1999 Space News

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January 1999 Space News

Patriots deploy to Turkey (AFPN) 25 Jan 1999 -- Elements of Patriot missile batteries from Germany deployed through the Kaiserslautern Military Community recently, en route to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, at the request of the Turkish government.
VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES NEW GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE January 25, 1999 -- Vice President Gore announced today a $400 million new initiative in the President's balanced budget that will modernize the Global Positioning System (GPS) and will add two new civil signals to future GPS satellites, significantly enhancing the service provided to civil, commercial, and scientific users worldwide.
Cohen announces national missile defense plan American Forces Press Service 22 Jan 1999 -- The Pentagon will spend $6.6 billion over the next six years to develop and possibly deploy a limited national missile defense system.
CLINTON ANNOUNCES INITIATIVES TO PROTECT US FROM WMD TERRORISM Wendy S. Ross USIA 22 January 1999 -- President Clinton says the United States must have in place programs that can protect the nation if "the enemies of peace" attempt to disable its computer and critical infrastructure systems or attack it with chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons of mass destruction.
FACT SHEET -- Funding for Domestic Preparedness and Critical Infrastructure Protection January 22, 1999
FACT SHEET: KEEPING AMERICA SECURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY USIA 22 January 1999 -- President Clinton has made defending the United States against chemical and biological weapons a top national security priority. The possibility that outlaw nations and terrorist groups will seek to use these weapons represents one of the greatest threats to American security in the 21st century.
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON KEEPING AMERICA SECURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY January 22, 1999 -- The enemies of peace realize they cannot defeat us with traditional military means. So they are working on two new forms of assault, which you've heard about today: cyber attacks on our critical computer systems, and attacks with weapons of mass destruction -- chemical, biological, potentially even nuclear weapons.
White House Briefing January 22, 1999 -- The President has since the first day he came into office was very interested in making sure that we both prepare for and work to deter this kind of threat, whether it be chemical, biological or the increase threat of cyber terrorism. I think in his speech today he detailed some of the things he has done and some of the things he will or is proposing that we do.
KEEPING AMERICA SECURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY - REMARKS BY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SANDY BERGER; DR. JOSHUA LEDERBERG, NOBEL LAUREATE, AND JAMIE GORELICK, OF FANNIE MAE FOUNDATION January 22, 1999 -- . How do we respond to the threat of terrorists around the world, turning from bullets and bombs to even more insidious and potent weapons? What if they seek to use chemical, biological, even nuclear weapons? The United States must deal with these emerging threats now, so that the instruments of prevention develop at least as rapidly as the instruments of disruption.
TRANSCRIPT: RENO, SHALALA, CLARKE BRIEFING ON TERRORISM USIA 22 January 1999 -- President Clinton's National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure, and Counterterrorism, Dick Clarke, Attorney General Reno, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Shalala briefed the White House Press Corps January 22 on the emerging threats of biological, chemical and cyber terrorism.
Pentagon Repeats: Anthrax Vaccine is Safe Linda D. Kozaryn American Forces Press Service 22 January 1999 -- Pentagon officials insist the mandatory anthrax vaccine has proven to be safe. "It's safe and reliable," Pentagon Spokesman Ken Bacon said. "It works and has no side effects."
Reaction to Administration National Missile Defense plan - January 22, 1999 - John Isaacs - Council for a Livable World - In Russia - START II imperiled, In China - discomfort, From the Washington Post - more or less support, From the New York Times - endorsement of Clinton plan, From Jesse Helms - scrap the ABM Treaty
The U.S. has already spent over $100 billion on missile defenses with little to show; why throw good money after bad? - January 22, 1999 - John Isaacs - Council for a Livable World --To date, the U.S. has spent over $100 billion for a variety of national and theater missile systems. After more than 40 years, the U.S. should have learned that expensive defensive missile deployment is a dubious proposition.
THE QUESTION OF MISSILE DEFENSE Voice of America 22 January 1999 -- SENATOR JESSE HELMS, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SAID A DEFENSE AGAINST INCOMING MISSILES IS URGENTLY NEEDED, THE SOONER THE BETTER, CONSIDERING U-S VULNERABILITY.
hard.copy Update 22 January 1999 ARTICLE CITATIONS FROM COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
COHEN'S NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE STATEMENT: WHAT DID IT MEAN? - January 21, 1999 - John Isaacs - Council for a Livable World -- Cohen delivered a decidedly mixed message on National Missile Defense. As a result, different media and Republicans came away with decidedly diverse interpretations.
US DEVELOPING LIMITED MISSILE DEFENSE AGAINST ROGUE STATE THREAT Wendy S. Ross USIA 21 January 1999 -- A member of the National Security Council staff has confirmed that the United States is developing a limited national missile defense system to counter possible threats from rogue states.
