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    Iranian Rocket Launch Ends In Failure, Imagery Shows


    Dave Schmerler MANPTS ‘15 Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies alumnus and senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) shared images showing an Iranian rocket that appears to have exploded on the launch pad Thursday with National Public Radio (NPR)
    The imagery from the commercial company Planet  shows smoke billowing from the pad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in northern Iran. 
     

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    Fast, low and hard to stop: North Korea’s missile tests crank up the threat level

    The Washington Post sought out the expertise of Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, scientist-in-residence at Middlebury Institute of International Studies for analysis of the latest North Korean missile tests. 
    As Veress explained it, “ballistic missile flies in a predictable arc defined by gravity, just like a baseball thrown high into the air, making it easier to catch. The KN-23 is like a knuckleball — fast, low, unpredictable and almost impossible to catch.”

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    Fallout:PBS NewsHour

    “The easiest way to think about this missile is as a mini nuclear Chernobyl,” Dr. Jeffrey Lewis shared his insights on the recent failed missile test in Russia that caused a spike in radiation levels on PBS NewsHour.

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    Questions Remain About An Explosion At A Missile Test Site In Russia

    Limited information from Russian authorities about an explosion at a missile test site last week have led to speculation that it involved a top-secret nuclear-powered cruise missile. NPR’s All Things Considered interviews Sarah Bidgood MANPTS ‘16, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS).

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    Inside the Secret Campaign to Export U.S. Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia

    “Nuclear energy is desperate in this country to land business and they see Saudi as one of their few opportunities,” Miles Pomper, senior fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) tells the Daily Beast. He was quoted in an article about a nuclear energy industry coalition’s effort to convince the Trump administration to allow the export of U.S. nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia.