Operations
Defense Policy / Programs
Government Statements and Transcripts
US Domestic Responses
International Responses
Defense Industry
Other Conflicts
News Reports

Operations

• AFGHAN/RUMSFELD VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States will find al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden even though he has eluded capture so far
• NATO / MYERS VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- America's top military officer said today (Wednesday) that Somalia is a potential target in Washington's war on terrorism but that action there would not necessarily be military
• AFGHAN FIGHTING VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- A clash between Pakistani soldiers and captured al-Qaida fighters from Afghanistan has left at least seven people dead. At this time, it is unclear how many of the dead are soldiers
• BRITAIN / AFGHAN VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- After weeks of speculation, Britain's Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon today (Wednesday) announced that Britain will lead an international stabilization force in Afghanistan

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: Defense Department Briefing, December 19, 2001 19 Dec. 2001-- Rumsfeld: The Afghanistan campaign, of course, is not the only terrorist problem in the world. There are other terrorist networks that threaten us and threaten our friends. They operate in dozens of countries, and we are fully intending to stay after the problem of all terrorists that have global reach.
• White House Report: Bush to the Terrorists, 12/19/01 19 Dec. 2001-- Bush, "they're paying a terrible price for their miscalculation. We're making great progress in the first theater of this long war to rout terror where it may exist.
• Text: U.S. Report to UNSC on Counterterrorism Measures 19 Dec. 2001-- The United States submitted a 24-page report to the UN Security Council's Counterterrorism Committee December 19 outlining specific steps it has taken to cut off financing of terrorist groups and their activities.
• Transcript: Rumsfeld Media Availability En Route to Brussels 19 Dec. 2001-- Rumsfeld: The position of the United States from the outset has been and remains that the mission will determine the coalition; that the coalition must not determine the mission.
• Transcript: U.S. Official says NATO Adapting to Deal with Terrorism 19 Dec. 2001-- NATO is looking at how to adapt its capabilities to deal with the terrorist threat and "asymmetric" threats such as cyberwarfare, weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles, a senior U.S. defense official said in a background briefing at the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels December 18.
• Byliner: Amb. Taylor on Preventing Terrorism in the Tri-Border Area 19 Dec. 2001-- Urges law enforcement coordination between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
• Text: Further Precautions Offered for Anthrax Exposure 19 Dec. 2001-- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is offering thousands of people who may have come into contact with anthrax further options for treatment. The offer comes as persons who may have been exposed to the potentially fatal disease spores are completing a 60-day course of preventive antibiotics that was initially prescribed.

US Domestic Responses

• POWELL-INDIA-PAK VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- The Bush administration is stepping-up efforts to defuse tensions between India and Pakistan, following last week's terrorist attack on the Indian parliament. Secretary of State Colin Powell has made telephone appeals to leaders of both sides to show restraint and to cooperate in the investigation of the incident
• U-N-U-S ANTI-TERROR VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- The United States ambassador to the United Nations, John Negroponte, has delivered a report on what his nation is doing to fight terrorism.
• TERRORIST TRIALS VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to interview al-Qaida prisoners in Afghanistan, gathering information that could be used in the trials of suspected terrorists in the weeks to come
• U.S. Submits Counter-terrorism Report to UN USIA19 Dec. 2001-- Lists legislation, activities, enforcement efforts
• FBI Experts Say Hundreds of Trained al-Qaida Terrorists at Large USIA 19 Dec. 2001-- They brief Senate panel reviewing worldwide threat

International Responses

• BELGIUM / TERROR ARREST VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- Belgian authorities have arrested (Tuesday) a man suspected of recruiting Muslims for training at Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan
• KARZAI / ITALY VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- Afghanistan's designated interim leader, Hamid Karzai, has promised to hand over terrorists to international justice
• Annan Urges Support For Afghan Interim Authority USIA 19 Dec. 2001-- UN Secretary General talks about Afghanistan, Iraq, terrorism

