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		<title>Independent scientists say program can extend life of nation&#8217;s nuclear weapons for decades</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Major Holmes</dc:creator>
		
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Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there&#8217;s no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal.
The findings of the JASON committee are classified, but .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/independent-scientists-say-program-can-extend-life-of-nations-nuclear-weapons-for-decades-233746/">Source article &nbsp;: Independent scientists say program can extend life of nation&#8217;s nuclear weapons for decades</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Scientist known as father of China&#8217;s space technology program dies at 98</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Sanderson</dc:creator>
		
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Father of China&#8217;s space tech program dies at 98

BEIJING — Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China&#8217;s space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98.
Qian, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, began his career in the U.S. and was regarded as one of the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/scientist-known-as-father-of-chinas-space-technology-program-dies-at-98-213659/">Read : Scientist known as father of China&#8217;s space technology program dies at 98</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rocket scientist who helped build China&#8217;s early missile program dies at 98</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Leading Chinese rocket scientist dies at 98

BEIJING — Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China&#8217;s space technology, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98.
Qian was born in Hangzhou and studied in the United States at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later at the California ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rocket-scientist-who-helped-build-chinas-early-missile-program-dies-at-98-213592/" title="Rocket scientist who helped build China&#8217;s early missile program dies at 98">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese naval destroyer intercepts ballistic missile in test off Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Japan intercepts ballistic missile in Hawaii test

HONOLULU — A Japanese navy ship intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile in a test off Hawaii, the U.S. and Japanese militaries said Tuesday.
The drill was the third such test for Japan, which began investing in a U.S.-developed ballistic missile defense system after North Korea test-fired a long-range missile over .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/japanese-naval-destroyer-intercepts-ballistic-missile-in-test-off-hawaii-209272/">Japanese naval destroyer intercepts ballistic missile in test off Hawaii</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Czech PM: Czech Republic endorses new US missile defense plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRAGUE — The Czech prime minister has endorsed a revised U.S. missile defense plan.

Jan Fischer says his country is &#8220;ready to participate&#8221; in the new plan, which focuses on short- and medium-range interceptors.
Fischer spoke Friday after a meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.
Biden said Washington would send a team of experts to Prague next .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/czech-pm-czech-republic-endorses-new-us-missile-defense-plan-204748/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Czech PM: Czech Republic endorses new US missile defense plan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In AP interview, ex-Los Alamos physicist says he met with foreign agent who paid him $20,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Clark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — It&#8217;s a tale of intrigue, involving a nuclear weapons physicist at a national laboratory and a mystery man, supposedly from the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, fluent in Spanish and English.

Late last year, that mystery man paid the scientist, P. Leonardo Mascheroni, $20,000 in cash left in a drop box at the ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-ap-interview-ex-los-alamos-physicist-says-he-met-with-foreign-agent-who-paid-him-20000-204317/">In AP interview, ex-Los Alamos physicist says he met with foreign agent who paid him $20,000</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>American scientist makes court appearance in case involving alleged attempt to sell secrets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Yost</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A scientist who allegedly tried to sell classified secrets to Israel had worked on the U.S. government&#8217;s Star Wars missile shield program, and the Justice Department declared Tuesday that he had tried to share some of the nation&#8217;s most guarded secrets.

Arrested in an FBI sting operation, Stewart David Nozette was jailed without bond .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/american-scientist-makes-court-appearance-in-case-involving-alleged-attempt-to-sell-secrets-201207/">American scientist makes court appearance in case involving alleged attempt to sell secrets</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former colleague: American scientist charged with trying to sell secrets worked on Star Wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A scientist who allegedly tried to sell classified secrets to Israel worked on the Reagan administration&#8217;s Star Wars missile shield program, a former colleague said Tuesday.

In an interview, Scott Hubbard said that a scientist arrested in an FBI sting, Stewart David Nozette, was primarily a technical defense expert working on the Reagan-era effort ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-colleague-american-scientist-charged-with-trying-to-sell-secrets-worked-on-star-wars-201165/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Former colleague: American scientist charged with trying to sell secrets worked on Star Wars</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>American scientist charged with trying to sell secrets to FBI agent posing as Israeli agent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A former colleague says a scientist who allegedly tried to sell classified secrets to Israel worked on the Reagan administration&#8217;s Star Wars missile shield program.

