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	<title>FAS Strategic Security Blog &#187; Space</title>
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		<title>Change at the United Nations</title>
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		<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>
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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>North Korea Launches Rocket but Satellite Fails</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a world of advice to the contrary, the North Koreans launched their Taepodong-2 or Unha rocket yesterday morning.  Recent reports are that the first two stages operated correctly but the third stage failed.  Reading between the lines a bit, it might have failed to ignite rather than exploding.  This seems to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea’s Teapodong-2 Unha Missile Launch:  What might we learn?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indications are that North Korea is moving ahead with its planned launch of a missile with the intent of placing a satellite into orbit.  The North Koreans are portraying the launch in purely innocuous, civilian terms even naming the rocket “Unha,” which means “Milky Way” in Korean, to emphasize its space-oriented function.  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Plans Test of Anti-Satellite Interceptor Against Failed Intelligence Satellite</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States is planning to intercept a dying reconnaissance satellite with a missile launched from a Navy ship. The administration justifies the intercept on the basis of public safety. That is a long stretch, indeed, and thus far in the news coverage that I have seen there is virtually no mention of the political consequences of the United States’ conducting its first anti-satellite test in over two decades.

The United States, along with China, Russia, and other space-faring nations, should be working to ban anti-satellite weapons. Such a ban would work strongly in the best interests of the United States because we depend more, by far, than any other nation on access to space for our economy and security. Any measure that reduces the threats to satellites will enhance American security. The proposed test is a potential public relations bonanza, showing the public how a defensive missile can protect us from a—largely imaginary—danger from above. What follows is a simple analysis of what some of these dangers might be and a description of what might happen. These are questions that should have been asked of the administration.]]></description>
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