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Sep 21, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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Some more clues on Iranian-DPRK cooperation in today's Treasury designations of individuals associated with Iran's liquid propellant entity Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG). Image
The first interesting part is the mention of DPRK specialists assisting one of Iran's space launches. Considering the similarities between both countries's SLVs, this is not too surprising. Image
The scond one mentions Seyyed Mirahmad Noushin as being 'key to negotiations with the North Koreans on long-range missile development projects.' Image
Mirahmad Noushin was already sanctioned back in 2016 for negotiating Iranian-DPRK cooperation on an 80-ton rocket booster engine which highly likely refers to North Korea's RD-250 clone powering the Hwasong 15 ICBM. treasury.gov/press-center/p… Image
So could the latter be the joint Iran-DPRK 'long-range missile project' which unnamed US officials told Reuters had resumed? Seems quite likely but hard to be 100% certain. news.trust.org/item/202009201… Image

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Mar 26
A few takeaways from two days examining satellite imagery of the Iranian strike campaign against US and regional military bases 1/9
1. Many Iranian strikes were quite precise, a stark contrast with the largely unsuccessful 2024 operations against Israeli airbases. Several factors could explain this. First, shorter-range ballistic missiles tend to be more precise than longer-range ones. 2/9 Image
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Second, Iranian drones can also be quite precise (see Aramco 2019). In 2024 and 2025, Iran struggled to get any drones through to Israel. With more reaching their targets in the Gulf, one should also expect more accurate impacts. 3/9
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Mar 25
Tried my hand at a very rough, initial geospatial battle damage assessment of Iranian missile and drone strikes against US and regional military bases. A few notes on caveats and methodology. 1/7 Image
As many have noted, commercial U.S. satellite providers have become far more restrictive over the course of the Iran war, severely limiting OSINT insights into the damage Iran has inflicted. However, a few alternative sources remain. 2/7
The first is Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2, on which the majority of the data above is based. While resolution is very low at 10m per pixel, larger-scale damage can still be identified. 3/7 Image
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Mar 21
Iran attempted to strike Diego Garcia, located 3,800km from its shores, revealing it possesses intermediate-range missiles capable of reaching much, or even all, of Europe. Thread on what we know about Iran's long-range missile capabilities. 1/18
Iran has long maintained that it restricts its missile development to 2,000km, a limit set by the former Supreme Leader. However, it appears to have found multiple ways to circumvent this self-imposed limit, developing several systems that might have been used in the strike. 2/18
The first candidate, already mentioned by a few observers, is the Khorramshahr. The Khorramshahr was derived from the North Korean Musudan (right) which itself was derived from the Soviet R-27. 3/18 Image
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Mar 12
There are major issues with this analysis and the claim that an Iranian Shahed costs $7,000 is highly questionable. Thread.
The first problematic assumption is the, widely reported, claim that the LUCAS is a copy of the Shahed 136. Well, the question is how do you define copy? In its basic concept and its aerodynamic layout, the LUCAS is certainly strongly inspired by the Shahed. Image
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But if you go deeper into the specs, you’ll see that the LUCAS is actually a smaller, lighter and shorter-range design than the Shahed 136 / Geran-2. This has significant implications for unit cost. Image
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Sep 21, 2025
Longer thread about what we know and what we don’t know about the strange rocket/missile launch observed in Iran on September 18. 1/15 Image
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The launch's pattern was highly unusual with several evenly-spaced glowing dots seen in the sky initially sparking speculation about a test of multiple re-entry vehicles. 2/15
However, angles and lighting can be deceptive. From another perspective, it’s clear that the dots are little plumes of smoke. This ‘stuttering’ pattern followed by what appears to be uneven combustion might indicate some sort of technical malfunction. 3/15
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Jun 25, 2025
One interesting fact about the MOP: The US appears to have tested it against a real underground facility just 30 kilometers south of the site of the world’s first nuclear weapons test. Thread from a recent OSINT side quest. 1/10 Image
The US military has been understandably reluctant to share detailed information about live tests of the MOP. However, several press releases do mention that MOP tests took place at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico. 2/10 Image
WSMR is a vast range that also includes the Trinity Site, where the US detonated the ‘Gadget’ in 1945. While the area is huge, publicly available environmental impact studies contain detailed maps of its sub-sites and exhaustive information on how munitions testing affects bats and insects. 3/10Image
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