Mother Nature’s Target List
Lyric of the week: We got department stores And toilet paper Got Styrofoam boxes For the ozone layer Got a man of the people Says keep hope alive Got fuel to burn Got roads to drive — Neil Young, “Rockin’…
May 2019
9 posts
Middle East Missile Map
If see any news coverage about missile threats in the Middle East, nine times out of ten it is Iran’s missiles that are in the news. But Iran is just one of many countries in the region. Egypt, Israel, Turkey…
Geolocating IRGC and Strategic Military Sites in Iran
This post was authored by Cyrus Jabbari, a graduate research assistant at CNS. There’s been an increase in escalatory events in recent weeks surrounding the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and the Persian Gulf. Terrorist entities operating out of Yemen…
The Well Read Wonk (cont.)
Quote of the week: “When I was 34, I wanted bling, because it persuaded me that I was special. When I was 44, I wanted blinis, because they made me feel sophisticated. When I was 54, I just want martinis,…
Iran and (more) Nuclear Archive
A nuclear archive. JCPOA news. B-52 bomber task forces. A naval armada. And Scuds on ships. What could go wrong? To break down all things Iran, Jeffrey and Aaron spoke about the latest happenings in and with Iran.
Will India and Pakistan Be Able to Step Back from Nuclear Danger?
Verse of the week: Surely we can talk again, without using cloven tongues that lisp and hiss cleft meanings, disguising our true intent. — “Surely We Can Talk Again,” Fakir Aijazuddin Dark clouds are gathering. The Trump administration seems headed…
North Korea’s New Short-Range Missile
Launch a missile, get a podcast. North Korea launched a short-range missile over the weekend and a Planet satellite was there to see it. Jeffrey and Anne discuss the one in a million picture, the missile itself and what it…
Holy Smokes: North Korea’s Missile Launch in 3D
North Korea conducted a military drill beginning around 9am local time on May 4, featuring some newly-developed weapons systems. One of these systems was a never-before-seen-fired short-range ballistic missile (SRBM). Our friends at Planet captured a couple images of one…
Robert S. McNamara, Arms Control Hero
Quote of the Week: “Mr. Prime Minister [Kosygin], if you put a defense in place, we’re going to have to expand our nuclear offensive forces. You may think, as the Congress apparently does, that a proper response to the Soviet…
