On April 5, Israel launched its first spy satellite, the Ofek-3, giving Israel the ability to photograph and gather intelligence data on its neighbors. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin applauded the…
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.
United States is Israel’s Leading Foreign Missile-Tech Supplier
Since the mid-1970s, the United States has openly supplied Lance missiles and missile production technology to Israel. In addition, illicit sales of U.S. technology have helped Israel build the Jericho-II…
Israel Aims to Improve Missile Accuracy
Visiting the United States in 1987, an Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) official didn’t hesitate to answer a question about the accuracy he expected from future Israeli missiles: “A 1,000-kilometer missile…
China’s Missile Shopping List
China has experience in most critical military technologies, but it is continually shopping for better technology, especially American high technology. “There’s virtually no technology that they don’t have some capability…
China: U.S. Law Controls Missile-related Exports
U.S. aerospace trade with China is growing, with annual sales now exceeding $2 billion. But exporters must pay close attention to the end-uses of their products to determine whether a…
Chinese Missiles: Threat and Capability
China may be the only country in the world that targets U.S. cities with nuclear missiles. And it is the only country still conducting nuclear tests, in part to develop…
China: List of Top U.S.-Controlled Exports to China in 1995
China imported a total of $486 million worth of Commerce-controlled dual-use products from the United States in 1995. Computers were the biggest single dollar item, followed by chemical precursors. The…
China Aims to Project its Power, Says Ambassador James R. Lilley
James R. Lilley, currently director of Asian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, served as Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 1989 to 1991, and Ambassador to the…
China’s Missile Sales to Islamabad Worry Washington
Pakistan could deploy a nuclear missile within a few years if China continues to supply missile components and know-how. A U.S. decision whether to punish China for helping Pakistan is…
Brazil Needs Foreign Technology to Improve Its Rockets
Brazil will have to rely on imports to advance its space launch program. The VLS (Veiculo Lancador de Satelite) its planned space launcher has been delayed several years because Brazil…