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The Middle East: missiles and strikes
Iran’s missiles and space launches, the Houthis’ war on Saudi Arabia, the Iran–Israel missile exchanges, and the missile programs of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey, Israel and Egypt.
Iran’s missiles and space launches 7
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The Space Launch Simorgh-asbord
Jeffrey’s team is at it again. This time, they (and Jonathan McDowell!) caught an unannounced (and failed) Iranian space launch attempt and…
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Iran’s New Space Launcher: Zoljanah
Iran unveiled a new (mostly) solid-propellant space launcher, the Zoljanah! But it looks….different than the other space launchers. Besides having a new…
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Iran’s Satellite and the IRGC Space Program
Iran launched a small satellite into orbit. But more importantly, it was Iran’s revolutionary guards, not the civilian space program, that did…
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Iran’s Space Launchers and Solid Missiles
Iran tested a satellite launch vehicle, and it failed. But this isn’t a reason to cheer. Iran showed off a lot of…
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Iranian ICBMs, Shahrud, and an Important Safety Lesson
This is a full end-to-end OSINT episode, buckle up. Using satellite imagery, SAR data, Farsi-language television coverage, one rocket scientist’s favorite color,…
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Iranian Space Launch and the JCPOA
Amidst all the hoopla surrounding North Korea’s ICBM, Iran launched a Simorgh, a rocket designed to put a satellite into space. Aaron…
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The Khorramshahr: BM-25 Musudan in Iran
Iran’s Khorramshahr missile may be the BM-25 variant of North Korea’s Hwasong-10, which the US calls the Musudan, which is based on…
Yemen and the Houthis 7
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Lessons Learned from the War in Yemen
The war in Yemen has seen the highest usage of ballistic missiles since the Iraq War, and the highest usage of ballistic…
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An Iranian Missile Attack on Saudi Arabia?
Iran may have just rocketed oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. The ACW trio asks what else is new, after time spent analyzing…
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Missile Materiel and Adventures in Munich
We’re back. After a brief hiatus, Jeffrey and Aaron return from their myriad trips. The show documents Aaron and superproducer Scott’s visit…
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Up Close and Personal with Iranian Drones
Ambassador Nikki Haley gave quite the presentation a few weeks ago. Standing in front of two Qiam/Burkan-2H missile pieces, the US Ambassador…
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Up Close and Personal with the Qiam
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley gave a dog-and-pony show with debris from the recent Houthi missile strikes against Saudi…
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A Swing and a Miss in Saudi Arabia
“A shot was just taken by Iran, in my opinion, at Saudi Arabia. And our system knocked it down,” Donald Trump told…
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Yemen’s Burkan-1 Missile
Yemen showed off a new missile called the Burkan-1 that looks an awful lot like an Extended Range Scud (aka the Scud…
Iran’s strikes and the war with Israel 6
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An Iran War Vibe Check
It’s been a long time, we shouldnt have left you, but we got a dope pod to step too. Or at least…
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Israel Strikes Iran
Aaron and Jeffrey sat down to discuss the latest new from Iran, where Israel has been launching strike on leadership, nuclear, and…
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Iran’s October Missile Raid
Iran just launched what may be the largest single missile raid in history, and Israel claims no Israeli deaths. While we’re still…
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Iran and Israel’s Missile War
We have data! Jeffrey and Aaron walk through the new primary source data to figure out if either Iran’s missile raid or…
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Iran’s Missile Strikes in Iraq
As it turns out, the ACW trio thinks that Iran’s missiles are accurate. Super accurate. As Anne flies across the United States,…
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The Zolfaqar at War
Iran fired a number of ballistic missiles, including the new solid Zolfaqar missiles, from bases in Kermanshah and Kurdistan against at least two…
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Turkey 11
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Diamond Tempest in a Teapot
In 2018, the US and the UAE conducted a joint military exercise called Diamond Tempest. While looking through still images and videos…
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What’s Up with Turkey’s S400?
Turkey previously announced that its S400 air defense regiment would be activated and in service by the end of April, 2020, after…
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First Combat Use: Turkey’s Bora Missile
Turkey used a ballistic missile, the Bora, for the first time in combat. Launch a missile, get a pod! Aaron, Anne…
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Nuclear
The Trump Administration approved some 810s to Saudi Arabia. And INVAP is building a low power research reactor in Riyadh. What’s an…
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IP3, Yeah You Know Me
The Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform wants answers to allegations about influence peddling and a grandiose plan to sell…
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From Bone Saws to Ballistic Missiles
Satellite images taken by Planet Labs appear to show that Saudi Arabia has constructed a plant to manufacture solid propellant ballistic missiles.…
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The UAE’s Phantom Missile Arsenal
The UAE is a missile power. Who knew? In today’s episode, Jeffrey and Aaron discuss the UAE’s 1989 purchase of the Scud…
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BORA! BORA! BORA!
Turkey released footage of a test of a short-range ballistic missile, Roketsan’s Bora/Khan. You know the Arms Control Wonk rule, test a…
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Turkey and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Aaron and Scott talk about the Fourth Player in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Turkey was the lesser-known player in the Cuban Missile Crisis,…
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The Monarchy’s Missiles
Today, Jeffrey and Aaron discuss the history of Saudi Arabia’s missile program and the reasons for the Kingdom’s new openness vis-a-vis its…
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Missiles on Parade: The Saudi DF-3
Jeffrey and I discuss the Saudi decision to unveil the Kingdom’s DF-3 missiles. The conversation begins with a brief discussion about the…
Israel, Egypt and Syria 6
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Unraveling the Israeli Ballistic Missile Program
Israel maintains a technologically advanced but understudied ballistic missile arsenal. Jeffrey and Aaron dive into the French, South African, and American influences…
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The Strike on Al Kibar
Haaretz dropped an incredible article with new details about the 2007 Israeli air strike on the nascent Syrian nuclear reactor at Al…
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LORA at Sea
Norm enforcement: You test a missile, you get a pod. You test a missile in a shipping container, you get a pod…
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Assad’s Chemical Weapons
Syria’s Bashar Al Assad has used chemical weapons (again.) Jeffrey and Aaron discuss what happened, why and what to do about it.…
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Egypt’s Missile Programs
Did you know Egypt has a robust ballistic missile program? And has had, since the 1960s? Or that Egypt worked with Argentina and…
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Israel’s H-Bomb
The circus continues! In Obama’s America, the truth is revealed! The US helped with Israel’s H-Bomb. But wait, there’s more! To punish…
The regional arms race 3
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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…
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Missiles over the Middle East
Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, recently stated that Iran has no need to extend the range…
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A Region in Flux: Proliferation Concerns in the Middle East
After a four week absence, Aaron returns to the show to discuss the current state of the Middle East and related nonproliferation…