30 May 2000 Military News

UK-Built Lockheed Martin Hellfire II Missiles Score 9 for 9 in First Article Tests Lockheed Martin 30 May 2000 -- In a convincing demonstration of successful technology transfer, 9 Hellfire II missiles built in the United Kingdom scored direct hits in first article tests conducted last week at Eglin Air Force Base. Shorts Missile Systems, Belfast, Northern Ireland, builds the missiles under a subcontract agreement with Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.
Republic of Korea Air Force Again Selects Pratt & Whitney F100 Engines For New Fighter Aircraft Pratt & Whitney 30 May 2000 -- The Republic of Korea Air Force has again selected Pratt & Whitney's F100-STW-229 engine for its purchase of 20 more F-16 fighter aircraft.e
Lockheed Martin, Hughes and TRW combine strengths to form Advanced EHF National Team for U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin 30 May 2000 -- Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Hughes Space and Communications and TRW formed a National Team to build the Department of Defense's next generation of highly secure communication satellites known as the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (Advanced EHF) system.
ORBITAL SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES SUBORBITAL VERSION OF U.S. AIR FORCE'S OSP ROCKET Orbital Sciences Corp. 30 May 2000 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) successfully conducted the first of a series of suborbital rocket launches in support of the U. S. National Missile Defense effort on Sunday, May 28, 2000, the company announced.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 30 May 2000
CHILD SOLDIERS Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- Once the process of demobilization has begun, the children would need extensive help from governments and agencies of the United Nations to become re-integrated into civilian life.

ERITREA/PEACE TALKS Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- Talks to end the two year border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea have opened in Algiers just as the Ethiopian government announced a major pullback of its forces.
ETHIOPIA / ERITREA Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- Ethiopia says its troops are leaving western Eritrea after routing the Eritrean army and capturing more than 100-kilometers of territory since the offensive began last week.
U-N-H-C-R / ERITREA Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- The U-N refugee agency reports a sharp increase in the number of Eritrean refugees fleeing into neighboring Sudan.

SOUTH LEBANON Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- The sudden Israeli withdrawal, which took less than 48 hours and came six weeks ahead of schedule, has created uncertainties.
ISRAEL / LEBANON / ECON Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- Israel's northern frontier is suffering new economic problems, following the closure of the border with Lebanon.

PHILIPPINES / REBELS Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- After four-days of intense fighting, the Philippine military says it has taken a major base of the country's leading Muslim secessionist group.
LANKA/LANDMINE Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- A landmine explosion in northern Sri Lanka has killed eight-policemen and wounded 10 others.
NORTHERN IRELAND PROGRESS Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- With the Irish Republican Army compromising on the most sensitive question of disarming, the peace process appears to have, once more, been rescued.
INDONESIA VIOLENCE Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- A violent attack on two Christian villages in Indonesia's eastern Maluku province has killed at least 44 people.
COLOMBIA REBELS Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- Colombia's largest guerrilla group, known as the FARC, took another bold step this month toward setting itself up as an alternative government.
RUSSIA / CHECHNYA Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- Russian forces say they have encircled at least four hundred Chechen rebels in the region's southern mountains.
ANGOLA / RUSSIANS Voice of America 30 May 2000 -- Five Russian pilots freed by Angola's UNITA rebel movement have arrived in Zambia.

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