Tag: weapons
group name: fas
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January 23, 2007 02:41 PM EST --
In a major foreign policy blunder, China reportedly has conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) test. First reported in Aviation Week and Space Technology, China allegedly used a medium-range ballistic missile . . .
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February 22, 2007 03:56 PM EST --
At an unusual press briefing on February 11th, U.S. military officials provided the first physical evidence of Iranian arms shipments to Iraqi extremist groups. The display, which the New York Times called . . .
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February 06, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
China's entire submarine fleet conducted only two patrols in 2006, according to information declassified by the U.S. Navy and obtained by the Federation of American Scientists under the Freedom of . . .
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November 15, 2007 11:09 PM EST --
US Arms Sales to Pakistan: New CRS Report
A new Congressional Research Service report on "U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan" recently obtained by the FAS provides a succinct overview of recent . . .
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May 16, 2007 01:54 PM EDT --
Rep. Israel Introduces new counter-MANPADS legislation
On Thursday, Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) introduced a new bill that would require the Pentagon to establish a pilot program "to determine the . . .
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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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May 24, 2007 02:29 PM EDT --
The FAS has acquired, via a Freedom of Information Act request, additional information about a cache of "22 surface-to-air missiles" discovered by Coalition Forces north of Baghdad . . .
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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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April 06, 2007 06:14 PM EDT --
Iraq's Looted Arms Depots: What the GAO Didn't Mention
In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) attributes the looting of Iraq's arms depots to the "ovewhelming . . .
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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 02:29 PM EST --
With the war against Islamist fighters drawing to a close, Somalia's transitional government and its foreign allies now face several Herculean tasks: bringing to heel the warlords and militias that . . .
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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 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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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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January 29, 2008 08:18 PM EST --
Bush Administration Unveils New Export Reform Directive
At a press briefing on Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of State John Rood fielded questions about the Bush Administration's . . .
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July 19, 2007 02:07 PM EDT --
The Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty seeks to eliminate delays associated with the licensing process for commercial arms exports by exempting an "approved community" of US and UK entities . . .
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August 08, 2007 10:15 AM EDT --
On August 1, the Pacific island nation of Palau became the 139th
country to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty that would ban all
nuclear explosions.
Among states that possess nuclear weapons, only . . .
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November 01, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
Yes, this is taking a slice out of the Public Television playbook...
Special Offer: FAS has republished “One World or None”; original essays by Albert Einstein, . . .
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July 06, 2007 12:05 AM EDT --
FAS Researcher Discovers New Chinese Ballistic Missile Submarine
WASHINGTON – Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists . . .
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April 01, 2008 05:11 PM EDT --
Today the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) launches an online compilation of more than 500 documents on the U.S. ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Archive . . .
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