CLINTON / CONGRESS / DEFENSE SPENDING Voice of America 21 January 1999 -- THE ADMINISTRATION PLEDGED TO SET ASIDE SIX-POINT-SIX-BILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A LIMITED MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM. REPUBLICANS WERE PLEASED. LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WERE AGHAST.
Cohen Announces National Missile Defense Plan Douglas J. Gillert American Forces Press Service 21 January 1999 -- The Pentagon will spend $6.6 billion over the next six years to develop and possibly deploy a limited national missile defense system.
DoD News Briefing Thursday, January 21, 1999 -- Some members of the Connecticut Air National Guard have refused to take the anthrax vaccine, and some of them have even resigned over the issue. Every vaccine imposes some risk to people who might have other symptoms or some sort of syndromes. And there have been some reactions to the vaccine.
DoD News Briefing Thursday, January 21, 1999 -- Secretary Cohen said yesterday that we have made no decision to deploy and that won't be made for 17 months, until June of the year 2000. That's when we will address the deployment issue. Deterrence has worked since our nuclear forces were established in the 1940s, and we believe it will continue to work against countries such as Russia.
MISSILE DEFENSES Voice of America 20 January 1999 -- PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL PUT BILLIONS MORE DOLLARS INTO RESEARCH AND DEPLOYMENT OF VARIOUS DEFENSES AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILES.
COHEN ANNOUNCES PLAN TO AUGMENT MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS January 20, 1999 - Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that the Defense Department plans to allocate additional funds to National Missile Defense (NMD) and Theater Missile Defense (TMD) programs to meet the growing ballistic missile threats from rogue states to U.S. forces deployed overseas and potentially to U.S. territory.
DoD News Briefing, Secretary Cohen and Gen. Shelton, Subject: Missile Defense - January 20, 1999 - I'm announcing today's decisions regarding how we'll decide to deploy a missile defense for America, how we'll address the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the ABM Treaty, and how we are restructuring some of our programs to enable us to deploy capable missile defenses as quickly as possible. And while our NMD program is being conducted consistent with the terms of the ABM Treaty to date, our deployment might require modifications to the treaty and the Administration is working to determine the nature and the scope of these modifications. The ABM Treaty could be amended, for example, to shift from the one site in North Dakota that was originally agreed to, to put that in Alaska. It might require multiple sites.
DOD News Briefing, Missile Defense, 20 January 1999 - Lt. Gen. Lyles:
As announced by Secretary Cohen, we've acknowledged and affirmed that the threat is real, and it's become more certain and growing in the near future. We've also acknowledged that we need to start dialogue and discussions with the Russians about the treaty, and activity is already underway to address that. By the summer of 2000 we would not have tested the actual booster for our kill vehicle and the interceptor. The kill vehicle itself, the exoatmospheric kill vehicle, will not be tested until a couple of years later, the final configuration.
Dr. Ted Warner:
We believe that the ABM Treaty has been amended in the past. We believe that the type of system we are proposing does not fundamentally challenge the strategic nuclear stalemate between Russia and the United States, and will not challenge it, and we intend to engage the Russians on this matter to seek to amend the treaty in a way that will sustain it as a cornerstone of our relationship, but at the same time will in fact allow us to proceed.
DOD News Briefing Charts on Missile Defense, 20 January 1999 - [4 charts, 929k PDF]
Titan IVA-20 Accident Investigation Board releases results (AFPN) 19 Jan 1999 -- Electrical shorts likely caused a Titan IVA rocket to self-destruct shortly after launch Aug. 12.
WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ON STATE OF THE UNION January 19, 1999 -- Initiative number two is something we'll be talking about more on Friday -- is to deal far more aggressively with new threats to America's security and particularly defending ourselves against biological and chemical attacks and against cyber attacks to our computer networks.
hard.copy Update 15 January 1999 ARTICLE CITATIONS FROM COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
IRAQ-TURKEY-US Voice of America 14 January 1999 -- PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE CONSIDERING A TURKISH REQUEST TO DEPLOY U-S - BUILT MISSILE DEFENSES IN SOUTHERN TURKEY.
hard.copy Update 08 January 1999 ARTICLE CITATIONS FROM COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
DoD News Briefing Thursday, January 7, 1999 -- We're going to have a crucial test in June. And it will be an interceptor test. I think that will give us a good indication of where this system stands. There are other interceptor tests planned for later in the year or early next year. And the full system test will involve sensors to discriminate between warheads and decoys. It will involve the radar picking up the target, discriminating the target from the decoys and then actually trying to hit it.
Theater Missile Defense Initiative 98 Exercise Information Second Fleet Public Affairs January 1999 -- More than 24,000 U.S. joint service members as well as personnel and units from allied nations will participate in Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 99-1. This exercise has been directed by Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command, Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr., USN. The exercise will be conducted by Vice Adm. William J. Fallon, USN, Commander, United States Second Fleet and Commander, Striking Fleet Atlantic.