Tag: nuclear
group name: fas
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June 18, 2007 03:36 PM EDT --
To visit the Federation of American Scientists www.fas.org
On Thursday 14 June, Dr. John Harvey, the Director of Policy Planning Staff of the National Nuclear Security Agency, spoke at the New . . .
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May 10, 2007 11:00 AM EDT --
Shaheen 2 launch
Pakistan is preparing its next-generation of nuclear-capable ballistic missile for deployment. A satellite image taken on June 5, 2005, shows what appears to be 15 Transporter . . .
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March 22, 2007 11:01 AM EDT --
Despite frequent complains about lack of transparency in Chinese military planning, a new report from the Office of Naval Intelligence – recently described in the Washington Times and subsequently . . .
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September 19, 2008 07:39 PM EDT --
The United States must lead the way to reducing nuclear weapons worldwide. The elimination of nuclear weapons is entering the political mainstream. Both presidential candidates have publicly supported . . .
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March 07, 2007 10:21 AM EST --
US Air Force Decides to Retire Advanced Cruise Missile
The U.S. Air Force has decided to retire the Advanced Cruise Missile, the most modern and capable nuclear cruise missile in the U.S. arsenal, according . . .
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May 02, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
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The Bush administration announced in 2004 that it had decided to cut the nuclear weapons stockpile "nearly in half" by 2012, but has refused . . .
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March 26, 2008 10:21 PM EDT --
The Columbian military recently raided FARC camps just across their borders. The Columbians confiscated lap top computers containing emails between the FARC and dealers offering to sell . . .
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February 20, 2007 12:08 PM EST --
The decline of arms control as an instrument of policy in the Bush Administration is charted in a new report (pdf) from the Congressional Research Service, which surveys the evolution of the field over . . .
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February 19, 2008 01:41 PM EST --
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 . . .
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March 15, 2007 04:23 PM EDT --
"It is not true,” British Defence Secretary Des Browne insisted during an interview with BBC radio, that a new fuze planned for British nuclear warheads and reported by the Guardian will increase . . .
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March 05, 2007 01:45 PM EST --
"STATE SECRETS" SHIELD CIA FROM TORTURE ALLEGATIONS
A federal appeals court ruled last week that the overriding need to protect "state secrets" makes it impossible to litigate claims . . .
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August 07, 2007 04:00 PM EDT --
The much anticipated “deal” between the United States and India for the transfer of nuclear technology and equipment was released over the weekend. It is a sobering read and tells us much . . .
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November 14, 2007 10:00 PM EST --
An Iranian religious leader reiterated last week that not only is Iran
not pursuing nuclear weapons, but that to do so would be a violation of
Islamic law.
"Production of nuclear bomb and . . .
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January 30, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
North Korea may have gotten all the attention, but all the nuclear weapon states were busy flight-testing ballistic missiles for their nuclear weapons during 2006. According to a preliminary count, eight . . .
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June 19, 2008 01:31 PM EDT --
Members of the 704 Munition Support Squadron at Ghedi Torre in Italy are trained to service a B-61 nuclear bomb inside a Munitions Maintenance Truck. Security at "most" nuclear . . .
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June 23, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
FAS opposes the so-called Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) and asks you to tell your Senator to vote against the funding for this new nuclear bomb. We urge you to visit the FAS petition at . . .
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July 19, 2007 02:33 PM EDT --
The now month-long clash between Russia and the West over U.S. plans to build a missile defense system in Europe should warn us that - despite important progress in some areas - Cold War thinking is alive . . .
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April 28, 2008 10:30 AM EDT --
The number of deterrence patrols conducted by Russia's 11 nuclear-powered ballistic missiles submarines (SSBNs) decreased to only three in 2007 from five in 2006, according to our latest Nuclear . . .
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June 15, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
LA Times
Dismantling fewer, not more, nukes June 11, 2007
This article would have benefited from scratching a little below the surface. The reported feat that the Department of Energy has . . .
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November 23, 2008 09:22 PM EST --
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"Reducing Government Secrecy"
On 19 November 2008, Steven Aftergood spoke to FAS members on "Reducing Government Secrecy". He described how the rate of national . . .
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