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Tianran Xu Interviewed by The Wall Street Journal: ''Iran’s Attack on Israel Offers Kim Jong Un a Test Case of Western Defenses''

ONN Analyst Tianran Xu was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for an article on how Iran's recent attack on Israel serves as a test case for North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un to assess Western defenses. The article discusses potential military cooperation between Iran and North Korea, their shared values and the lessons learned from Iran's attack on Israel in terms of missile defense strategies and vulnerabilities in East Asian countries.

May 03,2024

Tianran Xu Interviewed by TaiwanPlus News: ''Taiwan Hopes To Boost Missile Defense With Land Sword Test''

ONN Analyst Tianran Xu gave an interview to TaiwanPlus News on Taiwan testing a new land-launched missile as part of its weapons test program.

April 18,2024

Tianran Xu for 38 North: ''HGV Unproven at IRBM Ranges: Analysis of the April 2 Hwasong-16Na Hypersonic Missile Test''

ONN Analyst Tianran Xu's publication for 38 North examines the DPRK's recent hypersonic missile tests, particularly focusing on the performance and characteristics of two types of hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) tested by North Korea since September 2021.

April 12,2024

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March 19, 2019

North Korea rebuilding rocket sites: What does this mean?

Melissa Hanham from One Earth Future, who worked with him, said “there's a huge warehouse and it's hard to really monitor all the activity going on. But we could see lots of trucks and heavy vehicles in the parking lot going in and out - those trucks are big enough to hold a missile or a rocket.”

March 10, 2019

North Korea, mixing pleas and provocation, asks for food aid while hinting at rocket launch

“The challenge is that both space launch vehicles and ICBMs are there — we can’t tell what is being loaded into vehicles,” said Melissa Hanham, a nuclear expert at the One Earth Future Foundation.

March 10, 2019

Kim Jong Un Inspects North Korean Submarine That May Be Deployed Soon

“They don’t show us the portion where a missile tube or more might go,” said Melissa Hanham, an expert on weapons of mass destruction and director of the One Earth Future Foundation’s Datayo Project. “Until they show us the top part of the submarine, we won’t really get a chance to see how many meta...

March 09, 2019

Satellite images reveal activity at North Korean rocket facility

Melissa Hanham comments on Satellite images that reveal activity at North Korean rocket facility

March 09, 2019

North Korea: Satellite Footage Shows Activity On Rocket Site The Week Before Hanoi Summit Failure

Melissa Hanham, a North Korea expert with the One Earth Future Foundation, said the increase in activity at the site shows that the two countries are “moving farther apart rather than closer,” with regards to nuclear talks.

March 07, 2019

North Korea must give up all nuclear weapons before any sanctions relief, says US

“The fact that both facilities are active at the same time suggests that there are preparations for a new launch, but it is impossible to tell what they are going to launch,” said Melissa Hanham, a North Korea expert at the One Earth Future foundation.

March 01, 2019

Activity At 2nd North Korean Missile Site Indicates Possible Launch Preparations

“According to Planet imagery, I can definitely say the train has left the station,” says Melissa Hanham, a North Korea expert with the One Earth Future Foundation. “But I can't unfortunately use X-ray vision to see what's on the train and tell whether it's a civilian space launch vehicle or a milita...

February 28, 2019

How to Tell If Trump's Second Summit With Kim Jong Un Is a Success

"I'm definitely interested in constructive action that limits or stops the amount of fissile material that North Korea can produce,"said Melissa Hanham, a director at the One Earth Future Foundation. "But this will just be a piece of paper unless it’s implemented, and I don’t think a handshake will ...

February 27, 2019

The Daunting Challenge of Shutting Down North Korea's Nuclear Complex

Melissa Hanham speaks to TIME about the Daunting Challenge of Shutting Down North Korea's Nuclear Complex

February 21, 2019

"Trump-Kim Summit: From Yongbyon Site to Sanctions, What Each Side May Bring to the Table" by Simon Denyer for The Washington Post

Melissa Hanham shared her insights on the difficulties to engage the DPRK in inspection and negotiation on its nuclear reactor sites.

January 28, 2019

US nuclear weapons: first low-yield warheads roll off the production line

Melissa Hanham of the One Earth Future foundation pointed out that adversaries would have no way of knowing if a full-force Trident was being fired at them, or its low-yield cousin.

January 28, 2019

"United States Begins Working on New Nuclear Weapon to Counter Russia" by Brendan Cole for Newsweek

Melissa Hanham shard her insights on the issue to estimate the power of nuclear weapons.

January 17, 2019

Trump announces huge expansion of US missile defense system

Melissa Hanham, an expert on weapons of mass destruction at the One Earth Future foundation, said that any idea that missile defence could limit the damage of a nuclear war was “fantasy”. “If we invest as much money in lowering tensions and de-alerting missile systems, we would be safer by far,” Han...

January 15, 2019

N Korea’s nuclear programme quietly advances

“There is no indication that their nuclear and missile programmes have slowed or paused,” said Melissa Hanham, the director of the One Earth Future Foundation's Datayo Project and an expert in using satellite imagery and other publicly available data to analyse weapons proliferation. “Rather it has ...