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Strategic Threat Index — Intelligence Overview

Strategic Threat Index is an open-source defence intelligence platform providing geospatial threat analysis, satellite-based change detection, country capability profiles, and OSINT-driven geopolitical risk assessment. All data is derived exclusively from publicly available sources.

DATE/TIME19 Jun 2026 02:41 UTC

USER ROLEJ2 Analyst

DATA VINTAGEArchival / OSINT

IMAGERYPROVIDER AVAILABLE

8Countries Monitored23 active regions

285Platforms TrackedEquipment registry

26Scenario DriversMajor/strategic local records

25Monitored Sites25 site classes

56Imagery AcquisitionsArchive snapshots

GLOBAL THREAT MAP

Geospatial Operations View

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ACTOR WATCHLIST

Threat Actors

All profiles

🇷🇺Russia · Tier 1🇨🇳China · Tier 1🇮🇷Iran · Tier 2🇰🇵North Korea · Tier 2🇧🇾Belarus · Tier 2🇱🇧HezbollahNon-State · Tier 2🇾🇪HouthisNon-State · Tier 2🇵🇸HamasNon-State · Tier 2

MONITORED SITE SNAPSHOT

Archival Change Cards

Site index

North Korea · Strategic Launch FacilitySohae Satellite Launch Facility (Tongchang-ri)

Critical 91%Confidence: Medium

Last processed 31/03/2026

Russia · Strategic Air BaseEngels-2 Strategic Air Base

Critical 88%Confidence: Medium

Last processed 17/03/2024

Russia · Strike Aviation BaseMorozovsk Air Base (559th Bomber Aviation Regiment)

Critical 87%Confidence: Medium

Last processed 11/04/2025

North Korea · Ballistic Missile Submarine ShipyardSinpo South Shipyard

Critical 84%Confidence: Medium

Last processed 07/05/2024

Russia · Combined Arms Training GroundPogonovo Combined Arms Training Ground (Voronezh)

Critical 83%Confidence: Medium

Last processed 14/07/2024

Lebanon · Command and Control ComplexDahieh District, South Beirut (Hezbollah Command Zone)

Critical 82%Confidence: Medium

Last processed 27/09/2024

CAPABILITY MONITORING

Domain Indicators

Russia

China

Iran

North Korea

LATEST IMAGERY ACQUISITIONS

Archive Intake

31/03/2026Sohae Satellite Launch Facility (Tongchang-ri)38 North / Planet Labs imagery · Cloud 9%01/12/2025Fiery Cross Reef Airfield (Yongshu Jiao)CSIS AMTI ISR/EW analysis · Cloud 6%03/06/2025Olenya Air BaseCBS News / Maxar Technologies imagery · Cloud 14%11/04/2025Morozovsk Air Base (559th Bomber Aviation Regiment)Commercial imagery review · Cloud 11%12/03/2025Sohae Satellite Launch Facility (Tongchang-ri)38 North / Pleiades NEO · Cloud 10%13/02/2025Yuchi Naval Base (Guzhen Bay, Shandong)Commercial imagery review · Cloud 6%

SIPRI PUBLIC DATA

Defence Expenditure

USD billions · latest year

🇨🇳

China▲ 22B

$336B

1.7% GDP

🇷🇺

Russia▲ 41B

$190B

7.5% GDP

🇮🇷

Iran▼ 1B

$7B

2.1% GDP

🇰🇵

North Korea▲ 0B

$4B

26.0% GDP

🇧🇾

Belarus▲ 0B

$1B

1.5% GDP

🇾🇪

Houthis▲ 0B

$1B

0.0% GDP

🇱🇧

Hezbollah▼ 1B

$1B

0.0% GDP

🇵🇸

Hamas▼ 0B

$0B

0.0% GDP

METHODOLOGY

Confidence Model

Source triangulation

82%

Geospatial precision

68%

Temporal certainty

74%

Analyst review

91%

Assessments use delayed public imagery, public registries, monitored-site development records, and analyst notes. Operational use is explicitly excluded.

Sources: SIPRI · IISS · Esri · public imagery analysis Site classes: Strategic Launch Facility / Strategic Air Base / Strike Aviation Base / Ballistic Missile Submarine Shipyard / Combined Arms Training Ground / Command and Control Complex / Forward Strike Air Base (Eastern Theatre Command) / Strategic Bomber Training and Operational Base / Artificial Island Military Facility / Submarine and Surface Naval Base / Submarine and Naval Base / Naval Complex / Forward Expeditionary Air Base / Missile and Ballistic Missile Defence Test Complex / Fighter Air Base / IRGC Ballistic Missile Base / Combined Arms Training Base / IRGC Missile Complex (North & South) / Ballistic Missile and Space Launch Test Range / Ballistic Missile Complex / Multi-Role Air Base / Armoured Proving Ground and Exhibition Facility / Naval Air Base / Flight Test and Training Base / Military Airport (Houthi-Controlled) Regions: North Pyongan Province, DPRK / Saratov Oblast, Russian Federation / Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation / South Hamgyong Province, DPRK / Voronezh Oblast, Russian Federation / South Beirut, Lebanon / Fuqing, Fujian Province, PRC / Ryazan Oblast, Russian Federation / Spratly Islands, South China Sea / Guzhen Bay, Rizhao, Shandong Province, PRC / Sanya, Hainan Island, PRC / Hormozgan Province, Islamic Republic of Iran / Latakia Province, Syria / Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, PRC / Kermanshah Province, Islamic Republic of Iran / Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, PRC / Fars Province, Islamic Republic of Iran / Astrakhan Oblast, Russian Federation / Khorramabad / Lorestan Province, Islamic Republic of Iran / Naro-Fominsk District, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation / Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation / Jiuquan, Gansu Province, PRC / Sana'a Governorate, Republic of Yemen Document style: OSINT dossier