I'm curious what's the `"analysts"` is for, even assuming the Middlebury Institute has an angle, how does nonproliferation factor into bias towards this story?

I'm curious what's the `"analysts"` is for, even assuming the Middlebury Institute has an angle, how does nonproliferation factor into bias towards this story? Unless you firmly believe nonproliferation wonks have a bias against missile HTK systems, it seems to be a non-sequitur.