Space race: Iran, North Korea in ‘new world order’ race - analysis
The Iran-North Korea space race is important. Today it is authoritarian regimes and their technology like drones, satellites, missiles, that are a major challenge to the world order.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Published: DECEMBER 19, 2022
North Korea on Monday said it had launched a test satellite that is part of the development of its spy satellite program. The program is aimed at launching and putting a spy satellite into orbit. The Associated Press called the goal of an orbiting spy satellite a “key military capability coveted by its leader Kim Jong Un along with other hi-tech weapons systems.” This is important because Iran also wants to launch new satellites in the coming months.
Together, these countries are part of a kind of secondary “new world order” in terms of missile, defense, satellite and other technologies that can threaten the world. Iran’s transfer of drones to Russia is one example. Both countries threaten their regions, and they both work as part of the authoritarian alliance designed to upend the Western democracies and the US-led international rules-based order that has been in place since 1990.
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The Iran-North Korea space race is important. Today it is authoritarian regimes and their technology like drones, satellites, missiles, that are a major challenge to the world order.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Published: DECEMBER 19, 2022
North Korea on Monday said it had launched a test satellite that is part of the development of its spy satellite program. The program is aimed at launching and putting a spy satellite into orbit. The Associated Press called the goal of an orbiting spy satellite a “key military capability coveted by its leader Kim Jong Un along with other hi-tech weapons systems.” This is important because Iran also wants to launch new satellites in the coming months.
Together, these countries are part of a kind of secondary “new world order” in terms of missile, defense, satellite and other technologies that can threaten the world. Iran’s transfer of drones to Russia is one example. Both countries threaten their regions, and they both work as part of the authoritarian alliance designed to upend the Western democracies and the US-led international rules-based order that has been in place since 1990.
more............... https://www.jpost.com/international/article-725284