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		<title>Estimated Nuclear Weapons Locations 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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Some 23,300 nuclear weapons are stored at 111 locations around the world (click for map)




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By Hans M. Kristensen
The world’s approximately 23,300 nuclear weapons are stored at an estimated 111 locations in 14 countries, according to an overview produced by FAS and NRDC.
Nearly half of the weapons are operationally deployed with delivery systems capable of launching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Owned Part of Eurodif &#8211; Document Posted</title>
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		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/document-on-international-enrichment-supply-posted.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
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By Ivanka Barzashka
FAS has posted a report on &#8220;Enrichment Supply and Technology Outside the United States&#8221; by S. A. Levin and S. Blumkin from the Enrichment Department of the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, operated at the time by Union Carbide. The document, prepared for the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, reviews international uranium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Aircraft Carrier Sails Without Nukes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle with air wing on deck.



By Hans M. Kristensen
France no longer deploys nuclear weapons on its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle under normal circumstances but stores the weapons on land, according to French officials.
President Nicolas Sarkozy declared in March 2008 that France “could and should be more transparent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France&#8217;s Nuclear Victims (and Correct Number of Weapons)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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From Tanguy et Laverdure, Menace sur Mururoa, 1996.



By Hans M. Kristensen
The news media reports that the French government has decided to &#8220;pay compensation to those suffering illnesses linked to radiation&#8221; from the French nuclear tests conducted in Northern Africa and the South Pacific between 1960 and 1996. This being the same state that for decades denied [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<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>French Nuclear Forces</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/09/france.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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Sarkozy says he wants to be more open about France&#8217;s nuclear arsenal &#8220;than anyone ever has been&#8221; about theirs. OK, does the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle still carry nuclear weapons in peacetime?



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By Hans M. Kristensen
The French nuclear weapons arsenal currently includes approximately 300 warheads, according to our latest estimate published in the Bulletin of [...]]]></description>
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