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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>Germany and NATO&#8217;s Nuclear Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/germany.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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Security personnel monitor nuclear weapons transport at German air base. Image: USAF




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By Hans M. Kristensen
The new German government has announced that it wants to enter talks with its NATO allies about the withdrawal of the remaining U.S. nuclear weapons from Germany.
The announcement coincides with the Obama administration’s ongoing Nuclear Posture Review, which is spending an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/03/russia-2.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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New low-yield nuclear warheads for cruise missiles on Russia&#8217;s submarines?.



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By Hans M. Kristensen
Two recent news reports have drawn the attention to Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons. Earlier this week, RIA Novosti quoted Vice Admiral Oleg Burtsev, deputy head of the Russian Navy General Staff, saying that the role of tactical nuclear weapons on submarines “will play [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Minot Investigations: From Fixing Problems to Nuclear Advocacy</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/01/schlesingerreport.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/01/schlesingerreport.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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The second report from the Schlesinger Task Force goes beyond fixing nuclear problems to promoting new nuclear weapons.



By Hans M. Kristensen
For nuclear weapon advocates, the Minot incident in August 2007, where the Air Force lost track of six nuclear-armed cruise missiles for 36 hours, was a gift sent from heaven. No other event short of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear Déjà Vu At Carnegie</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/10/dejavu.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/10/dejavu.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ivan Oelrich and Hans M. Kristensen
Only one week before Barack Obama is expected to win the presidential election, Defense Secretary Robert Gates made one last pitch for the Bush administration&#8217;s nuclear policy during a speech Tuesday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
What is the opposite of visionary?  Whatever, that’s the word that best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Government Rejects Blue Ribbon Review Findings</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/07/dutch.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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The nuclear base at Volkel is pixeled out on Google Earth (why, Google?). Click on image to download map of the base (note: 1 MB). Image: GoogleEarth (outline and label added)




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By Hans M. Kristensen
The Dutch Government today rejected the findings of the U.S. Air Force&#8217;s Blue Ribbon Review, saying the safety and security at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Nuclear Weapons Withdrawn From the United Kingdom</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/06/us-nuclear-weapons-withdrawn-from-the-united-kingdom.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/06/us-nuclear-weapons-withdrawn-from-the-united-kingdom.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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More than 100 U.S. nuclear bombs have been withdrawn from RAF Lakenheath, the forward base of the U.S. Air Force 48th Fighter Wing.  Image: GoogleEarth




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By Hans M. Kristensen
The United States has withdrawn nuclear weapons from the RAF Lakenheath air base 70 miles northeast of London, marking the end to more than 50 years of U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USAF Report: “Most” Nuclear Weapon Sites In Europe Do Not Meet US Security Requirements</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/06/usaf-report-%e2%80%9cmost%e2%80%9d-nuclear-weapon-sites-in-europe-do-not-meet-us-security-requirements.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/06/usaf-report-%e2%80%9cmost%e2%80%9d-nuclear-weapon-sites-in-europe-do-not-meet-us-security-requirements.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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Members of the 704 Munition Support Squadron at Ghedi Torre in Italy are trained to service a B-61 nuclear bomb inside a Munitions Maintenance Truck. Security at &#8220;most&#8221; nuclear bases in Europe does not meet DOD safety requirements, a newly declassified U.S. Air Force review has found. Withdrawal from some is rumored.  Image: USAF




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		<title>United States Removes Nuclear Weapons From German Base, Documents Indicate</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/07/united_states_removes_nuclear.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/07/united_states_removes_nuclear.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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The United States appears to have quietly removed nuclear weapons from Ramstein Air Base. Here a B61 nuclear bomb is loaded unto a C-17 cargo aircraft.




By Hans M. Kristensen
The U.S. Air Force has removed its main base at Ramstein in Germany from a list of installations that receive periodic nuclear weapons inspections, indicating that nuclear [...]]]></description>
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