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| Figure/Metric | Value | Source | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline Entry Count | 1,037 | Resolution Criteria | The starting point for calculating additions. |
| Live Count (June 27) | 1,023 | OSMP Live Search | Indicates a 14-entry deficit vs the official baseline. |
| 2026 YTD Additions | 147 | OSMP Year Filter | Implies a current rate of ~24.5 entries per month. |
| 2025 Total Additions | 206 | OSMP Year Filter | Provides a long-term annual baseline (~17/month). |
| Total Portal Entries | 1,710 | OSMP Homepage | Shows the scale of the “Rocket or Missile” category (approx. 60% of total). |
| Forecast Window | 46 Days | Date Range | The period (June 27 - Aug 12) for measuring new entries. |
The question asks whether the OSMP “Rocket or Missile” category total will rise above the baseline of 1,037 by the August 12, 2026 snapshot. Current direct evidence shows the category result-count line still reads 1,037 (so delta = 0 if measured now), though an internal sidebar facet shows 1,023—an important discrepancy that could reflect caching, indexing, or recategorization and therefore complicates resolution. Forecasters agree OSMP is an expert-reviewed, editorially gated repository whose updates arrive in bursts rather than a steady flow, and that the Iran War 2026 collection (which recently grew in batches and is missile-heavy) is the most plausible source of a sizable positive jump. Historical analogues and a numerical-agent scale-check suggest dozens of additions over ~46 days are plausible, but teams caution this is noisy: recategorization, deletions, or indexing quirks could offset gross additions so net change may be zero. Forecasters generally place central probability mass in the low-to-mid dozens (one team suggested a median in the high 20s/low 30s) with a meaningful upper tail for a large batch >50, while also assigning substantial probability to little or no net increase. Recommended monitoring is daily captures of the category result-count line, the facet/sidebar counts, the Iran War collection size, and screenshots/API responses to track any burst releases or taxonomy changes.
Forecast: Probability distribution:
We are forecasting the net increase in the OSMP “Rocket or Missile” category count over a 46-day window (June 27 to Aug 12, 2026), with the resolution defined as (Aug 12 snapshot total − 1,037) floored at 0 if negative.
Synthesis of analyst inputs:
My central estimate assumes ongoing but lumpy publishing (batch releases), with an average effective rate around ~0.7–0.9 rocket/missile entries/day (≈32–41 over 46 days). I keep a meaningful right tail for a large batch/backlog release that would push the increase above 50; I encode roughly ~20–25% probability in the open-above tail by placing p80 just past the upper bound.
Because negative deltas resolve to 0, the lower tail is anchored at 0, but I still allow for “quiet period” outcomes (single digits) if there are few/no publication batches during the window.
An amateur forecast would likely (a) extrapolate from a crude lifetime average without accounting for batchy releases and changing throughput, or (b) anchor to the 50 cap and incorrectly pile probability at the bound instead of representing the open-above tail. This forecast instead (1) centers on the most grounded, portal-based evidence for current scale/activity, (2) explicitly models lumpy updates with a wider distribution, and (3) represents the chance of exceeding 50 by placing upper percentiles strictly above the bound. Confidence is moderate: the main uncertainty is OSMP’s near-term publication cadence (which can change abruptly with staffing/backlog decisions).
Forecast rationale (numeric):
— Iteration 1 — The forecasts converge on a moderate but uncertain addition rate for rockets/missiles over the 46-day window. The main anchor is that OSMP already has a large, mature base of 1,037 entries, suggesting the category is active but not likely to see explosive growth absent a special event. A typical pace implied by the reasoning is around one new item every 2–3 days, putting the central expectation in the high teens.
A strong shared theme is that OSMP updates are likely lumpy rather than smooth. That creates a right-skewed distribution: most outcomes cluster well below 50 additions, but there is still meaningful probability of a batch upload, backlog import, or retrospective identification producing a much larger number. The upper tail is therefore kept open, with some forecasts allowing for values well above 50 in rare surge scenarios.
