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Operations

• U-N-AFGHAN SECURITY VOA 20 Dec. 2001-- The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution authorizing an international security force for Afghanistan

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• Transcript: U.S. Statement on Bishkek Conference on Terrorism 20 Dec. 2001-- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) must act to transform into "quantifiable actions" the proposals agreed to at the recently-concluded Bishkek conference on combating international terrorism, U.S. diplomat Stephan M. Minikes told the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna December 20.
• Text: Report Outlines Coalition Successes In Destroying Al-Qaeda 20 Dec. 2001-- In a report on the first 100 days of the war on terrorism, President Bush says the international anti-terrorism coalition "began to destroy al-Qaeda's grip on Afghanistan," disrupted its finances, and destroyed 11 training camps and 39 Taliban militia command-and-control sites.

Defense Industry

• ATK Awarded Contract to Develop Rocket Motors for Mongoose Countermine System ATK 20 Dec 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE: ATK) has been awarded a contract from BAE SYSTEMS, Austin, Texas, to develop and demonstrate solid-propellant insensitive munitions (IM) rocket motors for the U.S. Army's Mongoose countermine system program. BAE SYSTEMS is the prime contractor for the program's system development and demonstration phase.
• SMArt® 155 Munition Repeats 100-Percent Reliability in Firing Tests by ATK Partner GIWS ATK 20 Dec 2001 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems)(NYSE: ATK) said GIWS, Nuremberg, Germany, ATK's industry partner on the SMArt® 155 sensor-fuzed munition system program, again achieved 100-percent reliability in a series of gun-fired tests conducted recently by the German government -- repeating the outstanding results of similar tests held in April, September, and November of this year.
• C-27J Spartan Receives Military Type Certification Lockheed Martin 20 Dec 2001 -- The C-27J Spartan, built jointly by Alenia and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, was awarded Military Type Certification today by Italy's Ministry of Defense military certification authority, Direzione Generale Armamenti Aeronautici (DGAA).
• Israel Contract Adds to Lockheed Martin F-16 Firm Backlog Lockheed Martin 20 Dec 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics received a contract for 52 F-16 aircraft for Israel on Dec. 19, 2001, significantly extending the firm F-16 production base.
• Lockheed Martin Completes C-130J Deliveries for 2001 - Program Continues Outstanding Performance in Reaching Milestones and Demonstrating Capabilities Lockheed Martin 20 Dec 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company today wrapped up the C-130J transport program for 2001 with the delivery of the 15th and final aircraft of the year.
• Oshkosh Truck / ADI Partnership Selected by U.S. Army for High Mobility Engineer Vehicles Program Oshkosh 20 Dec 2001 -- Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NASDAQ: OTRKB] will provide logistical support for the U.S. Army’s newest, high mobility vehicles – up to 62 High Mobility Engineer Vehicles (HMEV).
• Thales Avionics and Eurocopter sign production contract for NH 90 avionics and electrical generation system Thales 20 Dec 2001 -- Thales Avionics signed a 210 million euro contract with Eurocopter for the production of avionics and electrical power systems for the NH 90 helicopter.

Other Conflicts

• DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 20 Dec 2001
• HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HEAD United Nations 20 Dec 2001

News Reports

• Christmas in a Time of War VOA 20 Dec. 2001-- This holiday season, the United States finds itself at war. Throughout our past, the most powerful images and the feeling of war have come not from front-line dispatches, but from war letters sent home by soldiers. And the most powerful of these are the letters that came home from the battle lines during the holidays
• AFGHANISTAN VOA 20 Dec. 2001-- The focus of war in Afghanistan is switching to peace as leaders in Kabul prepare for the installation of a new interim government and the arrival of international peacekeepers. But away from the capital the situation in Afghanistan is uncertain

US Domestic Responses

International Responses