This is the Hard Mobile Launcher (HML) designed for the never-deployed Small ICBM, better known (somewhat offensively) as the “Midgetman.” Apparently, the US Air Force is considering bringing back mobile basing in its Analysis of Alternatives for a Minuteman Follow-on. This is nuts. They should just quit while they are behind.
Syrian Missiles
by | 2012-06-13 | 14 Comments
Watching Arab governments collapse is always a nice opportunity to check out military hardware — particularly missiles. Libya’s collapse resulted in some pretty nice shots of its remaining Scud-B missiles. Syria has yet to collapse and unleash images of wrecked Scuds and whatnot, but here is a tantalizing first hint. On Twitter, @lalithadithya said “FSA …
Origins of the Musudan IRBM
by | 2012-06-11 | 15 Comments
Over the years, I’ve been very interested in North Korea’s development of a new IRBM — called variously the SS-N-6 (US designation of a Soviet precursor system), the Musudan (US designation of the DPRK version) and the BM-25 (used in reference to kits allegedly exported from the DPRK to Iran), as well as a few …
Multilateral Negotiations
by | 2012-06-10 | 1 Comment
Even though the stock price of multilateral arms control is extremely low, there still aren’t many buyers. The heyday of the Conference on Disarmament was in the mid-1990s, when the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Comprehensive Test Ban treaties were finalized. The CD has been moribund ever since, a victim of its unwieldy size and …