There is also broad agreement that zero additions remains plausible, either because the period is quiet, staff attention shifts elsewhere, summer slowdowns reduce activity, or re-categorization/deletions offset new additions. Overall, the forecasts differ mainly in the exact center and tail weight, but they share the same underlying picture: a modest expected increase, substantial uncertainty, and a non-trivial chance of either no change or a large batch-driven jump.
— Iteration 2 — Across the forecasts, the main conclusion is that OSMP is likely to add a modest number of rockets/missiles in the 46-day window, with the center of mass in the mid-teens to around 20.
The shared view is that OSMP will probably add a moderate, batch-sized number of rockets/missiles, with around 15–20 as the most likely outcome. The main uncertainty is not whether additions occur continuously, but whether one or more publication batches land in the window and whether any large bulk import or conflict-driven update causes a spike.
— Iteration 3 — The overall reasoning points to a modest increase in the low tens, with a central expectation roughly 15–25 additions over the 46-day window and most outcomes likely below 50.
In short: the shared logic is that OSMP should see some additions, but probably not many, with low-tens central tendency and occasional burst-driven upside risk.
Summary of Rationales
Time Window and Historical Base Rates Forecasters base their projections on a 46-day (approximately 1.5-month) forecasting window. Since its launch in November 2023, the Open Source Munitions Portal (OSMP) has demonstrated a relatively steady historical growth rate in the “Rocket or Missile” category. Extrapolating this base rate over the 1.5-month window forms the foundation of most expectations, though forecasters emphasize that the exact timing of updates heavily influences the final count.
Update Cadence and Verification Bottlenecks A primary source of variance is the portal’s updating methodology. While some evidence points to continuous, rolling updates, the OSMP frequently relies on periodic monthly batch uploads. A 46-day window guarantees capturing at least one monthly batch, but it could potentially capture two depending on exact timing. Additionally, the strict requirement for a manual, two-expert verification process by Airwars and ARES analysts acts as a structural bottleneck, capping the maximum speed of additions and preventing massive, automated data dumps.
Upward Pressures: Conflicts and Capacity Forecasters identify several factors that could drive a surge in new entries. The proliferation of verifiable open-source remnants from high-intensity global conflicts—particularly in Ukraine, Gaza, and the heavily cited “40-day Iran War 2026”—creates a significant backlog of data. Furthermore, recent capacity-building funding (such as grants from the EMIF and the Swedish Postcode Lottery), along with the anticipated release of dedicated conflict reports or an “expedited data annex,” could trigger an unusually large batch upload during the forecasting period.
Downward Pressures: Seasonality and Database Maintenance Conversely, several factors could suppress the net number of additions. Because the forecasting window falls squarely across July and August, standard European summer holidays could temporarily slow the manual review pipeline of the UK- and internationally-based NGO staff. Additionally, forecasters note the risk of database maintenance; routine cleanups, retroactive deletions, or the re-categorization of older munitions into different taxonomy bins could offset new additions, potentially dragging the net total down significantly. Finally, the growing exhaustion of easily identifiable “low-hanging fruit” munitions may naturally slow the verification pace.
Question: How many rockets or missiles will be added to the Open Source Munitions Portal (OSMP) between June 27, 2026, and August 12, 2026? Final Prediction: Probability distribution:
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Forecaster 1: Probability distribution:
Forecaster 2: Probability distribution:
The research summarizes a forecast exercise for how many rockets or missiles the Open Source Munitions Portal (OSMP) might add between June 27 and August 12, 2026 (46 days). It establishes a baseline of 1,037 rocket/missile entries on June 27, 2026, and describes OSMP’s rigorous multi-step verification and curation process, plus that the portal contained over 1,700 total munition entries across categories as of June 26, 2026. The analysis highlights major active conflicts during the window—particularly the Iran War 2026 (with extensive Iranian ballistic/cruise missile and drone use and US/Israeli missile deployments), ongoing Israel–Gaza/Lebanon exchanges (large cumulative rocket launches by Hamas and Hezbollah), and continued Ukraine war activity—as primary drivers of potential new entries. It notes the portal’s recent growth (roughly ~1,100 new entries across all categories from Oct 2024 to June 2026) but lacks category-specific historical rates for rockets/missiles.
