On Friday, June 29, the United Nations Security Council will release a report telling us about efforts by the DPRK to obtain weapons and WMD-related items in violation of UNSC sanctions. That’s interesting because, according to two Japanese press reports which appeared on June 22, this is the first time since 2010 that China–one of the countries fielding experts …
Iran-Venezuela Explosives Cooperation
by | 2012-06-21 | 7 Comments
Yesterday, I blogged about a pair of Spanish-language news stories that provide new details about Iran’s export of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to Venezuela. One of the minor details relates to cooperation between the two countries as it relates to explosives. ABC.es reported that Iran had set up an explosives factory with the assistance of …
Venezuela-Iran UAVs
by | 2012-06-20 | 13 Comments
Remember how I had that massive series of Venezuela-Iran posts all queued up? Well, this is convenient. There are two separate stories in Spanish-language media based on leaks from the United States providing lots of gory details about Iran-Venezuela cooperation on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
ICBM Basing Modes
by | 2012-06-19 | 35 Comments
Stan Norris sent along an old Center For Defense Information publication (Defense Monitor 6:10, 1981) that includes what appears to be a Defense Department comparison of 30 different basing modes for US ICBMs. Thirty! Three-zero. On the land, under water, in space! Yes, in space. Images after the jump.
