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20 June 2003 Military News

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Current Operations

  • CJTF-180 Operations in Afghanistan (June 20, 2003) CENTCOM 20 Jun 2003 -- Task Force Devil medical and civil affairs personnel, conducted a cooperative medical assistance visit to the village of Nageel Abad, south of Kandahar, in Kandahar province yesterday.
  • Afghanistan: Journalists' Group Urges Karzai To Help Release Two Reporters RFE/L 20 Jun 2003 -- International press freedom groups today urged Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai (pictured) to release two Afghan reporters arrested this week for publishing an article that authorities charge defames Islam.
  • U.S.: Panel Urges Increased Support For Afghan Government RFE/L 20 Jun 2003 -- An independent panel of experts says that without greater support for the Transitional Administration of Chairman Hamid Karzai, security in Afghanistan will deteriorate, prospects for economic reconstruction will dim, and the country will revert to warlord-dominated anarchy. The panel, formed by the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society, says a failure in Afghanistan could erode America's credibility around the globe and mark a major defeat in the U.S.-led war on terrorism.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Interview with Refugees International IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- As the international community marks World Refugee Day on Friday, Afghans who went home after the fall of the Taliban in November 2001 are happy to be back and optimistic about their future, but struggling to find work and make a living. In an interview with IRIN from the Afghan capital, Kabul, Larry Thompson, the director of advocacy for the US-based NGO, Refugees International, called for sustained aid for the country if its people were to have any hope for a safer future. Although numbers vary, there are still well over 1.2 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, while in neighbouring Iran, government estimates put the figure there at 1.9 million.

Defense Policy / Programs

  • New Town to Emerge in Osan to House US Army ROK Ministry of Defense Date 2003-06-20 -- A five-million-pyong (16.5 million square meters) town will emerge in Osan, Gyeonggi Province by 2007 to host a U.S. army garrison to be relocated from Yongsan in Seoul.
  • Navy Accepts Delivery of Ronald Reagan Navy Newsstand 20 Jun 2003-- The Navy accepted delivery of the newest aircraft carrier, PCU Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), June 20. The ship design and construction was executed under a contract awarded to Northrop Grumman Newport News (NGNN) in December 1994.
  • USS Kearsarge Returns Home Navy Newsstand 20 Jun 2003-- More than 2,400 Sailors and Marines assigned to the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) will return home soon after being deployed five months in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
  • AKBAR HEARING VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- A U-S military investigative officer is recommending a court martial for a Muslim-American Army sergeant charged in the deaths last March of two American soldiers in Kuwait.
  • 'Transformation Means Profound Change,' Wolfowitz Tells NWC Grads AFPS 20 Jun 2003 -- Today's U.S. military leaders need to think outside the box to contend with massive changes occurring in the national security realm, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz declared June 20 to Naval War College graduates.
  • Bush Renominates Myers, Pace for Second Terms on JCS AFPS 20 Jun 2003 -- President Bush has nominated Air Force Gen. Richard Myers for a second two-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace to continue to serve as vice chairman.
  • Rumsfeld Says World Needs to Work Harder to Control Nuclear Weapons AFPS 20 Jun 2003 -- The world's efforts to counter the proliferation of nuclear weapons have not been successful, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said June 19. If they had, he said, the United States would not have had to go to war in Iraq.

  • The NATO School (SHAPE) PRESS RELEASE 20 JUNE 2003 NATO 20 Jun 2003 -- The NATO School (SHAPE) PRESS RELEASE 20 JUNE 2003
  • EDITORIAL: NATO REORGANIZES VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- NATO defense ministers have agreed to overhaul the alliance's command structure to adapt to the terrorist threat and prepare for more operations outside Europe. While the number of NATO military headquarters in Europe will be drastically reduced, NATO members have committed to acquiring the military equipment and capabilities necessary to move troops and equipment beyond Europe.
  • Robertson Calls New NATO a "Network" Washington File 20 Jun 2003 -- The new NATO was the main topic of a press conference following a ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia, June 19 establishing NATO's new Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and decommissioning its former Allied Command Atlantic.
  • Giambastiani Assumes NATO Transformation Command Washington File 20 Jun 2003 -- In a ceremony June 19 in Norfolk, Virginia, NATO's new Allied Command Transformation (ACT) was established and its former Allied Command Atlantic was decommissioned.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT United Nations 20 Jun 2003

  • AFRICA: General Assembly adopts US $2.17 billion peacekeeping budget IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- The UN General Assembly approved on Thursday a budget of some US $2.17 billion for the world body's 11 active peacekeeping missions for the next 12 months, UN News reported.

  • Security Council urged to keep focus on civilians in armed conflict UN News Centre 20 Jun 2003 -- With much of the world's attention focused on Iraq, the United Nations Security Council must remain vigilant to the plight of civilians caught in the cross-fire of armed conflict in other parts of the world, particularly with fighting raging across the African continent and tensions smouldering in other hot spots, a senior UN relief official warned today.