Defense Industry

• U.S. Navy Conducts Final Flight-Tests of Lockheed Martin-built Trident I C4 Fleet Ballistic Missiles Lockheed Martin 19 Dec 2001 -- The U.S. Navy yesterday successfully fired three TRIDENT I C4 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs), built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems-Missiles & Space Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif.
• ATK Conducts Successful Test Firing of Medium-Caliber Ammunition With Advanced Air-Burst Fuze ATK 19 Dec 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems)(NYSE: ATK) has conducted a series of successful test firings of an independently developed medium-caliber ammunition round with an advanced air-burst fuze, opening the way for the company to enter the emerging high-explosive air-burst military ammunition market.
• ATK Awarded $4 Million Navy Contract to Develop Propulsion and Warhead For Spike Missile ATK 19 Dec 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems)(NYSE: ATK) has been awarded a $4 million contract from the Naval Air Systems Command, China Lake, Calif., to develop the propulsion system and warhead for the Spike shoulder-fired missile.
• MBDA, a global company for missile & missile systems BAE Systems 19 Dec 2001 -- London, Rome, Amsterdam, December 19, 2001: Eight months after the signature of the shareholders agreement for the incorporation of a single company re-grouping the missile and missile systems activities of BAE Systems, EADS and FINMECCANICA respective subsidiaries, the process of creating MBDA has been successfully completed.
• BAE Systems and Finmeccanica strengthens AMS as a leading European defence electronics and air traffic management company BAE Systems 19 Dec 2001 -- On 18th December 2001, BAE Systems and Finmeccanica created the new AMS Group signing the final documents completing the transaction.
• UK chief of air staff flies Eurofighter BAE Systems 19 Dec 2001 -- Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, the United Kingdom's Chief of the Air Staff, has just joined an elite band by taking control of the worlds most advanced swing-role aircraft, Eurofighter Typhoon.
• U.S. Army Awards General Motors, General Dynamics $48 Million Contract to Supply Mobile Gun Systems General Dynamics 19 Dec 2001 -- The U.S. Army has awarded GM GDLS Defense Group, a joint venture between General Motors and General Dynamics Land Systems, a delivery order worth $48 million for 10 Mobile Gun System vehicles to equip its new Brigade Combat Teams.
• Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce to sign US $1 Billion JSF contract Pratt & Whitney 19 Dec 2001 -- Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and Rolls-Royce today signed the contract covering Rolls-Royce’s short take-off/vertical landing (STOVL) development work for the F135 propulsion system for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.
• Rocketdyne RS-68 Engine Certified for Boeing Delta IV Boeing 19 Dec 2001 -- The certification of the Rocketdyne RS-68 engine that will power Boeing's [NYSE: BA] new Delta IV launch vehicle brings to a close a remarkable development path for the first large liquid-fueled engine in the United States in nearly three decades.

Other Conflicts

News Reports

• US-TERRORISM DEBATE VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- People in the United States are still struggling to come to terms with the terrorist attacks of September 11th. The questions, "How did this happen?" and "What can we do to prevent it from happening again?" remain in the forefront of American minds
• BUSH TERRORISM VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- The United States and its allies will mark the first hundred days of the war on terrorism today (Thursday) with the release of a report outlining progress on all fronts.
• TERRORIST ATTACK IN DELHI VOA 19 Dec. 2001-- Just as fighting appeared to be diminishing in Afghanistan, a terrorist attack in the region has greatly heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. A group of armed men tried to enter the Indian parliament building in New Delhi last Thursday but were killed by security forces. Thirteen people, including five terrorists, were killed in the attack that India blames on Islamic militants backed by Pakistan. The United States press is beginning to react with apprehension to this latest crisis in relations between the two, long-time antagonists on the sub-continent

• Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Proposal for Landsat Data Continuity Mission Lockheed Martin 19 Dec 2001 -- A team headed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Missiles & Space Operations, has delivered a proposal to formulate and implement the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).