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Star Wars: New Hope or Phantom Menace? --
Feb. 13, 2000 |
| For 40 years, American scientists have tried - and failed - to develop a system to protect the U.S. from
a long-range missile attack. A recent successful test of the National Missile Defense system has breathed new
life into Ronald Reagan's dream of a national missile shield. But will building "Star Wars" make us any safer? |
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Innovation in Arms
Control: De-Alerting
-- Dec. 16, 1999
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| As President Clinton pointed out during the debate on the nuclear weapons test
ban treaty, arms control measures not only provide security, they save enormous amounts
of money... |
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End the Nuclear Threat Now: De-Alerting Nuclear Weapons --
Nov. 15, 1999
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| There are thousands of nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert. Neither the United
States nor Russia needs these weapons. The Russian... |
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Test Anxiety: Should America Ratify the Test Ban Treaty?
-- May 9, 1999
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| In May of 1998, India shocked the world with a nuclear blast. Pakistan, it's
neighbor, responded days later with its own test. This new arms... |
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Military Nuclear Mess: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? --
Nov. 21, 1998
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| For the past fifty years, the United States government has produced hundreds of
thousands of cubic meters of nuclear waste... |
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Can We Learn to Live without Nuclear Weapons?
-- Oct. 18, 1998
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| Must the world continue to rely on nuclear deterrence for stability and security?
The recent nuclear weapons tests by India and Pakistan... |
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U.S. Responses to Ballistic Missile Proliferation
-- March 1, 1998 |
| Seven years after the end of the Cold War, the threat of an attack against U.S.
territory has greatly diminished. But some argue that... |
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A "Chernobyl" in Cuba?
-- Feb. 15, 1998
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| A report by the General Accounting Office noted that the construction of a nuclear
powerplant in Cuba could pose a grave environmental risk to.... |
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Military Leaders for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
-- Aug. 17, 1997
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| General Butler, foremerly in charge of the Strategic Air Command, stunned the
publicn and the press with his call to abolish nuclear weapons... |
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Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons --
Feb. 16, 1997
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| Nuclear power has long been a controversial method of meeting the world's
energy needs. Seldom considered, however, is the startling.. |
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Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
-- Feb. 9, 1997
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| The dawn of the nuclear age changed the dimensions of modern warfare and the
world we live in forever. Now that the Cold War has... |
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The Pentagon's Plans for Proliferation --
Sept. 8, 1996
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| Countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, chemical, biological -
has become a new priority for the U.S. miltary... |
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The Emperor's Newest Clothes: Ballistic Missile Defense --
June 9, 1996
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| A debate rages just beyond public scrutiny over the last reincarnation of "Star
Wars." Staggering sums of money and far-reaching arms control... |
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The Legacy of Hiroshima --
Aug. 6, 1995
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| The stonishing story of how our lives have been affected y the 70,000 nuclear
weapons built by the United States in the 50 years since they were... |
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New Congress, Old Weapons? --
Dec. 15, 1996
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| Congress continues to spend billions of dollars on Cold War weapons designed to
fight the former Soviet Union. How will this spending affect Congress'.... |
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Eliminating Nuclear Weapons --
June 11, 1995
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| Examine the feasibility of denuclearizing the militaries of the world, and explore
steps that the United States could take... |
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Managing America's Nuclear Complex --
March 12, 1995
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| What does the future hold for America's nuclear weapons complex? What will become
of the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories? |
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America's Nuclear Reaction --
Dec. 11, 1994
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| The Pentagon's "Defense Counter-Proliferation Initiative" considers preemtive
strikes against suspected nuclear sites. Are there better ways to curb the spread of... |
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MILSTAR: A Millstone from the Cold War --
July 3, 1994
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| Milstar is a $30 Billion satellite command and control system designed during
the heyday of the Soviet Union to provide communications to U.S. forces six months after the
start of a nuclear war... |
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The Nuclear Threat at Home --
June 12, 1994
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| Unknown to the general public, the Department of Energy spends over $10 Billion
each year building, testing and cleaning up our nuclear arsenal. The radioactive and chemical
legacy of DoE's bombmaking has become an enormous challenge to our national... |
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The Non-Proliferation Treaty: Dead at 25? --
May 15, 1994
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| After 25 years, 30 countries are thought to be capable of building nuclear
weapons and inspection of suspect activites always encounter problems. Can this treaty be
improved? |
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Does the United States Need Nuclear Weapons? --
Feb. 6, 1994
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| Since 1945, the U.S. has built 70,000 nuclear weapons. Today, military planners
are reevaluating the needs and possible uses of nuclear weapons... |
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Break-Up in the Balkans --
Aug. 29, 1993
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| A sobering look at the causes of the bitter, complex civil war in Bosnia, the
breakup of the former Yugoslavia and the role of ouside forces in the tinder box of Europe... |
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Nuclear Bombs in Our Future --
Aug. 8, 1993
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| The nuclear club is increasing. Someday it may include terrorsits as well as
nations... |
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War May be Hazardous to Your Health --
May 9, 1993
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| From Agent Orange to LSD experiments, to unexplained illnesses among veterans
of the Gulf War, war have often damaged the health of the survivors... |
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Weapons the Pentagon Doesn't Want --
Dec, 27, 1992
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| What do you get when Congress makes the Pentagon buy weapons it doesn't want?
Answer: a few jobs and lots of waste... |
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The UN's Nuclear Detective --
Sept. 27, 1992
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| An underfunded international agency - the IAEA - tries to prevent the misuse of
nuclear materials in 170 countries... |
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The Seawolf and Our Cities --
Aug. 16, 1992
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| Congress and General Dynamics are building a submarine the Navy doesn't want
while America's cities struggle... |
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Scrapping Nuclear Weapons --
June 7, 1992
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| The possible dismantling of thousands of nuclear warheads creates a new problem:
how do we dispose of their radioactive contents? |
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How Much is Enough? --
March 22, 1992
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| The Pentagon continues to spend at Cold War levels. Experts debate how much the
U.S. should be spending in a changed world... |
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Can America Be Defended? --
March 1, 1992
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| The arguements for and against the construction of a new anti-missile system... |
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The 27,000 Warhead Question --
Jan. 26, 1992
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| The Societ Union disintegrated, leaving its nuclear arsenal behind. Problems and
solutions... |
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Old War, New Weapons --
Dec. 15, 1991
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| The Iraq War showcased complex weapons. DoD wants more. Did they preform as
advertised? |
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Nuclear Weapons and the Breakup of the Soviet Union --
Nov. 3, 1991
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| What will happen with the nuclear weapons of the former U.S.S.R? |
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Dateline: Kazakhstan, Central Asia --
Oct. 6, 1991
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| Take an in-depth look at one of the most important republics of the former
Soviet Union... |
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Space Weapons --
Aug. 5, 1990
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| Should we allow the anti-satellite weapons to extend the arms race to space? |
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Targeting for Nuclear War --
July 1, 1990
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| A provocative look inside the hidden world of nuclear war planning. Who is in
control? |
For more information on conventional weapons, please e-mail CDI's Chris Hellman at chellman@cdi.org.
