Analyses and Reports
Examples of analyses, assessments and reports
The following selected examples were produced using the expertise available at ST Analytics and are freely available to the public.
Der große Sprung? Chinas ballistisches Raketenprogramm
Technical report on the history and status of China’s missile programme.
Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)
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Small and micro launchers in the NewSpace era
SIPRI backgrounder on the proliferation risks of small space launch vehicles.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
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Missile Identification and Assessment
Paper on the fundamentals of ballistic missiles and their technical analysis.
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
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Determining Missile Range
Chapter on the problem of determining missile range, part of a UN report on the verification of arms control agreements.
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
A matter of speed?
SIPRI backgrounder on hypersonic weapons.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Raketen: Entwicklung, Bedrohung und Abwehr
Forecasts on the rise of cheap cruise missiles and kamikaze drones (in German).
Contribution to the annual security policy forecast of the Austrian Armed Forces
View report: Raketen: Entwicklung, Bedrohung und Abwehr (opens in a new tab)
The Scope of Foreign Assistance to North Korea’s Missile Program
Comprehensive study of North Korea’s missile programme since the 1980s.
Science & Global Security, Princeton University
View paper: The Scope of Foreign Assistance to North Korea’s Missile Program (opens in a new tab)
Not Much Below the Surface?
Report on the “first flight” of North Korea’s submarine-launched missile.
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
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Raketenbedrohung 2.0
Comprehensive book on missiles, their technical fundamentals and political aspects (in German).
E.S. Mittler & Sohn
Assessment of North Korea’s Latest ICBM Mock-Up
Issue brief on the North Korean ICBM mock-ups shown at parades.
The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
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The Unha-3
Report on North Korea’s successful satellite launch.
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
Characterizing the North Korean Nuclear Missile Threat
Technical report on a method for studying complex programmes with limited information, using North Korea as an example.
The RAND Corporation
View report: Characterizing the North Korean Nuclear Missile Threat (opens in a new tab)
Spaceflight Between Peaceful Vision and War
Reflections on the 100th anniversary of Wernher von Braun’s birth.
Schmucker Technologie
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Efforts, Motivation and Benefits of Spaceflight
Paper on the benefits of spaceflight.
European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)
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