Iran continues to obtain electronic components with military applications through Hong Kong-based shell companies. This brief examines the application of a novel U.S. policy designed to target this pipeline to a longstanding China-based Iranian procurement network.
Missile
This is a list of the Wisconsin Project’s work related to ballistic missiles. Only nuclear weapon powers, or countries seeking nuclear weapons, have built such missiles. Their accuracy over long distances when armed with a nuclear warhead would destroy most targets. Our research focuses on countries expanding their ballistic missile capacity and on how exports fuel such efforts.
Sidestepping Sanctions: How a Pakistani Procurement Network Circumvents Trade Restrictions
A network based in Pakistan and the UAE continues to acquire sensitive goods for Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programs.
Shortfalls and Improvisation: Tracking Russia’s Missile Use in Ukraine
A table that presents what is publicly known about the type, production, and current stocks of Russian missiles used in Ukraine.
India’s Expanding Missile Force
This chart provides information on India’s arsenal of ballistic and cruise missiles.
DPRK Advisory: Seller Beware!
US government publishes advisory on North Korean missile procurement and provides list of missile-related items.
Commerce Department Warns Suppliers on Exports to Pakistan
On 30 August 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Commerce Department published due diligence guidance for exports to Pakistan.
More Eyes on More Data: Prospects for Restricting Iran’s Missile Program Using Open Sources
An expert panel hosted by the Wisconsin Project examines using open source tools to restrict Iran’s missile program.
Illicit Procurement Network Used Firms in China, Portugal, and Turkey to Supply Iran
A recently unsealed indictment provides detail on Iran’s use of deceptive practices to procure export controlled items with military applications from the U.S. and elsewhere.
The Missile Sanctions Gap: Re-Aligning U.S. and EU Iran Designations
The ongoing effort by the U.S. to identify and designate entities supporting Iran’s missile program stands in contrast to the EU.
North Korea Missile Milestones – 1969-2017
Tracking North Korea’s ballistic missile progress since 1969.