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Showing 1 to 20 of 650 for “"weapons"”.
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Biological Weapons and Terrorism
… of terrorists desiring or achieving a biological weapons capability. The second part of the thesis aims to understand the effects of the biotechnology revolution on biological weapons programs. The final chapter uses this analysis to assess terrorists' interest in a biological weapon and determine …
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Nuclear Weapons and Proxy Conflict
… highlight the destabilizing effects of nuclear weapons through the concept of proxy conflict. Due to the fact that such arsenals aggravate the costs of direction competition between nuclear states, the desire for relative power within the international system forces states to compete indirectly …
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Nuclear weapons and foreign policy
… their foreign policies when they acquire nuclear weapons? This question is central to both academic and policy debates about the consequences of nuclear proliferation, and the lengths that the United States and other states should go to to prevent proliferation. Despite this importance to scholars …
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India's Nuclear Weapons: a Strategic Assessment
… after forty years of thinking about nuclear weapons, India tested five warhead designs and declared itself a nuclear weapons state. This in turn provoked Pakistan into testing its own nuclear warhead designs. These events create a new security environment on the sub-continent. However, India …
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Weapons trade, human rights and international law
The publications selected for this Context Statement examine the content and implementation of existing rules agreed amongst States, and propose new rules and regulatory practices, to prevent arms transfers from being used to contribute to serious violations of international human rights law (IHRL) …
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Ground Zero: Nuclear Weapons and Social Transformation
… analysis of the icons of nuclear war and nuclear weapons in American popular culture from 1945 to 1963. In this study, iconological analysis is applied to the depiction of nuclear icons in American popular culture during the period of the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. From initial press …
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A strategy for weapons-grade plutonium disposition
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1994.
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Mapping and analyzing nuclear weapons programs development
… their relationship to the development of nuclear weapons was conducted in order to provide a better understanding of the intention of a state in the creation of an internal nuclear program. An analysis of countries that have developed nuclear weapons and countries that have not was conducted. …
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Weapons systems development in the Air Force
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Management, 1958
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Accelerator-based conversion of weapons-grade plutonium
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1994.
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: a Post-Soviet Reappraisal
… interest in the acquisition of nuclear weapons. Both Russia and China, among others, maintain and continue to modernize arsenals of nuclear weapons. The U.S. response to these security challenges has traditionally subordinated ballistic missile defense to nuclear deterrence. Recent U.S. …
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The Malthusian Paradox: weapons rhetoric before the bomb
The Malthusian Paradox: Weapons Rhetoric Before the Bomb is a longitudinal case study of weapons rhetoric leading up to WWII. It examines how influential weapons rhetors negotiated a technological conundrum that I call the “Malthusian Paradox.” The Malthusian Paradox is the commonplace belief that …
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An assessment of North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities
… of 2013, North Korea conducted its third nuclear weapons test. Speculations are that this test was conducted to further develop a warhead small enough to fit on an intercontinental ballistic missile. This test further strained North Korea's relationship with the international community. North …
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Weapons-grade plutonium disposition : an alternate immobilization strategy
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1997.
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Deadly Science: Biological Weapons and the Threat to America
… an all-time high. The potential terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction has become a reality. The danger posed by biological weapons is real and the consequences of such an attack against America would be severe. This project is intended to provide valuable insight into biological weapons and …
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Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Options For the Twenty-First Century
Nuclear weapons will continue to form an essential element in the defense of the United States and its interests for the foreseeable future. In the past, U.S. tactical neclear weapons have provided a variety of unique capabilities, both on the battlefield and for deterraence. As the United States …
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