ALASKA MISSILE DEFENSE EARLY BIRD WEEKLY

(Twenty-Eighth Edition)

Compiled by: Ms. Hillary Pesanti, Community Relations Specialist

Command Representative for Missile Defense

907.552.1038

hillary.pesanti@elmendorf.af.mil

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2002-SEPTEMBER 13, 2002

ALASKA SPECIFIC NEWS BREAKS

· The chilling fields, The Economist

· Another version of star wars looms, Oakland Tribune

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002

· Boost phase missile defense may cause missiles to fall short, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

· Iran test-Fires ballistic missile, Washington Post

· Israel: Air Force calls reservists to operate Patriot batteries, Global Security Newswire

· Review spares Army Missile Defense Command, Defense Week

· Army examines cheap cruise-missile killer, Defense Week

· U.S. Undersecretary of State Bolton to visit Russia September 11, TASS

· Defense industry at last extreme, Russian Defense Industry Digest

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2002

· New kill vehicle sought, Defense Daily

· What’s in a name? Defense Week

· Ivanov heads the Russian delegation to the UN General Assembly, TASS

· Aegis seen for new South Korean KDX-3 destroyer, Navy News Week

· Classified defense spending drops, Taipei Times

· Lockheed gets $2.1 billion satellite-contract change, Bloomberg.com

· Pentagon seeks new acquisition rules, Defense News

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2002

· Panel recommends focusing missile defense efforts, The Washington Post

· Missile defense money pivotal for House and Senate conferees, Congressional Quarterly Weekly

· Air defense batteries deployed here, Washington Post

· SBIRS High rejuvenated, Aerospace Daily

· The real star wars, MSNBC

· Saddam could build nuclear bomb within months, analysts warn, The Dallas Morning News

· Physicists’ war games led to brilliant space defense plan, Oakland Tribune

· Lockheed Martin gets $2.1 billion to proceed with restructured SBIRS High, Defense Daily

· Who lost Boston? United Press International

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2002

· MDA initiates search for missile defense targets prime contractor, Defense Daily

· Boeing directed to move forward with second kill vehicle development work, Defense Daily

· Musharraf to ask Bush to deny India arms, The Economic Times

· Israel deploys more missile units, Philadelphia Inquirer

· Israeli missile defense study, Space & Missile

· Space vehicles offers wide range of contract opportunities, Space & Missile

· Follow-on space surveillance system needed, Space & Missile

· New computing lab to boost Aegis cost assimilation, Defense Daily

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2002

· Army assures Alabama lawmakers changes won’t hamper arsenal, Associated Press

· Defense conferees mull provisions to bolster MDA oversight, Defense Daily

· Negotiators near $800 million Kwajalein deal, Global Security Newswire

· Curbing Bush request might be difficult, democrats say, Global Security Newswire

· Funds shifted from defense to foreign aid bill - FOR NOW, CQ Monitor News

· Ban on outsourcing targets may not apply to defense, GovExec.com

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