Hard.Copy - 17 October 1997
ARTICLE CITATIONS GATHERED FROM COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS.Clinton Line-Item Veto Knocks Out 13 Projects, $144M In DoD Bill. Aerospace Daily, Oct 15, 1997, pp 71-72 President Clinton used the line-item veto in a relatively restrained manner to eliminate 13 projects in the defense appropriations bill. According to Clinton none of the cuts would undercut national security. South Korea Picks Mistral Air Defense Missile. Aerospace Daily, Oct 15, 1997, p 75 The South Korean government has chosen the Matra-Bae Dynamics Mistral short-range portable air defense missile for its armed forces. Heed Israeli Warning Of Russian Assistance To Iran: Wolfowitz. Aerospace Daily, Oct 15, 1997, p 78 Paul Wolfowitz, Dean of John Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, suggests the US should not ignore warnings from Israel that Russia is helping Iran develop ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction. Russia Conducts Large-Scale Nuclear Warfare Exercise. Aerospace Daily, Oct 16, 1997, p 83 Russia's armed forces conducted a nuclear warfare exercise that culminated in launches of strategic missiles. Support Of MEADS By Germany, Italy Seen Growing. Aerospace Daily, Oct 17, 1997, pp 94-95 Support from the international partners working with the US on the MEADS program has grown despite the potential for funding drops on the US side. Army Hopes To Give Laser Test Another Shot. Defense Daily. Bryan Bender, Oct 10, 1997, pp 4-5 The Army is planning to attempt another test shot of the Mid-Range Infrared Chemical Laser (MIRACL) before October 23. Middle East Growing C4I Market, EIA Says. Defense Daily. Frank Wolfe, Oct 14, 1997, p 4 According to a recent study by the Electronics Industries Association, the market for command and control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) is growing in the Middle East. Clinton Uses Line-Item Veto On Space-Based Missile Projects. Defense Daily. Sheila Foote, Oct 15, 1997, pp 1-2 President Clinton vetoed 13 projects worth $144m from the FY98 Defense Appropriations Act. The Clementine II program and the Anti-Satellite Technology program were included in the list of canceled projects. Indian 5-Year Defense Procurement Plan Gains Support. Defense News. Vivek Raghuvanshi, Oct 13, 1997, p 72 India's defense spending plan slates a total of 1.5 trillion rupees between 1997-2002. The plan allots 254.13 billion rupees for new equipment and upgrades. Of this 40.85 billion rupees are being set aside for indigenously produced missiles. India also plans to purchase about 30 Prithvi surface-to-air missiles under the proposed defense procurement plan. On Balance, CTBT Works: Treaty Is Not Perfect, But Advances Security. Defense News. Vincent Dupont; Richard Sokolsky, Oct 13, 1997, p 62 This commentary discusses the benefits and possible drawbacks of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). It suggests that three things limit CTBT's benefits: the five official nuclear weapons states largely completed their nuclear modernization plans, the remaining nuclear-capable states, except India, are already banned from possessing nuclear weapons and states have demonstrated tests are not needed to develop first-generation nuclear weapons. On the other hand, the treaty will be effectively verifiable because the US will be able to deter a few states from masking and to detect nuclear explosions with high confidence. Future Challenges To Ballistic Missile Defense. IEEE Spectrum. George N. Lewis, Theodore A. Postol, Sep 01, 1997, pp 60-68 The United States is trying to build and deploy a wide range of ballistic missile defense systems. Proponents of the systems argue that they will be effective against a host of current and potential threats from ballistic missiles. In reality, success or failure will depend not only on the technology used in defenses, but also on the tactics and technologies used in missile attacks. The ability of a defense to adapt to and deal with countermeasures is the ultimate test of its combat worthiness. Airborne Laser. IEEE Spectrum. Geoffrey E. Forden, Sep 01, 1997, pp 40-49 The Airborne Laser (ABL), a megawatt laser that pinpoints a ballistic missile launching, is an alternative to terminal defenses. The utility of the ABL in future regional conflicts and the consequent policy options the United States can exercise, will be highly dependent on its range. The ABL's range in turn is determined by the accuracy with which the primary laser beam can be pointed, the power density it can deliver, and the structural design of the missile being attacked. This overview of the ABL is based on information found in open literature and the author's own analyses. Grand Plans. IEEE Spectrum. David E. Mosher, Sep 01, 1997, pp 28-39 This article gives a broad overview of US plans for ballistic missile defenses. Included are descriptions of Navy Theater Wide, Navy Area lower tier and Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD). A sidebar on the Anti-ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty is also included. NDP's Proposed 'Transformation Strategy' Could Cost $10 Billion. Inside the Pentagon. Elaine M. Grossman, Oct 16, 1997, pp 1, 14-16 The chairman of the NDP, Philip Odeen, said the "transformation strategy" his review group will propose in an upcoming report could cost about $10 billion. The report will call for an experimental approach to speeding changes in the warfighting strategy and force structure the group sees as necessary by the 2015 to 2020 time frame. Headline News: Test Delayed. Jane's Defence Weekly, Oct 15, 1997, p 4 The planned test of the MIRACL laser against an air force satellite failed to occur when the laser experienced software problems. Once that problem was fixed, the test was further delayed by heavy cloud cover. The laser needs line-of-sight to illuminate the satellite. Pentagon officials say they must conduct the test in the next few days or the satellite will move out of position for the test to occur. Wargames Highlight US Vulnerability In Space. Jane's Defence Weekly. Barbara Starr, Oct 08, 1997, p 17 US wargames have shown that by the year 2025 US space systems "could be easily knocked out," according to Keith Hall, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). However, the wargames "seem to make the assumption that the US would not take the necessary steps to protect systems as threats begin to emerge. I doubt this would be the case," Hall said. Time Of Consolidation For Russia's Military. Jane's Intelligence Review. Andrew Duncan, Oct 01, 1997, pp 453-456 Few changes have been made in the Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces since January 1996, but the changes made since July 1991, are significant with reductions in all types of ICBMs except for mobile missile, SLBMs and strategic bombers. The article table details the strategic weapon systems deployed on Russian territory in 1991, 1996 and 1997. In addition there are a number of non-deployed mobile ICBMs and their launchers. Collaborative Approach To Launch Vehicle Design. Journal Of Spacecraft And Rockets. R.D. Braun, A.A. Moore, I.M. Kroo, Jul 01, 1997, pp 478-486 Collaborative optimization is a new design architecture specifically created for large-scale distributed-analysis applications. In this approach, a problem is decomposed into a user-defined number of subspace optimization problems that are driven toward interdisciplinary compatibility and the appropriate solution by a system-level coordination process. DoD's Time Running Out On Laser Test. Space News. Warren Ferster, Oct 13, 1997, pp 4,18 The Army has until October 23 to test fire its Mid-Infrared Advance Chemical Laser at the Air Force's MSTI-3 satellite. On October 23, MSTI-3 will enter its eclipse orbital phase. MSTI-3 will emerge from the eclipse in January 1998.
