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		<title>China&#8217;s Noisy Nuclear Submarines</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/subnoise.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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China&#8217;s newest nuclear submarines are noisier than 1970s-era Soviet nuclear submarines. 



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By Hans M. Kristensen
China’s new Jin-class ballistic missile submarine is noisier than the Russian Delta III-class submarines built more than 30 years ago, according to a report produced by the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI).
The report The People&#8217;s Liberation Army Navy: A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Mystery in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/chinaparade.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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The mysterious DF-41 missile did not appear at the Chinese National Day parade on October 1st, but the Chinese Ministry of National Defense says the DF-31A did. But did it, or was it in fact the DF-31?




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By Hans M. Kristensen
The military parade at China’s 60th National Day celebration last week was widely rumored to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Getting It Right:  More Bad Reasons to Have Nuclear Weapons</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/07/1518.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Oelrich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recently released report, U.S. Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century:  Getting It Right, by the ad hoc New Deterrent Working Group with a forward by James Woolsey, is an interesting document.  I believe this report is significant because it might typify the arguments that will be used against arms control treaties in the upcoming [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Air Force Intelligence Report Available</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/nasic09.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/nasic09.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
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The NASIC report dispels many web-rumors.





By Hans M. Kristensen
The Air Force Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) has published an update to its Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat.  The document, which I obtained from NASIC, is sobering reading.
The latest update continues the previous user-friendly format and describes a number of important assessments and new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Chinese Seabased Nuclear Deterrent?</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/seabased.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/seabased.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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An article in USNI, which carries this photo of USS Hartford (SSN-768) damaged in a recent collision, discusses China&#8217;s ballistic missile submarines. 





By Hans M. Kristensen
The magazine U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings has an interesting article about China&#8217;s nuclear ballistic missile submarines written by Andrew S. Erickson and Michael Chase from the U.S. Naval War College. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Strategic Failure: Congressional Strategic Posture Commission Report</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/commission-2.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/commission-2.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 19:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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The final report from the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission seems focused on hedging rather than leading.



By Ivan Oelrich and Hans M. Kristensen
The Congressional Strategic Posture Commission report published today is definitely not the place that the President or the nation should look for new ideas on how to reduce the role of nuclear weapons and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Pentagon Report on Chinese Military Forces</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/03/china09.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/03/china09.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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The 2009 Pentagon report shows hardly any changes of Chinese nuclear forces.



By Hans M. Kristensen
The new annual report on Chinese military forces published by the Pentagon shows essentially no changes in China&#8217;s nuclear forces compared with the previous report from 2008.
Perhaps most interestingly, the report shows that China has not increased the number of new [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>U.S. Strategic Submarine Patrols Continue at Near Cold War Tempo</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/03/usssbn.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/03/usssbn.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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U.S. ballistic missile submarines conducted 31 nuclear deterrent patrols in 2008 at an operational tempo comparable to that of the Cold War.



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By Hans M. Kristensen [updated]
The U.S. fleet of 14 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines conducted 31 nuclear deterrent patrols in 2008 at an operational tempo comparable to during the Cold War.
The new patrol information, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US-Chinese Anti-Submarine Cat and Mouse Game in South China Sea</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/03/incident.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/03/incident.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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The Chinese military harassment of a U.S. submarine surveillance vessel Sunday occurred only 75 miles from China&#8217;s growing naval base near Yulin on Hainan Island.




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By Hans M. Kristensen [updated 1:50 P.M., 3/10/09]
The incident that unfolded in the South China Sea Sunday, where the U.S. Navy says five Chinese ships harassed the U.S. submarine surveillance vessel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Submarine Patrols Doubled in 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/02/patrols.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/02/patrols.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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Chinese submarines conducted 12 patrols in 2008, the highest ever.



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By Hans M. Kristensen
Chinese attack submarines sailed on more patrols in 2008 than ever before, according to information obtained by Federation of American Scientists from U.S. naval intelligence.
The information, which was declassified by U.S. naval intelligence in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from [...]]]></description>
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