The research lists factors that could accelerate additions (active high-intensity conflicts, new munition types being deployed, an OSMP collection focused on Iran War 2026, and media/research attention) and factors that could decelerate them (OSMP verification bottlenecks, duplicate munitions already in the database, unknown staff/processing capacity, and possible ceasefires). Key uncertainties include conflict trajectory, the share of novel versus previously documented systems, OSMP’s processing lag, and image availability. The study found no prediction markets addressing this specific question and identifies notable data gaps—especially the absence of historical, category-specific addition rates and unknown publication lags—making quantitative forecasting heavily contingent on judgments about conflict intensity and OSMP throughput.
Sources/websites referenced or used in the research (as named in the research):
(Research also cited numbered references [1]–[24], but the research text provided did not include verbatim URLs for those numbered citations.)
You’re forecasting how many rockets or missiles will be added to the Open Source Munitions Portal between June 27 and August 12, 2026 (a 46-day period). The baseline is 1,037 entries as of June 27, 2026. This research identifies relevant conflict activity, historical growth patterns, and key uncertainties.
This conflict is highly relevant as it involves extensive rocket and missile usage:
Key limitation: I could not find specific breakdowns of rocket/missile additions per month or historical rates for this specific category.
Conflict Documentation Patterns:
Munitions Usage Intensity: The Iran War 2026 represents an unusually high-intensity conflict for rocket/missile documentation:
Finding: No active prediction markets found specifically on this OSMP question.
I searched for markets on Polymarket, Kalshi, and Manifold but found no relevant markets. General prediction market activity is growing (reaching $44 billion in 2025 trading volume [15]), but this specific question appears not to be listed on major platforms.
The forecast window (June 27 - August 12, 2026) coincides with highly active conflicts, particularly the Iran War 2026, which features extensive rocket and missile usage. However, OSMP’s rigorous verification process, potential for duplicate entries, and unknown processing capacity create significant uncertainty. The portal has demonstrated consistent growth since launch, but without category-specific historical rates, quantitative forecasting relies heavily on judgment about conflict intensity and documentation capacity during this specific 46-day window.
Conditioning on normal resolution / OSMP being accessible at the final snapshot.
I agree with the critic’s main update. I rechecked the OSMP category page and main portal filter, and both currently show Rocket or Missile (1023), not 1,037. Since the baseline is fixed at 1,037, the live count has to rise by 15 just to produce a positive resolution. That materially increases the chance of a 0 or near-0 outcome. (osmp.ngo)
I also accept the criticism that the Iran War collection is not directly translatable into Rocket/Missile additions. It has 144 images and 41 munition models, and is live-updated after review, but its model list includes both rockets/missiles and air-delivered bombs/other categories. So it remains an upside signal, but not a clean pipeline count. (osmp.ngo)
Where I still defend my previous reasoning: this is not purely bearish. OSMP clearly counts entries/images, not unique munition models; the Rocket/Missile page has many repeated models with large counts, so “already represented” weapons can still generate more entries. The page also shows 147 Rocket/Missile entries with reported year 2026, indicating substantial recent-conflict material is already represented, even if reported year is not publication date. (osmp.ngo)
The key modeling change is that I now frame the variable as: future net increase from current displayed 1,023 minus the 14-entry hole. A gross increase of 25–45 Rocket/Missile entries by August 12 would resolve only around 11–31, not 25–45. The low tail is therefore fatter. At the same time, because OSMP has a multi-stage expert review process, additions are plausibly lumpy: a reviewed backlog could publish in a batch. That preserves a meaningful right tail, though I trim the most extreme tail because >100 net additions now requires >114 gross additions from the current displayed count in only 46 days. OSMP describes all images as undergoing checks and verification before inclusion. (osmp.ngo)
My updated median is slightly below the critic’s 20.5, around 19, with roughly 20% probability above 50 and roughly 15–20% probability at 0/near-0.