  • Powell Says Middle East Roadmap is Being Implemented Washington File 20 Jun 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said that with the release of some Palestinian prisoners and Israel's dismantling of some unauthorized outposts in the occupied territories "we have begun to execute on the roadmap."
  • Powell Hopeful of Progress on Middle East Roadmap Washington File 20 Jun 2003 -- Speaking en route from Bangladesh to the World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings in Jordan, Secretary of State Colin Powell said he is hopeful of progress on the Middle East roadmap. Powell spoke prior meeting with senior Palestinian and Israeli leaders before the WEF meetings June 21-23.
  • Hagel Says Allies Are Key To Making Middle East Peace Workable Washington File 20 Jun 2003 -- Before leaving to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Jordan, Senator Chuck Hagel (Republican of Nebraska) told a June 19 National Press Club luncheon that U.S. efforts to bring peace to the Middle East and Iraq had a greater chance of success if done in a spirit of trust and cooperation with other nations.
  • Powell Says Mideast Violence Must Not Derail Moves to Peace Washington File 20 Jun 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Jerusalem June 20 and said the United States expects Israeli, Palestinian and Arab leaders to meet the commitments they made at Aqaba and Sharm el-Sheik but also called for patience in the wake of renewed violence.
  • POWELL-MIDEAST VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell tried to give new momentum to the international peace plan known as the road map in separate talks Friday with the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers. But violence has again erupted with an attack on Israeli settlers near the West Bank town of Ramallah that left one dead and three injured.
  • Powell: Hamas Must Not be Allowed to Stop Peace Process VOA News 20 Jun 2003 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says Hamas and other militant Palestinian groups must not be allowed to prevail in their efforts to stop the peace process with Israel.
  • Powell: Hamas is an 'Enemy of Peace' VOA News 20 Jun 2003 -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says Hamas is an "enemy of peace," and he has called for greater international pressure against it and other militant Palestinian groups. Mr. Powell was speaking after talks in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
  • POWELL/MIDEAST VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell says Hamas is an "enemy of peace," and he has called for greater international pressure against it and other militant Palestinian groups. Mr. Powell was speaking after talks in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

  • LIBERIA/TAYLOR VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Liberian President Charles Taylor says he will remain in power until his term ends next year, despite a cease-fire agreement between his government and rebels calling for the establishment of a transitional government without him.
  • U-S / LIBERIA VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- The United States is calling on Liberian President Charles Taylor to live up to his stated commitments and step aside to allow a transitional government to be formed in the war-torn country. The State Department says there "is no place" for Mr. Taylor in any future Liberian government.
  • LIBERIA: Taylor rejects transition government within 30 days IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- Liberian President Charles Taylor rejected on Friday the proposed formation of a transitional government within 30 days that would exclude him.

  • RUSSIA/CHECNHYA VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- A truck filled with explosives blew up outside a government building in the Chechen capital, Grozny, and officials say at least five people are wounded. Investigators are focusing on the possibility the attack was carried out by suicide bombers opposed to Moscow's peace plan for Chechnya.
  • 2 Killed in Grozny Suicide Truck Bombing VOA News 20 Jun 2003 -- Chechen officials say a truck filled with explosives has blown up near a government compound in an apparent flawed suicide attack.
  • Chechen Blast Kills 1 VOA News 20 Jun 2003 -- Russian officials say a vehicle filled with explosives has blown up near a government building in the capital of Chechnya. Early reports say the apparent truck bomb has killed at least one person and wounded several others. Russia's NTV television says five people are missing.

  • DRC: UN must take effective action on threats to security, says British official IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- For the UN to remain central to global politics, peace and security, it must take "effective action" to deal with threats to peace and security, the British Foreign Office minister for global issues, Bill Rammell, said on Thursday.
  • DRC: UN envoy for a unified national army arrives in Kinshasa IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- Gen Maurice Baril, one of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoys to help with the formation of a unified national army in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), arrived in the capital, Kinshasa, on Thursday, the spokesman for the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) said.
  • DRC: Follow-up committee urges RCD-Goma to withdraw from Lubero IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- A team of international observers of the transitional process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has condemned Thursday's capture of the eastern town of Lubero by the Rwandan-backed Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) rebel movement.
  • DRC: US reviewing increase in size, change of MONUC mandate IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- The US is reviewing the situation of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) and is undecided about whether to support its expansion when its mandate is reviewed at the end of June, the country's ambassador to the UN, John Negroponte, has said.
  • DRC: Two UN military observers abducted in Beni IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- Two UN military observers were abducted on Thursday in the town of Beni, in North Kivu Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Mission in the DRC, MONUC, reported.
  • Annan urges release of abducted UN military observers in DR of Congo UN News Centre 20 Jun 2003 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged all warring parties in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to cooperate unconditionally in the release of two United Nations military observers who were abducted in the town of Beni.
  • UNICEF/CONGO VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, says the town of Bunia, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, scene of the worst humanitarian disaster in the world today, continues to be chaotic despite the presence of French soldiers sent there to keep the peace. Aid agencies still are unable to reach hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

