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Science & Global Security
The Technical Basis for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Initiatives
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Bringing Prithvi down to Earth: The capabilities and potential effectiveness of India's Prithvi Missile

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  • Visiting International Research Fellow, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA; Research Associate, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • SSRC-MacArthur Postdoctoral Fellow in International Peace and Security, Security Studies Program, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA.

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