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 0.01
Percentile 1: 0.03
Percentile 5: 0.15
Percentile 10: 0.49
Percentile 20: 0.99
Percentile 30: 5.49
Percentile 40: 12.49
Percentile 50: 19.49
Percentile 60: 28.49
Percentile 70: 38.49
Percentile 80: 50.49
Percentile 90: 70.49
Percentile 95: 96.49
Percentile 99: 155.49
Percentile 99.9: 240.49
The critic’s second-round critique is persuasive on distribution shape more than on the median. I agree I was still too smooth and a bit too anchored on “war intensity → additions,” when the actual object is closer to OSMP editorial/backlog throughput plus taxonomy/count mechanics.
The most important valid criticisms:
What I still defend:
My updated synthesis: central tendency should move only slightly upward, but P(>50) should rise to roughly 38%. I am not moving all the way to the critic’s very high upper tail, because sustained 100–200+ net additions in only 46 days would require either a large prepared batch, taxonomy shift, or unusually heavy publication cadence. But I now think 50 is close enough to normal-plus-one-batch throughput that it should not be treated as a distant tail.
Conditioning on numerical resolution rather than site inaccessibility/ambiguity.
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 0.05
Percentile 1: 0.45
Percentile 5: 3.5
Percentile 10: 8
Percentile 20: 15
Percentile 30: 23
Percentile 40: 31
Percentile 50: 40
Percentile 60: 49
Percentile 70: 58.5
Percentile 80: 76
Percentile 90: 105
Percentile 95: 145
Percentile 99: 240
Percentile 99.9: 400
Modal: 19-25 (20.7%) • frontier aggregate • 5m5s
Resolution sources/checks:
Edge cases:
frontier_1 - Modal: 25-31 (24.0%)
frontier_2 - Modal: 13-19 (18.0%)
frontier_3 (revised) - Modal: 19-25 (22.0%)
frontier_4 - Modal: 19-25 (30.0%)
Material notes
Guidance
Revision
| Bin | Probability |
|---|---|
| 0-6 | 6.5% |
| 6-13 | 10.0% |
| 13-19 | 16.9% |
| 19-25 | 20.7% |
| 25-31 | 19.1% |
| 31-38 | 11.9% |
| 38-44 | 6.6% |
| 44-50 | 4.0% |
| Above 50 | 4.3% |
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Extracted Percentile Values: {0.1: 1.1, 1.0: 2, 5.0: 5, 10.0: 8, 15.0: 11, 20.0: 14, 25.0: 17, 30.0: 20, 35.0: 22, 40.0: 24, 45.0: 26, 46.0: 26.5, 47.0: 27, 48.0: 27.5, 49.0: 28, 50.0: 29, 51.0: 30, 52.0: 31, 53.0: 32, 54.0: 33, 55.0: 34, 60.0: 38, 65.0: 42, 70.0: 47, 75.0: 52, 80.0: 58, 85.0: 66, 90.0: 76, 95.0: 90, 99.0: 118, 99.9: 160}
Model’s Answer: This is a short-window cumulative-count forecast with weak direct historical time-series data, so I want to lean on base rates and preserve a wide tail.
Step one is the anchor. The exact baseline is 1,037 rocket-or-missile entries on June 27, 2026. OSMP is active, accessible, and described as continually adding items. The portal has grown to a large stock of entries since launch, and rocket/missile is one of its biggest categories. That argues against a near-zero median.
