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		<title>Missile Watch &#8211; November 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/12/missile-watch-november-2010.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<title>NPT RevCon ends with a consensus Final Document</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/06/npt-revcon-ends-with-a-consensus-final-document.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Godsberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Alicia Godsberg The NPT Review Conference ended last Friday with the adoption by consensus of a Final Document that includes both a review of commitments and a forward looking action plan for nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and the promotion of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.  In the early part of last week it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CTBT ratification and fact-twisting arguments</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/03/ctbt-ratification-and-fact-twisting-arguments.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Godsberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Alicia Godsberg On Friday, February 5 the EastWest Institute (EWI) held a seminar at their office in New York to discuss its recently released report on the CTBT, entitled, “The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: New Technology, New Prospects?” Speaking at the event for the pro-CTBT ratification camp was Ambassador Robert T. Grey, Jr. (Director, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch &#8211; February 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/02/missile-watch-february-2010.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missile Watch A publication of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project Vol. 3, Issue 1 February 2010 Editor: Matt Schroeder Contributing Author: Matt Buongiorno Graphics: Alexis Paige Contents: Global Overview Afghanistan: No recent discoveries of shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles in insurgent arms caches Eritrea: UN slaps arms embargo on major missile proliferator Iraq: Fewer public reports [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missile Watch A publication of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project Vol. 2, Issue 2 October 2009 Written by Matt Schroeder and Scoville Fellow 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: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missile Watch: Somalia</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/07/missile-watch-somalia.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/07/missile-watch-somalia.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of its on-going efforts to track and call attention to the illicit trade in shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles, the FAS is launching a new e-newsletter called “Missile Watch.” Subscribers will receive periodic updates on the black market trade in shoulder-fired missiles, stockpiling and use of these missiles by non-state groups, and related topics. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPT 40 Years Later and Beyond</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/07/npt-40-years-later-and-beyond.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2008/07/npt-40-years-later-and-beyond.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Godsberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/?p=262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 1, 1968 the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was opened for signature, codifying for the first time a legally binding obligation to achieve nuclear disarmament. This year marks the 40th anniversary of this historic arms control treaty, to which every state in the United Nations except three has been a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Information on Somali MANPADS</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/07/new_information_on_somali_manp.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/07/new_information_on_somali_manp.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest report from the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia contains additional information about the shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles used by Islamic insurgents to shoot down a Belarusian cargo aircraft in March. Below is an excerpt from the UN report: On 23 March 2007, at approximately 1700 hours, an IL-76 cargo plane belonging to Transaviaexport, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Shows Somali Insurgent with Sophisticated SA-18 Missile</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/06/video_shows_somali_insurgent_w.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/06/video_shows_somali_insurgent_w.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the Washington Post posted an Associated Press story with a video still of a man in civilian clothes holding what appears to be an advanced SA-18 Igla man-portable air defense system (MANPADS).* To date, the only MANPADS reported to be in the arsenals of the Somali insurgents were the less sophisticated SA-7.** The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report Assesses Efforts to Combat the Terrorist Threat from Shoulder-fired Missiles</title>
		<link>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/06/new_report_assesses_efforts_to.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/06/new_report_assesses_efforts_to.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a report released this week by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), FAS analyst Matt Schroeder provides an unprecedented look at global efforts to counter the terrorist threat from Man-portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS). The report, which appears as an appendix in this year&#8217;s edition of the SIPRI Yearbook, goes beyond mainstream media [...]]]></description>
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