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		<title>Iran Owned Part of Eurodif &#8211; Document Posted</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/document-on-international-enrichment-supply-posted.php</link>
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		<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>Missile Watch: Global Update (April &#8211; October 2009)</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/missile-watch-global-update-april-october-2009.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/11/missile-watch-global-update-april-october-2009.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Man-portable Air Defense Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Schroeder]]></category>
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Missile Watch
A publication of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project
Vol. 2, Issue 2
October 2009
Written by Matt Schroeder and Matt Buongiorno

&#160;
Table of Contents:
Honduras/Mexico: Alleged arms trafficker offered to sell &#8220;17 or 18 surface-to-air missiles,&#8221; claims US informant
Kenya: MANPADS threat affects US air travel to Nairobi
Russia: 20 MANPADS seized from militants in North Caucasus region
Sri Lanka: Terrorist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debating New Biosecurity Research Regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/debating-new-biosecurity-research-regulations.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/debating-new-biosecurity-research-regulations.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Dodson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[US Senate consideration of a new biosecurity bill has been delayed to accommodate requests for additional information from the Administration.  ]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></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>Waiting for Answers on Fordo: What IAEA Inspections Will Tell Us</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/waiting-for-answers-on-fordo-what-iaea-inspections-will-tell-us.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/waiting-for-answers-on-fordo-what-iaea-inspections-will-tell-us.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ioelrich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Oelrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Proliferation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Ivanka Barzashka and Ivan Oelrich
After a cascade of disclosures and official announcements, followed by a great deal of conjecture from experts and the media, the Fordo enrichment plant, Iran’s newest enrichment facility located in the mountains near Qom, opened its doors on October 25 to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections. The US, France, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton On Nuclear Preemption</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hkristensen</dc:creator>
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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>Documents obtained by FAS shed some light on Viktor Bout case, but key questions remain</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/documents-obtained-by-fas-shed-some-light-on-viktor-bout-case-but-key-questions-remain.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2009/10/documents-obtained-by-fas-shed-some-light-on-viktor-bout-case-but-key-questions-remain.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Man-portable Air Defense Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Schroeder]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[arms trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Schroeder
Documents provided to the Federation of American Scientists by the US Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Southern District of New York provide additional details about the case against alleged arms trafficker Viktor Bout, but many important questions remain (publicly) unanswered. Below is a brief summary of these documents and their significance.
Background
Viktor Bout and an alleged [...]]]></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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		<description><![CDATA[





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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