Step two is cadence. The strongest missing data is the actual recent weekly addition rate for this exact category. Because of that, I should not become too confident. Still, the available evidence suggests a live workflow rather than a static archive: recent item IDs, ongoing conflict collections, and references to new images being added. Over a 46-day window, a modest ongoing publication pace plus occasional batch uploads points to something like a few dozen net additions being the base case.
Step three is the offsetting risk. This is net change, not gross additions. Re-categorization, cleanup, publication lulls, or staff bottlenecks could materially reduce the final number. The fine print explicitly allows deletions or recategorizations to drag the net change down to 0. That creates a meaningful lower tail even in a high-conflict environment.
The most important assumptions in my forecast are these. First, I am assuming the current net publication rate for rocket/missile entries is still active and roughly in line with recent months rather than effectively paused; I think there is about a 30% chance this assumption is too optimistic. Second, I am assuming recent Middle East and Ukraine conflict activity converts into OSMP entries within this forecasting window rather than with a longer lag; about a 35% chance this is wrong. Third, I am assuming there is no major database cleanup or recategorization event that offsets many additions; about a 15% chance this fails.
A low outcome would come from OSMP doing little publishing during the window, adding mainly images to existing records rather than new entries, or performing maintenance/reclassification that largely offsets new material. I put roughly a one-in-five chance on a distinctly low outcome, meaning around 14 or fewer net additions.
A high outcome would come from one or more batch imports tied to Iran 2026, Ukraine missile/drone documentation, or other active theaters, especially if OSMP publishes multiple debris-image records quickly. I put roughly a one-in-five chance on a distinctly high outcome, meaning around 58 or more additions, and a smaller but real tail for 80-plus.
My central view is therefore a median around the high 20s, with substantial skew and uncertainty, and a nontrivial upper tail beyond the default range.
Percentile .1: 1.1 Percentile 1: 2 Percentile 5: 5 Percentile 10: 8 Percentile 15: 11 Percentile 20: 14 Percentile 25: 17 Percentile 30: 20 Percentile 35: 22 Percentile 40: 24 Percentile 45: 26 Percentile 46: 26.5 Percentile 47: 27 Percentile 48: 27.5 Percentile 49: 28 Percentile 50: 29 Percentile 51: 30 Percentile 52: 31 Percentile 53: 32 Percentile 54: 33 Percentile 55: 34 Percentile 60: 38 Percentile 65: 42 Percentile 70: 47 Percentile 75: 52 Percentile 80: 58 Percentile 85: 66 Percentile 90: 76 Percentile 95: 90 Percentile 99: 118 Percentile 99.9: 160
Platform throughput constrained by expert review capacity and editorial cadence.
Archive growth is bounded by reviewer hours, seasonal staffing, and batch publication norms.
Active conflict collections and ongoing incident reviews supply a steady backlog of candidate entries.
Recent months display an elevated entry pace relative to the long-run trend, yet prior summers showed notable slowdowns.
A single large backlog publication or multi-country batch can raise additions sharply within the window.
Conversely, summer staffing dips, prioritization shifts, or recategorization actions can materially reduce additions.
Primary unresolved uncertainty is editorial throughput and the timing of expert reviews, which dominate short-term variance.
Measurement sensitivity arises from taxonomy changes, late inclusion of historical imagery, and snapshot timing, allowing modest final-count swings.
