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	<title>FAS Strategic Security Blog &#187; Nuclear Weapons</title>
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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>JASON and Replacement Warheads</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/jason.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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Claims that nuclear weapons need to be as safe as a coffee table might drive warhead replacement




By Hans M. Kristensen and Ivan Oelrich
The latest study from the JASON panel is an unambiguous rejection of claims made by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the nuclear weapon labs, defense secretary Robert Gates, and U.S. Strategic Command [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change at the United Nations</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/change-at-the-united-nations.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/change-at-the-united-nations.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Godsberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alicia Godsberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by: Alicia Godsberg
The First Committee of this year’s 64th United Nations General Assembly (GA) just wrapped up a month of meetings.  The GA breaks up its work into six main committees, and the First Committee deals with disarmament and international security issues.  During the month-long meetings, member states give general statements, debate on such issues [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/germany.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
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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>Clinton On Nuclear Preemption</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/clinton.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/clinton.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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No preemptive nuclear options, according to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.




By Hans M. Kristensen
During an interview with Ekho Moskvy Radio last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was asked if “the American [nuclear] doctrine incorporate[s] preemptive nuclear strikes against an aggressor?”
The Secretary’s answer was: “No, no.”
Ahem….
Secretary Clinton’s denial that U.S. nuclear doctrine incorporates preemptive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Asks UN De-Alerting Resolution to Wait</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/dealert-2.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/dealert-2.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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President Barack Obama, here shown speaking to the United Nations in September,
is seeking to delay a UN Resolution calling for De-Alerting Nuclear Forces.




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By Hans M. Kristensen
The Obama administration has asked four countries to postpone a resolution at the United Nations calling for reducing the alert-level of nuclear weapons.
The intervention apparently is intended to avoid the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon Misses Warhead Retirement Deadline</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/w62.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/w62.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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Retirement of the W62 warhead, seen here at Warren Air Force Base, has been been delayed.




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By Hans M. Kristensen
The Pentagon has missed the deadline set by the 2001 Nuclear Posture Review for the retirement of the W62 nuclear warhead.
Retirement of the warhead, which arms a portion of the 450 U.S. Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Mystery in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/chinaparade.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/chinaparade.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>

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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>CTBT Article XIV Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/09/ctbt-article-xiv-conference.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/09/ctbt-article-xiv-conference.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Godsberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alicia Godsberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by: Alicia Godsberg
This past Thursday and Friday marked the 6th bi-annual Article XIV Conference, the Conference on Facilitating the Entry Into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).  This year’s conference was held at the United Nations in New York and was met with a measure of cautious optimism – most states voiced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calculating Output of the New Iranian Uranium Enrichment Plant</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/09/calculating-output-of-the-new-iranian-uranium-enrichment-plant.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/09/calculating-output-of-the-new-iranian-uranium-enrichment-plant.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ivan Oelrich]]></category>
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On Friday, President Obama announced that the United States knows of a new, undeclared, and hidden underground gas-centrifuge uranium enrichment facility in Iran, near the city of Qom.  Some news reports suggest that 3000 centrifuges will be housed there.  How significant is this discovery?  Well, just in time, our crack FAS researcher, Ivanka Barzashka, has [...]]]></description>
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