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• New unit controls air defense artillery assets in Southwest Asia by Spc. Michael Scott (Army News Service, April 30, 1998) -- 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command commands both Fort Bliss-stationed Patriot units (TF 1-1 ADA and TF 3-43 ADA) that are currently deployed to Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
• BMD Update 30 April 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
• TEXT: CLINTON SEEKS DELAY IN DESTRUCTION OF SMALLPOX VIRUS USIA 29 April 1999-- President Clinton has called for delaying destruction of the world's remaining stocks of the deadly smallpox virus so that virus samples can be used for scientific research.
• BMD Update 23 April 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
• Airman convicted in anthrax court-martial 23 Apr 1999 (AFPN) -- An airman first class from the 55th Transportation Squadron was convicted in a summary court-martial April 21 of failing to obey an order by refusing to take the anthrax vaccination. The case was the Air Force's first anthrax vaccination refusal to reach court-martial.
• Airborne laser's primary optical mirror delivered 19 Apr 1999 (AFPN) -- A major milestone was reached recently for the Air Force's airborne laser program when its primary optical mirror was delivered to Contraves Brashear Systems, L.P., in Pittsburgh. The ABL is the service's high-priority program to build a laser-carrying aircraft capable of destroying Scud-like missiles shortly after being launched.
• BMD Update 16 April 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
• Announce Test Date For National Missile Defense MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS April 14, 1999 -- The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's National Missile Defense (NMD) Joint Program Office is scheduled to conduct the first test involving an intercept of a ballistic missile target this summer. Program officials are currently working towards a flight test in mid-to-late August.
• Air defense artillery soldiers stabilizing Southwest Asia by Spc. Michael Scott (Army News Service, April 13, 1998) - More than 900 soldiers assigned or attached to air defense units are currently deployed in Southwest Asia , part of task forces 1-1 ADA and 3-43 ADA, the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command and the 3rd Infantry Division's short-range Air Defense unit, are deployed to the Middle Eastern nations of Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
• BMD Update 09 April 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ESTABLISHES A WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ADVISORY PANEL April 5, 1999 -- Secretary of Defense Williams S. Cohen has announced today the formation of an advisory panel, headed by Virginia Governor James Gilmore, to assess domestic response capabilities for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
• BMD Update 02 April 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
• FACING AN ILL WIND Tim Beardsley Scientific American April 1999 -- The U.S. gears up to deal with biological terrorism. The specter of mass civilian casualties resulting from an attack with biological weapons has long been a worst-case scenario mulled over by defense planners. But in recent years the threat has moved to the front of the U.S. policy agenda, driven by a series of unwelcome revelations.