The former colleague says Stewart David Nozette was primarily a technical defense expert working on the Reagan-era effort formally named the Strategic Defense Initiative. In an interview, Scott Hubbard, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/american-scientist-charged-with-trying-to-sell-secrets-to-fbi-agent-posing-as-israeli-agent-200492/">Read more : American scientist charged with trying to sell secrets to FBI agent posing as Israeli agent</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US speeds delivery of huge bunker-buster as Iran reveals secret mountain site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[US wants bunker-buster fast, denies Iran is reason

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground and shielded by 10,000 pounds of reinforced concrete.
Call it Plan B for dealing with Iran, which recently revealed a long-suspected nuclear site deep inside a mountain near the .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-speeds-delivery-of-huge-bunker-buster-as-iran-reveals-secret-mountain-site-194327/">US speeds delivery of huge bunker-buster as Iran reveals secret mountain site</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Old question unanswered as White House rolls out new blueprint for defeating Iranian missiles</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Lardner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Ever since President Ronald Reagan proposed building a ballistic missile shield in 1983 to prevent a doomsday scenario, the idea has been dogged by an unanswered question: Will it work?

The prime target during the Reagan era was Russian missiles. A scaled-down defensive system recently proposed by the Obama administration would aim to shoot ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/old-question-unanswered-as-white-house-rolls-out-new-blueprint-for-defeating-iranian-missiles-182856/">Old question unanswered as White House rolls out new blueprint for defeating Iranian missiles</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NATO chief calls for US, Russia, NATO to link the missile defense systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Wielaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — The head of NATO called Friday for the U.S., Russia and NATO to link their missile defense systems against potential new nuclear threats from Asia and the Middle East, saying that the old foes must forget their lingering Cold War animosity.

Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen appealed for unity a day after the U.S. shelved ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nato-chief-calls-for-us-russia-nato-to-link-the-missile-defense-systems-172231/">NATO chief calls for US, Russia, NATO to link the missile defense systems</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: Intel report drove Obama missile plan change, Iran development slower than thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the new missile defense system planned for Europe has the flexibility to adapt to changes in Iranian missile capabilities even if U.S. intelligence about Tehran&#8217;s slower-than-expected pace turns out to be wrong.

President Barack Obama&#8217;s decision to scrap a Bush-era missile intercept system in Europe was based ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-sources-intel-report-drove-obama-missile-plan-change-iran-development-slower-than-thought-171869/" title="AP sources: Intel report drove Obama missile plan change, Iran development slower than thought">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Test of advanced Russian ballistic missile fails _ latest setback for arsenal upgrade efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Eckel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russia&#8217;s latest test of its advanced submarine-launched ballistic missile Bulava has failed, with the missile self-destructing, the Defense Ministry said Thursday — another setback for the nation&#8217;s efforts to upgrade its aging arsenal.

The failure was the seventh in 11 test launches for the Bulava, and could have consequences for Russia&#8217;s top missile designers ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/test-of-advanced-russian-ballistic-missile-fails-_-latest-setback-for-arsenal-upgrade-efforts-111783/" title="Test of advanced Russian ballistic missile fails _ latest setback for arsenal upgrade efforts">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Independent missile experts think NKorea missile can reach Seattle, uses Soviet technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, two independent scientists say the regime may be using an old Soviet ballistic missile to boost a rocket capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States.

North Korea is not known to have nuclear warheads and faces years of ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/independent-missile-experts-think-nkorea-missile-can-reach-seattle-uses-soviet-technology-98357/">Independent missile experts think NKorea missile can reach Seattle, uses Soviet technology</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NYPD looking at futuristic weapons technology in aftermath of officer shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Long</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The New York Police Department is looking into adapting futuristic technology that would allow officers&#8217; guns to recognize one another in an effort to avoid the type of friendly fire incident that left a cop dead last week.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly asked his inner circle to compile a list of department initiatives ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nypd-looking-at-futuristic-weapons-technology-in-aftermath-of-officer-shooting-73303/">NYPD looking at futuristic weapons technology in aftermath of officer shooting</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A look at North Korea&#8217;s missile arsenal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-look-at-north-koreas-missile-arsenal-67630/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 16:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at North Korea&#8217;s missile arsenal:

TAEPODONG: This group of rockets is the pinnacle of North Korea&#8217;s missile technology. Pyongyang claims they are space launch vehicles (SLVs) to launch satellites as part of a peaceful space program. Satellite and missile technologies are interchangeable.
— ADVANCED TAEPODONG-2: Under development. Potential range: about 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers), putting ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-look-at-north-koreas-missile-arsenal-67630/" title="A look at North Korea&#8217;s missile arsenal">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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