Forecast (net additions, Jun 27–Aug 12, 2026): N/A (no P50 provided)
OSMP launched in November 2023 and Airwars said the public launch in June 2024 offered an archive of hundreds of munition images. In Airwars’ 2024/25 annual report, published in 2026, the organization said OSMP had added more than 1,300 verified and searchable munition images. The homepage now shows 1,710 total entries, and the Rocket or Missile category currently shows 1,037 entries, which matches the question’s baseline. That means rockets/missiles are about 60.6% of the current archive. (2023.airwars.org)
The key question is pace, not just stock. OSMP says its Iran War 2026 collection is updated live once an image has been reviewed by at least two munitions experts. That collection currently contains 144 images. Publicly archived posts from the OSMP account showed the same collection at 73 images in an earlier update and then at 117 images in a later update, showing that additions can come in bursts when a conflict is active and the team is processing a lot of material. (t.co)
But the same evidence also suggests slowing after the initial burst. Moving from 73 to 117 was a sharp jump, while the current level of 144 implies a much smaller increase after that later update. So I do not want to extrapolate the most aggressive March/April-type pace straight through to August 12. At the same time, a forecast near zero would ignore both the portal’s live-update workflow and the fact that OSMP is still expanding across active conflicts and collections. (t.co)
My model therefore blends three scenarios for the roughly 46-day window from June 27, 2026 to August 12, 2026: a slow-cadence scenario where backlog processing continues but additions are modest; a base scenario where OSMP keeps adding entries at a normal active-conflict pace; and a surge scenario where another burst of curation happens, similar to the Iran-war expansion phase. I map those scenarios to Poisson rates with means of 14, 32, and 60 additions respectively, weighted 45%, 40%, and 15%. This mixture gives a mean forecast a bit above 28 additions, with most mass in the teens through 30s and a meaningful but minority tail above 50. The resulting point forecast is 28 newly added Rocket or Missile entries. This keeps the forecast below the client’s informal expectation threshold most of the time, while still respecting the portal’s demonstrated ability to add many entries quickly during intense documentation periods. (osmp.ngo)
I anchor on the explicit rocket-category total shown on OSMP today: the rocket page displays “1–100 of 1,037,” which matches the question’s stated baseline. The homepage currently shows 1,710 total entries overall, so rockets/missiles are about 60.6% of the current database. (osmp.ngo)
For historical context, OSMP has been growing quickly. Airwars’ 2023/24 annual report said that after the June 2024 public launch the portal already held “hundreds” of munition images, and Airwars’ 2024/25 annual report, published four months ago, said the project had added more than 1,300 verified and searchable images overall. An indexed rocket-category page from four months ago showed 860 rocket-or-missile entries, versus 1,037 now. (2023.airwars.org)
The best hard evidence for current pace comes from indexed snapshots of overall portal totals: 1,558 overall entries two months ago, 1,667 four weeks ago, 1,702 last week, and 1,710 today. That sequence says net additions are still happening, but the pace has decelerated materially in the most recent weeks. (osmp.ngo)
I translated those observed windows into 46-day rocket-addition estimates. Using the four-month rocket trend gives about 67.85 additions over a 46-day horizon; scaling the two-month overall trend by today’s rocket share gives about 69.51; scaling the four-week trend gives about 42.84; and scaling the one-week trend gives about 31.88. Those are a wide spread, but they are useful because they bracket both the recent slowdown and the still-elevated medium-term growth regime.
Qualitatively, I do not want to extrapolate only the very slow 1-week pace. OSMP is still prominently featuring the “Iran War 2026” collection on the site, and an indexed page from last week included analyst text referring to remnants from the 12-day Israel-Iran conflict, which implies that very recent rocket/missile material is still being processed into the portal. On the other hand, the overall counts clearly slowed from the bursty pace seen over the prior month or two, so I also do not want to lean too hard on the 2-4 month rates. (osmp.ngo)
