Over the past two years, we’ve had a project at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies to look at Iran’s space programs. For the past year or so, my partner-in-crime has been Jim Lamson. Now Jim, and John Krzyzaniak from IISS, have written a very readable summary of Iran’s space efforts. To Geostationary Orbit …
Atomic Steppe
by | 2022-03-28 | 2 Comments
Verse of the week: “Restrained pulse of moaning steppe — With waves of pain and grief. The drops of rain? Crushing seas? Those are mothers’ trembling tears. Here’s a place of whispering spell — Abai. Earth’s bleeding chest. Death’s stealing lives — time multiplies. Submission never justifies.” — Alimzhan Akmetov [Abai is a revered Kazakh …
Putin’s Use of A Nuclear Weapon Against Ukraine Would Backfire
by | 2022-03-24 | 3 Comments
Quote of the week: ““What is the only provocation that could bring about the use of nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the priority target for nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the only established defense against nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. How do we prevent the use of nuclear weapons? By threatening the use of …
Test Three Missiles…
by | 2022-03-24 | No Comments
…get a pod. North Korea has conducted three (and, as I’m typing this, apparently four), ICBM (or ICBM element) tests, with two labelled as “satellite” system tests. Jeffrey and Scott talk through an OSINT Oreo: Good OSINT to identify ICBM tests, BAD OSINT claiming that some agricultural fields were missile support areas, and then more good …
