter of analysis, we look for evidence.

      1 reply 2 retweets 11 likes
    4. Cheryl Rofer‏ @CherylRofer 6 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @ajmount @Cirincione and

      I've now said that three ways.

      2 replies 1 retweet 19 likes
    5. Vipin Narang‏ @NarangVipin 6 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @CherylRofer @ajmount and

      Unless we get a sniff it could be either. Yield is inconclusive alone. Remember Ivy King? 500kT of pure unadulterated fission.

      2 replies 2 retweets 8 likes
    6. Cheryl Rofer‏ @CherylRofer 6 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @NarangVipin @ajmount and

      And a pretty good sniff at that.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    7. Jeffrey Lewis‏Verified account @ArmsControlWonk 6 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @CherylRofer @NarangVipin and

      I simply don't understand on the insistence for extraordinary evidence to prove an ordinary claim.

      2 replies 0 retweets 21 likes
    8. GeorgeWilliamHerbert‏ @GeorgeWHerbert 6 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @ArmsControlWonk @CherylRofer and

      The advanced features shown are not ordinary this early in a program. That said, nobody has calibrated recent development programs to know

      5 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    9. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 7 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @GeorgeWHerbert @ArmsControlWonk and

      "This early in a program" — but no program so far has been in the 21st century, either.

      1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
    10. Vipin Narang‏ @NarangVipin 7 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @wellerstein @GeorgeWHerbert and

      I could make a case for india and Pakistan being 21st C programs. This is accelerating faster now than they ever have perhaps

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      Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein 7 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @NarangVipin @GeorgeWHerbert and

      Sure. But if question is whether DPRK could have accomplished more than India/Pakistan in '98, a lot has been changed even since then.

      8:14 AM - 7 Sep 2017
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        1. Jeffrey Lewis‏Verified account @ArmsControlWonk 7 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @wellerstein @NarangVipin and

          Here's an observation. The DPRK went straight to underground testing, something China struggled with well into the 1970s.

          1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
        2. Vipin Narang‏ @NarangVipin 7 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @ArmsControlWonk @wellerstein and

          Explain that more Jeffrey-- India, Pak, S Afr, Israel all did or planned for underground tests for first devices.

          1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes
        3. Jeffrey Lewis‏Verified account @ArmsControlWonk 7 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @NarangVipin @wellerstein and

          I don't think instrumentation is quite the challenge today that it was for China in 1970s. An observation about technology diffusion. (1/2)

          3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
        4. Jeffrey Lewis‏Verified account @ArmsControlWonk 7 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @ArmsControlWonk @NarangVipin and

          Also, shafts are different that tunnels. I should have specified tunnel shots. (2/2)

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        5. Vipin Narang‏ @NarangVipin 7 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @ArmsControlWonk @wellerstein and

          Good point-- all were vertical shafts in deserts. Mountain tunnel testing very different. Got it! Concur.

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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