My final forecast is therefore a weighted mixture of Poisson processes tied to those empirical windows, with most of the weight on the recent 1-week and 4-week implied rates, but with meaningful tail weight on the faster 2-month and 4-month rates. I also add a small 1.5% point mass at exactly 0 to allow for the possibility of a publication lull or net offset from deletions/re-categorizations during the window. From that model, I infer a mean of about 40.6 additions, a median around 40, and roughly a 20% chance that the outcome ends above 50. My practical central view is that the most likely result is in the low-40s, with a broad high-probability band spanning roughly the mid-20s through the mid-50s. (osmp.ngo)
Baseline check: the Rocket or Missile category currently shows 1–100 of 1,037 entries, which matches the client’s stated baseline. The whole OSMP currently shows 1–100 of 1,710 entries, so rockets/missiles make up about 60.6% of the visible archive today. (osmp.ngo)
The portal is clearly active rather than static. The homepage invites users to keep up with newly added munitions and to submit images; Airwars says the Gaza identified-munitions process is evolving with new images published each month; and Bellingcat’s toolkit notes that new items are constantly being added. Most importantly for this window, the Iran War 2026 collection says it will be updated live once relevant images have been reviewed by at least two experts, and that collection already contains 144 images across 10 countries and 41 munition models. (osmp.ngo)
I used three rate anchors. First, the whole portal was at 1,708 entries two days ago and 1,710 today. If that rough recent pace of about +1 total entry per day persisted for the roughly 46-day forecasting window, and if rockets/missiles retained their current 60.6% share of the archive, that would imply about 28 rocket/missile additions. (osmp.ngo)
Second, inside the Rocket or Missile category itself, the current year filter shows 147 entries for reported year 2026. Projecting that year-to-date pace from January 1, 2026 through June 27, 2026 into the next roughly 46 days gives about 38 additions. This is probably a better anchor than the 2-day crawl change because it reflects the very active 2026 conflict pipeline already visible on OSMP. (osmp.ngo)
Third, a looser upper anchor comes from the long-run archive build. OSMP launched on November 22, 2023, and the category now has 1,037 rocket/missile entries; spread over about 948 days, that is just over 1.09 rocket/missile entries per day, or about 50 over a 46-day window. I discount this anchor because launch-era backfilling and rapid category build-out likely made the historical average faster than the current steady-state pace. (kcl.ac.uk)
Blending those anchors with more weight on recent/current activity than on the full-since-launch average gives a central estimate in the mid-30s; one simple weighted blend lands at about 35.9. I then widen the forecast because OSMP additions are likely lumpy: a single review cycle can publish a batch of related remnants from one conflict or one munition family, while temporary review bottlenecks or deletions/re-categorizations can suppress the net change. (osmp.ngo)
My point forecast is 35 net new Rocket or Missile entries between June 27, 2026 and the August 12, 2026 12:00 UTC snapshot. I expect most of the probability mass to sit roughly in the mid-20s to mid-40s, with a modest right tail above 50 if the Iran-war and Ukraine pipelines stay hot and OSMP publishes another sizable batch. I keep a small probability on 0 because resolution is based on the net snapshot difference, so a slow publication period combined with deletions or re-categorizations could in principle flatten the net increase. (osmp.ngo)
The key starting point is that the OSMP rocket/missile category currently shows 1–100 of 1,037 entries, which matches the question’s stated baseline, while the portal as a whole shows 1,710 entries. (osmp.ngo)
I do not expect additions to arrive as a smooth daily Poisson process. OSMP’s own methodology says every image is researched and source-checked, then reviewed by one ARES reviewer, then by a second ARES reviewer, sometimes by additional specialists, and only then gets final Airwars review and publication. That makes batching and review bottlenecks very plausible, so I want an overdispersed forecast rather than a narrow one. (osmp.ngo)
The most useful empirical signal is the archived count trend from indexed OSMP pages. Search-engine snippets show the rocket/missile total at 832 about four months ago, 908 about three months ago, 969 last month, 1,026 last week, and 1,037 yesterday. Even allowing for the imprecision of labels like ‘last month’ and ‘last week,’ that is a clear pattern of sustained growth rather than stagnation. (osmp.ngo)
