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Articles by David Schmerler
Iran’s Space Launch: ICBM or Space Program Development?
On January 3, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Iran was preparing to launch multiple Space Launch Vehicles (SLV), which he claimed had “virtually (the) same technology as ICBMs,” before issuing a threat, “We won’t stand by while the regime threatens international security.” Almost a week prior to that announcement, our team at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies was alerted to the same event by open-source researcher Fabian Hinz, who was seeing an uptick in prelaunch...
A New ICBM for North Korea?
The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) displayed by North Korea during the military parade in October appears quite different from the versions seen in 2012 and 2013, but a close examination reveals as many similarities as differences. The missile has been shortened and simplified, with two stages instead of three and a blunt warhead replacing the narrow triconic design.
OPINIÓN: Lo que no vimos en el desfile militar de Corea del Norte
Nota del editor: David Schmerler es investigador asociado en el Centro James Martin de Estudios de No Proliferación (CNS, por sus siglas en inglés). Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivas de su autor. (CNN) - Si el líder de Corea del Norte Kim Jong-un esperaba que el exitoso lanzamiento de un misil el domingo fuera una poderosa apostilla al desfile militar del sábado, se habrá sentido muy decepcionado.
North Korea's military parade: What we didn't see
David Schmerler is a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS). The views expressed below are his own. (CNN) If North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hoped the successful launch of a missile Sunday would be a powerful footnote to Saturday's military parade, he would have been sorely disappointed. The missile blew up almost immediately, providing observers with few clues as to what the regime was attempting to achieve with the launch, beyond a show of force.
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