25 February 2000 Military News

Air Power for the 21st Century: The Boeing JSF and the F-22 Raptor Boeing 25 Feb 2000 -- The Boeing-designed Joint Strike Fighter will fully and affordably complement the F-22 Raptor for the U.S. Air Force. The company's 'total-system' approach will modernize the service's tactical forces at the lowest cost, while providing a system that surpasses current aircraft in performance, mission effectiveness and supportability.
Boeing Awarded $162 Million for JDAM Production Boeing 25 Feb 2000 -- The Department of Defense awarded Boeing $162 million yesterday for production of the Joint Direct Attack Munition to meet both U.S. Air Force and Navy requirements.
NASSCO Awarded $230 Million Contract for Eighth New Construction Strategic Sealift Ship General Dynamics 25 Feb 2000 -- ational Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a General Dynamics company (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $230 million contract to build its eighth Large Medium Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) ship under the U.S. Navy's Strategic Sealift Program.

25 February 2000 - DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 25 Feb 2000

U-N-H-C-R / CHECHNYA Voice of America 25 February 2000 -- The U-N's refugee agency, U-N-H-C-R, says it hopes to send its first convoy of humanitarian relief supplies to Chechnya early next week.
RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 25 February 2000 -- Kremlin officials say they will investigate television footage of alleged atrocities committed by Russian troops in Chechnya.
CLINTON / CHECHNYA Voice of America 25 February 2000 -- President Clinton is urging Moscow to allow international investigators into Chechnya to probe reports of Russian atrocities against Chechen citizens.
BABITSKY FATE Voice of America 25 February 2000 -- A Russian journalist who disappeared while covering the war in Chechnya last month has apparently surfaced in the neighboring republic of Dagestan.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND HEAD OF SPECIAL MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN United Nations 25 Feb 2000
SPECIAL MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN Press Briefing 25 February 2000 -- Afghan parties had mentioned that they would be willing to enter into a ceasefire. This possibility, however, very much depended on how such a ceasefire would work and how it would be verified.
AFGHANISTAN / UNITED NATIONS Voice of America 25 February 2000 -- The new United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan, Francesc (fran-sesk) Vendrell, says the parties fighting in Afghanistan -- the Taleban and the northern opposition groups -- told him they want to arrange a cease-fire.

RWANDA GENOCIDE Voice of America 25 February 2000 -- The United Nations prosecutor investigating Rwanda's 1994 genocide says some criminal trials should be moved to Rwanda.
ANGOLA WAR Voice of America 25 February 2000 -- Angola's president says the UNITA rebel movement no longer poses a serious threat to his government. But analysts in the region say the rebels are stepping up guerrilla attacks around the country.
Sudan: Concern Over SPLM Moves To Expel NGOs Press Statement by James P. Rubin, Spokesman February 25, 2000 -- The United States Government is deeply concerned about and deplores the decision of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to expel relief organizations from southern Sudan that do not sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by March 1.

ORBITAL SET TO LAUNCH TAURUS ROCKET ON FEBRUARY 28 Orbital Sciences Corp. 25 Feb 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced that it is in final preparations for the next launch of its Taurus¨ rocket, which will carry an experimental satellite for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) into orbit on Monday, February 28.

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