Iran’s Space Launchers and Solid Missiles
by | February 19, 2020 | No Comments
Iran tested a satellite launch vehicle, and it failed. But this isn’t a reason to cheer. Iran showed off a lot of goodies this month, pointing to an active solid-propellant missile program and has no said a future satellite launch is going to use a solid-propellant space launch vehicle. This is bad news. Aaron and …
Stephen Ledogar: Unsung Hero of Arms Control
by | February 16, 2020 | 3 Comments
Iran’s solid-propellant SLV program is alive and kicking
by | February 14, 2020 | No Comments
If you are a friend of the blog, you might have heard of Iran’s program to develop a solid propellant space launcher, the relationship of the space launch program to Iran’s missile ambitions and the 2011 explosion that wiped out most of the personnel associated with it. To make a long story short, at some …
Where Are We? And Where Do We go from Here?
by | February 9, 2020 | 7 Comments
Lyric of the Week: “There’ll be no healing from the art of double dealing. Armageddon’s back in town again” — Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers, The Unraveling album Note to Readers: Here’s what I had to say to the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters on January 30th: We’re not doing well, obviously. But …
Possible ICBM Modernization Underway at Sundian
by Scott LaFoy | February 5, 2020
NATO Expansion and the Great Unraveling of Arms Control
by Michael Krepon | February 3, 2020
Political Reflections from the Serengeti
by Michael Krepon | January 27, 2020
Investigating PS752 with Open-Source Intelligence
by ACW Podcast | January 22, 2020
Iran’s Missile Strikes in Iraq
by ACW Podcast | January 14, 2020
Iran's Fifth Step
by ACW Podcast | January 7, 2020
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Iran tested a satellite launch vehicle, and it failed. But this isn’t a reason to cheer.
Iran showed off a lot of goodies this month, pointing to an active solid-propellant missile program and has no said a future satellite launch is going to use a solid-propellant space launch vehicle.
This is bad news.
Aaron and Jeffrey talk about Iran’s space program and why we should embrace the Simorgh and worry about the future.
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