On July 7, Yemen’s Houthi rebels unveiled a new ballistic missile and new images of three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a military exhibition in Sana’a, Yemen. The winged ballistic missile is designated the “Quds-1” and the three UAVs are named the “Samad-1,” “Samad-3,” and “Qasef.” Related Links: Revealing New Weapons at Martyr Al-Sammad Exhibition...
On February 5, the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command test launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The missile’s mock warhead traveled about 6,760 km across the Pacific Ocean to its destination in the Kwajalein Atoll. The Air Force told reporters that the launch provides “instrumental data for future...
On January 23, U.S. missile experts released satellite imagery that shows rocket engine production and a missile test facility at Saudi Arabia’s missile base at al-Watah, west of Riyadh. The analysis suggests that Saudi Arabia is now capable of indigenously developing ballistic missiles, and the new imagery shows a rocket engine test stand with a...
On December 5, the Middlebury Institute of International Studies released several satellite images taken in recent months that show North Korea building a missile base near the Chinese border. Middlebury analysts claim that the activity could either be an expansion of the Yeongjeo-dong long-range missile base seven miles away or a new base. While the...
On December 1, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released a press statement detailing a medium-range ballistic missile test launch conducted by Iran. According to the statement, the missile is “capable of carrying multiple warheads” and has a range that allows it to strike targets in Europe. It is unclear whether the Secretary’s comments reference the...
