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"Americas"
March 2013
February 2013
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27 Feb 2013
Another Layer of Defense: The Arrow-3 Test
Author: Yiftah Shapir
Publisher:
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
This brief outlines the implications of the first Israeli test launch of the Arrow-3 missile interceptor system.
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25 Feb 2013
Outlining a Possible Deal with Iran
Author: Ephraim Asculai
Publisher:
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
This policy brief outlines the critical and, according to the author, not essentially incompatible components of both sides that could conceivably form the basis for a future nuclear agreement between the US and Iran.
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22 Feb 2013
Nuclear Weapons R&D Organizations in Nine Nations
Author: Jonathan Medalia, Paul Belkin, Shirley A Kan, Jim Zanotti, Paul K Kerr, Derek E Mix, Mary Beth Nikitin
Publisher:
US Government
This report describes the organizations controlling research and development (R&D) on nuclear weapons in nine nations (China, France, India, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, North Korea and Israel), and presents a brief histor...
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20 Feb 2013
The United States and Israel
Author: Udi Dekel
Publisher:
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
This brief discusses the importance of close strategic cooperation of Israel with the US.
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20 Feb 2013
The New START Treaty: Central Limits and Key Provisions
Author: Amy F Woolf
Publisher:
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The United States and Russia signed the New START Treaty on April 8, 2010.
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14 Feb 2013
Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Legal Issues
Author: Vivian S Chu
Publisher:
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
There has been renewed congressional interest in gun control legislation.
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13 Feb 2013
Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues
Author: Paul K Kerr, Mary Beth Nikitin
Publisher:
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal probably consists of approximately 90-110 nuclear warheads, and Islamabad is producing fissile material, adding to related production facilities, and deploying additional delivery vehicles.
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12 Feb 2013
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments
Author: Jonathan Medalia
Publisher:
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
This report discusses the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), rejected by the US Senate in 1999 and since taken up by the Obama Administration, with a stated goal of pursuing US ratification.
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11 Feb 2013
Standard Missile-3 Block IIB Analysis of Alternatives
Author: Cristina Chaplain
Publisher:
US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Washington, DC
This briefing addresses how alternatives were evaluated for the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIB, a planned missile for increased missile defense of Europe.
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