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		<title>US-Russia Summit Nuclear Weapons Information</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/07/summit.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:27:14 +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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By Hans M. Kristensen
Can they do it? Expectations are high for the July Moscow Summit to produce an agreement to extent the START Treaty and commit to additional nuclear weapons reductions in the future. The following provides quick access to information about nuclear weapons numbers:
Overview of World Nuclear Forces
Global Nuclear Stockpiles, 1945-2006
US and Russian Total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan, TLAM/N, and Extended Deterrence</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/07/tlam.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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PACOM Commander Admiral Keating is &#8220;unaware&#8221; of the Japanese interest in the nuclear Tomahawk cruise missile reported by the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission.




By Hans M. Kristensen
Admiral Timothy J. Keating, who is Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, said Tuesday that he is &#8220;unaware of specific Japanese interests in the&#8221; nuclear-armed Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile.
That’s interesting because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Bioethics Council to Advise the White House</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/new-bioethics-council-to-advise-the-white-house.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/new-bioethics-council-to-advise-the-white-house.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cvos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biosecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheryl Vos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was reported this week that the Presidents Council on Bioethics was disbanded. The Council, appointed by the Bush Administration, was often accused of taking a more ideological than scientific perspective in its reports and advice. In its place, President Obama will convene a new bioethics commission.
 Print  PDF ]]></description>
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		<title>No U.S. Nukes in South Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/koreanukes.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/06/koreanukes.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
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North Korea mistakenly believes there are U.S. nuclear weapons in South Korea.





By Hans M. Kristensen
The North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun reportedly has issued a statement saying the U.S. has 1,000 nuclear weapons in South Korea. In this regional war of rhetoric it is important to at least get one fact right: The United States does [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>

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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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		<title>North Korea’s Nuclear Test: Another Fizzle?</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/nktest.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/nktest.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hans Kristensen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>

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The North Korean nuclear test on May 25, 2009, was &#8220;heard&#8221; loud and clear around the world despite its apparent limited size. Detection of small, clandestine nuclear tests seems to work.




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By Hans M. Kristensen
The Korean Central News Agency reportedly has announced that North Korea &#8220;successfully conducted one more underground nuclear test on May 25 as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Missile Plot had Little Chance of Success, but ‘Stinger Stings’ are Valuable Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/latest-missile-plot-had-little-chance-of-success-but-%e2%80%98stinger-stings%e2%80%99-are-valuable-tools.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/latest-missile-plot-had-little-chance-of-success-but-%e2%80%98stinger-stings%e2%80%99-are-valuable-tools.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 15:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Man-portable Air Defense Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Schroeder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the FBI thwarted an alleged terrorist plot to shoot down a military cargo plane with a Stinger missile.  According to a criminal complaint obtained by the New York Times, four men were arrested on charges of conspiring to use “a surface-to-air missile system to destroy military aircraft at the New York Air National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science Magazine Biodefense News &#8211; Army Bans Pathogen Work</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/science-magazine-biodefense-news-army-bans-pathogen-work.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/science-magazine-biodefense-news-army-bans-pathogen-work.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cvos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biosecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheryl Vos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today Science Magazine is reporting that the Army has banned all pathogen research at one of its labs at the Armed Forced Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, DC. This decision was made December 2, 2008 as a result of an earlier failed Biological Surety Inspection, and not made public.
Science reports that &#8220;officials found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional Commission and Nuclear &#8220;Requirements&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/1280.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/05/1280.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ivan Oelrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Congressional Commission on the strategic posture report released yesterday is what the Air Force calls a “target rich environment.” There is a lot to shoot at. This essay follows up on the post that Hans Kristensen and I published yesterday. I want to continue the theme I discussed yesterday that the recommendations of the [...]]]></description>
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