SAR Image of Punggye-ri
by | September 13, 2017 | No Comments
Last week was pretty awesome — we had a huge “new tools” conference here at Monterey with all kinds of cool space and tech companies like Airbus. We have a great relationship with Airbus, which made available a pair of images taken with synthetic aperture radar of North Korea’s nuclear test site before and after …
Proliferation in the Age of Uncertainty
by | September 10, 2017 | 2 Comments
A Third War in Sixteen Years?
by | September 3, 2017 | 17 Comments
Quote of the week: “Go, my people, enter your chambers, And lock your doors behind you. Hide but a little moment, Until the indignation passes.” — Isaiah At times like these, Biblical prophecy is called for. Instead, we get op-eds. Donald Trump spirals downward. He has no other place to go. Due to circumstances comprehensible …
The Hwasong that Never Ends
by | August 28, 2017 | No Comments
A guest post from my colleague Matt Korda Here we go again: another guide to North Korean missile designations. You might be asking yourself, “Self, why do I need to learn all these pesky Hwasongs if I already know all the KN numbers? Surely they’re just different names for the same things?” Well, to quote the …
Bombs and Dollars
by Joshua Pollack | August 27, 2017
Parallel Crises
by Michael Krepon | August 25, 2017
Glocom Is at It Again
by Andrea Berger | August 22, 2017
The Trump Effect
by Michael Krepon | August 14, 2017
Modern Man is Obsolete
by Michael Krepon | August 3, 2017
The More You KN-0w About North Korean Missiles
by Scott LaFoy | July 31, 2017
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The final part in our three part series! Episode 1 can be found here. Episode 2 is here.
This addendum episode includes discussion on new developments, the DPRK's 'Site B' for SLBMs, and the Golf submarines.
In addition to a new ICBM and thermonuclear weapon, North Korea is also developing new class of solid-fueled missiles.
