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Articles by Allison Puccioni
North Korea’s Pursuit of an ELWR: Potential Power in Nuclear Ambitions?
Recent indications from the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) and several analysts, including experts at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, propose that North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center’s Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR) likely began operations in October of 2023. While North Korea initially built the ELWR for energy production, concerns arise that it can be repurposed for plutonium production.
The Wire v Meta: How Facebook Caters to Fascists and Authoritarian Regimes, Including India’s
The last few weeks saw an intense drama play out between Meta, the social media giant, and The Wire, a small but strong independent news website in India. The Wire released a couple of stories, but Meta denied them. The Wire dug its heels in, putting out evidence to support its story: leaked emails, screenshots, and links. Meta still denied it. Technology experts, and credible tech reporters weighed in.
Machine learning improves satellite imagery analysis of North Korean nuclear activity
In the midst of what has been termed the “new space race,” a few hundred to tens of thousands of satellites are being approved by the Federal Communications Commission for launch into Earth’s orbit (Venkatesan et al 2020). As of 2021, there are 3,372 operational satellites encircling the planet (Therese 2021). Within a decade, there will be close to 100,000 satellites encircling the Earth (Venkatesan at al 2020).
North Korea’s Rocket Engine Test: What We Know and Don’t Know
By: Michael Elleman December 10, 2019 WMD A spokesperson for North Korea’s Academy of National Defence Science announced that a “very important test took place at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground on the afternoon of December 7, 2019.” The results of the recent test, according to the report, “will have an important effect on changing the strategic position of the DPRK.” No additional information and no photographs from the test site were made available.
Resumed North Korean ICBM Testing: Possible Technical Objectives
By: Vann H. Van Diepen December 9, 2019 Military Affairs, WMD Introduction Hwasong-15 on parade.
North Korea's Experimental Light Water Reactor: Possible Testing of Cooling System
By: Elliot Serbin and Allison Puccioni December 6, 2019 Satellite Imagery, WMD After analyzing over 170 high-resolution commercial satellite images of North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center captured between August 2012 and November 2019, Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)[1] has observed activity at the Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR) that may provide new insights into its operational status.
Growth of commercial satellite imagery analysis raises ethical challenges
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OSINT transparency raises ethical questions
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Stratollites set to provide persistent-image capability
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North Korean nuclear programme advances
North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, based on the simultaneous development of a weaponisable nuclear device and ballistic missile delivery systems, appears to have advanced incrementally in early 2016.
North Korean nuclear programme advances
With the Islamic State intent on conducting attacks abroad, Western intelligence circles are concerned about its capability in the WMD field. Rob Downes and Geoffrey Chapman assess the group's ability to procure the necessary materials to create a 'dirty bomb'.
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