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Russian Use of IRBMs in Ukraine

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Bonus Reads, Strategic AdversariesAstrakhan, BIR, Bulava, conventional explosives, conventional-nuclear integration, David Rehbein, Dnipro, hypersonic, IRBM, John Swegle , Kedr, kinetic, kinetic energy, Mach 11, MIRV, missile, Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, NATO, nuclear payload, Oreshnik, Pivdenmash, Rubezh, Russia, Sary Shagan, submunitions, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Russian Use of IRBMs in Ukraine

David Rehbein & John A. Swegle1 Comment

On November 21, 2024, Russia struck the Pivdenmash aerospace factory in Dnipro, Ukraine, with six warheads delivered by an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). Each warhead dispensed a group of six…

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To Deter in Space, the US Needs On-Orbit Parity

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictanti-satellite, Beijing, China, defense, EMP, high-energy, kinetic, Moscow, Nuclear Weapons, on-orbit, outer space treaty, Russia, satellite, Space, space-attack, space-based, spacecraft, Sputnuke, surveillance, weapons

To Deter in Space, the US Needs On-Orbit Parity

Joe Buff0 Comments

Space forms an infinite supranational common, which, as ultimate high ground, envelops the Earth and offers significant opportunity positive or negative use. Whoever can achieve on-orbit military superiority has the…

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