If I mechanically extend the longer rocket-category trends across the roughly 46-day forecasting window, I get about 78.6 additions from the four-month trend and about 65.9 additions from the three-month trend. I treat those as upper-mid reference points, not as the final answer, because the crawl timestamps are coarse and because the manual review pipeline can slow or batch publication. (osmp.ngo)
The broader archive trend also argues against a near-zero outcome. Indexed OSMP pages showed about 1,558 total entries two months ago, 1,667 four weeks ago, 1,690 last week, and 1,710 today. Rocket/missile entries therefore appear to have remained near roughly 60% of the archive, so continued archive growth should still translate into a substantial number of new rocket/missile entries. That is an inference from the cited counts, not a direct OSMP statement. (osmp.ngo)
I also do not see evidence that the relevant content pipeline is drying up. OSMP is still foregrounding active collections including Iran War 2026, Gaza, Ukraine, and U.S. munitions used in Yemen 2025, and the Iran War 2026 collection says it will be updated live once reviewed; when opened, that collection listed 144 images and 41 munition models. That supports keeping a meaningful upside tail, though the review process makes a triple-digit jump over only 46 days less likely than a moderate two-digit increase. (osmp.ngo)
So I used a three-scenario mixture: a 25% slowdown/bottleneck case centered on 30 additions, a 55% normal-flow case centered on 55 additions, and a 20% faster catch-up/surge case centered on 80 additions, plus a small extra point mass on 0 to reflect the possibility of a temporary publication pause or net re-categorization/deletions that floor to zero under the rules. That scenario setup has a mean of 53.75 before the small zero-mass adjustment, so my practical point forecast is about 53 new rocket/missile entries. (osmp.ngo)
Bottom line: I think the distribution should be centered in the low-to-mid 50s, with most of the mass spread broadly across roughly the mid-20s to the low-80s. I think outcomes above 50 are slightly more likely than not, but not overwhelmingly so, because the growth trend is strong while the publication workflow is clearly human-limited. The explicit mass at 0 is small, not because zero additions is impossible, but because the recent trend makes it unlikely. (osmp.ngo)
The baseline looks correct: a search-result snapshot of OSMP’s Rocket or Missile category crawled yesterday showed ‘1–100 of 1,037’, matching the prompt’s baseline. Two older snapshots are useful for rate-setting: one from four months ago showed page 9 as ‘801–832 of 832’, and one from last week showed page 2 as ‘101–200 of 1,026’. Taken literally, those snapshots imply a recent net addition pace in the low-to-mid 1s per day, which projects into the 70s over a 46-day window. (osmp.ngo)
I do not use that raw extrapolation mechanically. OSMP publishing appears batchy, and recent additions are not limited to same-week battlefield remnants: among the currently front-page rocket/missile entries are a March 5, 2026 Arash-2 image from Iran, a May 31, 2026 Shahed-136 image from Romania, a March 5, 2025 Sudanese rocket image, and even a September 22, 2008 Iraq AIM-120C image. That suggests OSMP is mixing current-war material with backfilled archival material, so editorial throughput matters almost as much as battlefield tempo. (osmp.ngo)
The pipeline still looks likely to stay busy. OSMP says its Iran War 2026 collection will be updated live and it currently contains 144 images; its Ukraine/Russia 2022–2026 collection contains 576 images; and its Israel/Gaza 2023–2026 collection contains 159 images. Meanwhile, the underlying conflicts were still active on June 27, 2026: AP and Axios reported fresh U.S.-Iran and Iranian attacks despite last week’s interim deal, CBS and The Washington Post reported major ongoing Ukraine-Russia drone and missile exchanges, and Israeli media reported new Hamas rocket positions in Gaza being struck on June 24. (osmp.ngo)
My adjustment is to downweight the straight-line trend a bit for three reasons: short-horizon OSMP counts can be noisy; some of the Iran-war surge may moderate if the interim deal holds better than it has so far; and the portal can also lose entries through re-categorization or deletion. I therefore used a four-part mixture: a 0.5% floor-at-zero case, a 34.5% slowdown case centered in the low 40s, a 45.0% continuation case centered in the mid 60s, and a 20.0% high-throughput case centered in the low 90s. That yields a mean around 62.6 additions, and it makes ‘>50’ the single most likely bucket. My point estimate is 62 newly added Rocket or Missile entries by August 12, 2026 at 12:00 UTC. (osmp.ngo)