Daily Archives: Dec 10, 2025

Charles Mitchell

What Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Reveal About the Iron Dome’s Limits in...

Speed plus precision plus payload equals strategic impact." These were the words of Iranian defense analyst Abbas Kharabaf to explain a missile achievement that has caused shockwaves along the world's military corridors. This June 2025, the Middle East's already uncertain security math was thrown into disarray when Iran's Fattah-2...
James Thompson

When Power Fails: The Hidden Vulnerabilities Behind a Space Launch Scrubbed...

In space travel, the difference between liftoff and a scrub is seconds. "Hold, hold, hold. We have aborted launch today due to airspace concerns," echoed out over Vandenberg Space Force Base with only 45 seconds left on the countdown, a haunting reminder that even the most advanced rockets remain...
James Thompson

Supershear Rupture in Myanmar: What the 2025 Earthquake Reveals About Fault...

One of the seismometer stations near Nay Pyi Taw measured ground motion data that were "directly convincing of supershear rupture for the period between the weak, dilational P wave initial arrival and the appearance of big shear offset of the fault," said Thorne Lay. "That was really clear and...