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STS.076J, 17.477J Technology and Policy of Weapons Systems

Handouts

Class #1 Monday, September 11, 2006
1. Intent of the Course
2. Whole World on Fire Chapter (article)

3. An Overview of Nuclear Weapons Effects in Urban Environments (slides)

4. News of the Week, starts with "At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared Over Tactics (article)

5. An Example of a Policy Argument Stemming from a Threat Assessment (article)

Class #2 Monday, September 18, 2006
1. News of the Week, starts with "Lost chances to contain nuclear arms"

Student Holiday-No Class Monday, September 25, 2006

Class #3 Monday, October 2, 2006
1. News of the Week, starts with "Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat" (article)
2. Nuclear Weapons Design and Its Relationship to National Security Policy (slides)
3. "The Man Who Sold the Bomb" (article)

Holiday-No Class Monday, October 9, 2006

Class #4 Monday, October 16, 2006
1. News of the Week, starts with "Restraints Fray and Risks Grow as Nuclear Club Gains Members" (article)
2. North Korea Primer (article)
3. Yeild-to-Weight Ratios (slide)

Class #5 Monday, October 23, 2006
1. News of the Week for October 23, 2006
2. The Critical Weapons Connection: Technologies for Manufacturing Nuclear Bomb Materials (slides)
3. The Taliban-Part 1 (article)

Class #6 Monday, October 30, 2006
1. News of the Week, starts with "Trying to Contain the Iraq Disaster" (article)
2. The Case that Was Made for War Against Iraq (article)
3. Slender and Elegant It Fuels the Bomb (article)

Class #7 Monday, November 6, 2006
1. Taking the Fight to the Taliban (article)
2. News of the Week, starts with "US Analysts Had Flagged Atomic Data On Web Site" (article)
3. Is There Still a Terrorist Threat? (article)

Class #8 Monday, November 13, 2006
1. News of the Week, starts with "Democrats Push for Troop Cuts Within Months" (article)
2. Chemical and Biological Agents and Weapon-Delivery Systems of Concern in Warfare and Terrorism (slides)

Class #9 Monday, November 20, 2006
1. News of the Week, starts with "Get Out of Iraq Now? Not So Fast, Experts Say" (article)
2. Global Status of Some of the States with Important Programs and...(slides)
3. State of Denial (article)
4. Aum Shinrikyo- Chemical and Biological Terrorism (slides)
5. US Senate Vote on Nuclear Deal Draws Guarded Praise by India (article)

Class #10 Monday, November 27, 2006
1. News of the Week, starts with "London Riddle: A Russian Spy, a Lethal Dose" (article)
2. Conventional Explosives as Weapons of Mass Destruction (slides)

Class #11 Monday, December 4, 2006
1. News of the Week, starts with " Rumsfeld Memo Proposed 'Major Adjustment' in Iraq" (article)
2. Nonproliferation Treaty (slides)

Class #12 Monday, December 11, 2006
1. News of the Week, starts with "About Those Other Problems" (article)
2. Historical and Technological Apsects of Ballistic Missile Defense (slides)
3. Sample Final Exam Questions


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