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		<title>Chinese Mobile ICBMs Seen in Central China</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2012/03/df-31deployment.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Road-mobile DF-31/31A ICBM launchers deploying to Central China are visible on new commercial satellite images. Click on image for larger version. . By Hans M. Kristensen Recent satellite images show that China is setting up launch units for its newest road-mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in central China. Several launchers of the new DF-31/31A appeared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Nuclear Modernization: Smaller and Later</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2012/02/chinamissiles.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIA threat assessment shows slower Chinese nuclear modernization. . By Hans M. Kristensen At about the same time nuclear arms reduction opponents last week incorrectly accused the Obama administration of considering “reckless” cuts in nuclear forces that would leave the United States “with fewer warheads than China,” Congress received its annual threat assessment from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No, China Does Not Have 3,000 Nuclear Weapons</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2011/12/chinanukes.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study from Georgetown University incorrectly suggests that China has 3,000 nuclear weapons.The estimate is off by an order of magnitude. . By Hans M. Kristensen Only the Chinese government knows how many nuclear weapons China has. As in most other nuclear weapon states, the number is a closely held secret. Even so, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon’s 2011 China Report: Reducing Nuclear Transparency</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2011/08/china2011.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon’s new report on China’s military forces significantly reduces transparency of China&#8217;s missile force by eliminating specific missile numbers previously included in the annual overview. . By Hans M. Kristensen The Pentagon has published its annual assessment of China’s military power (the official title is Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Jin-SSBNs Getting Ready?</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2011/06/jin2011.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of China’s new Jin-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines were photographed at Xiaopingdao in late-March 2011, possibly in preparation for missile test launches. (Click for larger picture). . By Hans M. Kristensen Two of China’s new Jin-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines have sailed to the Xiaopingdao naval base near Dalian, a naval base used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Nuclear Forces 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/11/china2010-2.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. By Hans M. Kristensen It’s interesting scary what you can find on the Internet: On Thursday, a Canadian calling himself SinoSoldier posted a report on the Pakistani web site Pakistan Defense claiming that China had test launched a JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from a submarine in the Atlantic (!). Different versions allegedly have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DF-21C Missile Deploys to Central China</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/09/df21c.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s new DF-21C missile launcher shows itself in Western China.    Image: GoogleEarth . By Hans M. Kristensen The latest Pentagon report on Chinese military forces recently triggered sensational headlines in the Indian news media that China had deployed new nuclear missiles close to the Indian border. The news reports got it wrong, but new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China’s Bulava?</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/08/china2010.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. By Hans M. Kristensen Similar to Russia’s troubled Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile, the Pentagon’s latest report on China’s military power reveals that Chinese efforts to develop a new sea-based nuclear missile have run into problems. Other nuclear force developments described in the Pentagon’s delayed annual report on China’s military power, now renamed Military and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United States Discloses Size of Nuclear Weapons Stockpile</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/05/stockpilenumber.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 23:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has declassified the history and size of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, a long-held national secret. Click image to get the fact sheet. By Hans M. Kristensen The Obama administration has formally disclosed the size of the Defense Department’s stockpile of nuclear weapons: 5,113 warheads as of September 30, 2009. For a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Second Chinese Naval Demagnetization Facility Spotted</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/04/demag.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/04/demag.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans M. Kristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click image for large version . By Hans M. Kristensen The Chinese navy has constructed what appears to be a demagnetization facility near an East Sea Fleet submarine base. The facility is the second spotted at Chinese naval bases since 2008. Chinese Naval Demagnetization Facilities The new demagnetization facility is located less than 10 km [...]]]></description>
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