Geoff Forden
Dr. Forden has been at MIT since 2000 where his research includes the analysis of Russian and Chinese space systems as well as trying to understand how proliferators acquire the know-how and industrial infrastructure to produce weapons of mass destruction.
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DF-21 Delta: Some Early Thoughts
Now It Can Be Told: Inside BOB
Video of Naro-1’s August 2009 Failure
X37B Orbit Found, Mystery Remains
IISS Iranian Missile Dossier Released
38 North: Master Proliferator or Front Co?
ROK Ship: Typical Torpedo Damage
“Unveiling” Iran’s New Centrifuge
Don’t Let Your Rocket Chuff You
1-year Anniversary of U'nha-2 Launch
The Green Zone: an ACW Movie Review
Dialing for Proliferation Dollars
New, Large Simorgh Launch Complex
Iran’s Missile (Development) Trajectory
Chinese BMD Test: Illuminated by the Sun?
Chinese BMD Eyewitness: Real or Not?
Google Finally Shows IRI Space Center
Physically, It’s a Small World After All
UD3 Initiators: A Red Herring?
He3 & DHS, Pt2: A Modest Proposal
He-3 and Homeland Security, Part 1
Safir Fin, Trajectory & Staging Details
The Problem of Redundancy Problem
A Break in Space: Cosmos-Iridium Update
TRR Refueling and Proliferation Barriers
A Primer on Iran’s Medical Reactor Plans
Paradox: Now is the Time to Deal
The Intersection of Two Proposals
More Debate Re: The EastWest Institute JTA
Bye Jack, We’re Proud to Have Known You
Can’t Ban ‘em? Compete with ‘em!
PCS#1: Iran’s Composites Infrastructure
PCS: The How of Proliferation, Part 2
Prolif. Case Study: Iranian Furnace
Monitoring or Intelligence Gathering?
DPRK: Drilling for Nuke Verification
Do You Know What This Thing Is?
DPRK Unveils New 2 Stage Missile
DPRK: Selective treaty compliance?
Missile Development Consortiums
Practicalities of Interdicting WMD—Part 3
Practicalities of Interdicting WMD—Part 2
DPRK: Practicalities of Interdicting WMD
North Korea and International Norms
DPRK: U'nha-2 Elevation at Staging
Strategic Uses for Tactical Nukes—not!
Caging the Dragon: Antipodal Seismometry
The Second North Korean Nuclear Test
DPRK: Why did the 2006 launch fail?
Shooting the Messenger (or not)
(Space) Insurers Are My Heroes
Pandemic: What Price Knowledge?
Pandemic: Response depends on Virulence
Pandemics: When do you sound the alarm?
DPRK: U'nha-2 Powered Trajectory
On the Technology Campaign Trail
DPRK: What Difference does a Minute Make?
DPRK: ICBM or Space Launch Vehicle?
DPRK: Unha-2 Trajectory Constrained
DPRK: Systemic vs. Technological Failures
DPRK Launch: Things to Look For
DPRK: Reading Between the Blurs
First Guesses: DPRK’s Launcher
DPRK Sets Date Range for Launch
Shooting Down DPRK’s Satellite Launch
Nonproliferation and Banking Reform
For Satellites, Danger Lurks at the Poles
First Debris Cataloged Right on Schedule
Safir Engine Component Contest
Why Would a 2 Stage Safir Be Surprising?
Taking EURODIF to the Cleaners
Revisiting China’s Early Warhead Designs
Nuclear Renaissance vs. Financial Crisis
When in doubt, victimize the victims
Space—Not So Big or Empty After All
SBIRS—Two Heads are Better than One
In GoogleEarth, Shadows are Your Friend
Once again, Iran launches a space rocket…
Designing Iran’s ICBM from the Ground Up
Clustering Engines, Adding Up the Weights
Most Recent Comments
- There have been a number of comments (that I have not approved because of their lack of general interest) that…
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David, I'm not sure why you say that fins are used for aerodynamically stabilizing a rocket during boost and are…August 25, 2010 1:34 pm