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Strategic Security Project Blog
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The Federation of American Scientists (FAS)Web Log on national security issues. The FAS was founded by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs. The Strategic Security Project covers nuclear weapons issues, including dirty bombs, and address some conventional weapons and budget questions. Other topics include nuclear energy questions when they relate to nuclear proliferation; the needed balance between secrecy and a well-informed public; technology policy, especially computers, the National Labs, and all things Russian; nuclear doctrine and force structure; conventional arms control and the international trade in arms; biology, bio-security, and bio-terrorism.
- Added on: Jan 31st, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Politics Military Science
- Tags: india United States arms trade hans kristensen biosecurity michael stebbins
Recent Posts
Figuring Out Fordow
Last week, my ace research assistant, Ivanka Bazashka, and I published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists an analysis of Iran’s recently revealed Fordow uranium enrichment facility, lying just north of Qom. In summary, we concluded that the tim...
North Korea: FAS Says We Have Nukes!
By Hans M. Kristensen North Korea’s news agency – Korean Central News Agency – apparently has issued a statement saying that “The Federation of American Scientists of the United States has confirmed (North) Korea as a nuclear ...
Estimated Nuclear Weapons Locations 2009
Some 23,300 nuclear weapons are stored at 111 locations around the world (click for map) . By Hans M. Kristensen The world’s approximately 23,300 nuclear weapons are stored at an estimated 111 locations in 14 countries, according to an overview...
China’s Noisy Nuclear Submarines
China’s newest nuclear submarines are noisier than 1970s-era Soviet nuclear submarines. . By Hans M. Kristensen China’s new Jin-class ballistic missile submarine is noisier than the Russian Delta III-class submarines built more than 30 ye...
JASON and Replacement Warheads
Claims that nuclear weapons need to be as safe as a coffee table might drive warhead replacement By Hans M. Kristensen and Ivan Oelrich The latest study from the JASON panel is an unambiguous rejection of claims made by the National Nuclear Secur...
Change at the United Nations
by: Alicia Godsberg The First Committee of this year’s 64th United Nations General Assembly (GA) just wrapped up a month of meetings. The GA breaks up its work into six main committees, and the First Committee deals with disarmament and internati...
