October 2000 Space News |
- Space Command becomes new owner of spaced-based system, Air Force Print News, 25 October 2000 -- Air Force Space Command here became the new owner of the Midcourse Space Experiment satellite and its associated ground support infrastructure, recently.
- Raytheon's National Missile Defense Prototype Radar Successful In Two Significant Tests, Raytheon PRNewswire, 12 October 2000 -- The National Missile Defense (NMD) Ground Based Radar-Prototype (GBR-P) developed by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTNA; RTNB) successfully completed two significant, stressing exercises Sept. 28 against incoming ICBM targets at the South Pacific Kwajalein Missile Range.
- Preserving 1972 Abm Treaty, Small Arms Scourge, National Missile Defence Among Issues Discussed, As First Committeee Continues Debate, UN Press Release, 04 October 2000 -- A certain contradiction -- defined by two opposing trends -- was emerging in the present stage of disarmament, the representative of the Russian Federation told the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) today, as it continued its general debate.
- Missile Defence Systems, Nuclear Weapon 'Comeback', Arms Expenditures Among Issues Raised In First Committee, As General Debate Continues, UN Press Release, 03 October 2000 -- Given the unprecedented interdependence among countries, attempts to seek "absolute security" at the expense of the security of others would go nowhere and benefit nobody, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) was told today, as it continued its general debate.