  • Bush Reports to Congress on Situation in Cyprus Washington File 20 Jun 2003 -- President Bush sent to Congress June 20 a periodic progress report on efforts toward a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus question, covering the period of April 1 through May 31, 2003.
  • SRI LANKA PEACE VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Sri Lanka's shaky peace agreement has taken another blow with Tamil Tiger rebels rejecting the latest government offer to restart talks. The rebels now want a radical overhaul of the 16-month peace process.
  • SUDAN: Interview with Mukesh Kapila, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- Mukesh Kapila is the newly appointed United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, and recently spoke to IRIN on the current humanitarian situation in Sudan. He told IRIN about recent improvements in humanitarian access to people in need following progress in peace negotiations, and the potential for the UN to help improve the lives of Sudanese people in the context of a post-conflict Sudan.
  • ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Seven killed by newly laid mines in 2003 IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- Seven people have been killed by newly laid landmines in 2003 in the border region of Eritrea and Ethiopia, the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), said on Thursday. Phil Lewis, who heads UNMEE’s Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC), added that close to 30 people were injured.
  • UGANDA: Peace committee appeals for international help IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- The chairman of a northern Uganda peace committee has launched an impassioned plea to the international community to intervene to stop the country's 17-year civil war. The appeal was made by the chairman of the Oduru Kuc committee, a new body comprising local, national, and international organisations working to try to rekindle peace talks between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels and the Ugandan government.
  • ANGOLA: Formal refugee returns begin IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- Angolan refugees departed from camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday, in the first phase of a voluntary repatriation programme spanning three countries in the region.
  • CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Government seizes more mines IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- The leader of the Central African Republic, Francois Bozize has withdrawn mining licences from 20 individuals and firms and ordered their mines seized, government-run Radio Centrafrique reported on Thursday.
  • NIGERIA: Over 100 killed in oil pipeline explosion and fire IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- More than 100 people were killed when a ruptured fuel pipeline exploded and caught fire at a remote village in southeastern Nigeria last Thursday, Red Cross and local government officials said.
  • SIERRA LEONE: President puts tighter controls on diamond mining IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah announced tighter government controls on diamond mining in Sierra Leone in a keynote address to parliament on Friday.

News Reports

  • SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 20 Jun 2003 -- Serbia-Montenegro applies for NATO membership program / Belgium rejects war crimes complaints against President Bush and Prime Minister Blair over Iraq / EU strategy to back U.S. threat view, not methods / EU to welcome western Balkans but urges reform / UN considers more robust force in Congo; U.S. unsure
  • SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 20 Jun 2003 -- ACT inaugurated in Norfolk ceremony / ICTY chief prosecutor reiterates call for arrest of prominent war crimes suspects / Belgian minister sued under own human rights law / Ukraine's defense minister resigns / Britain to propose reform of UN Security Council

  • CENTRAL ASIA: Weekly news wrap IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- Freedom House, an advocacy group working to advance the worldwide expansion of political and economic freedom, on Wednesday issued a statement urging the Kyrgyz government to cease lawsuits against independent media.
  • U-N/REFUGEE DAY VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Ceremonies are being held around the world to mark World Refugee Day, and the United Nations agency, U-N-H-C-R, has announced a major effort to help Angolan refugees get home. The agency also is dedicating this year's World Refugee Day to millions of young people, whose futures have been jeopardized by war, persecution and exile.
  • AFRICA/REFUGEE CONFERENCE VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- The United Nations has started to repatriate Angolan refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers made the announcement at the close of an international conference on refugees in Africa.
  • REFUGEES: BRITAIN ASYLUM VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Britain has had to at least postpone a proposal to build refugee camps outside the European Union, in the face of resistance to the idea from E-U leaders meeting in Greece. The retreat comes as the British government faces increased public demands to reduce the record numbers of asylum-seekers arriving in Britain. But as the government continues to tighten its asylum and immigration laws, refugee advocates fear the new rules shut the door on many people who legitimately deserve protection.
  • RERUGEES: SADAKO OGATA/WORLD REFUGEE DAY VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Sadako Ogata, who was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1990 to 2000, spent World Refugee Day (Friday) in Tokyo, attending a conference on refugees in Africa.
  • REFUGEES / SERBIA VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Four years after the wars of Yugoslav succession ended, the U-S Committee for Refugees says Serbia continues to host the largest number of refugees in Europe.
  • AFRICA/REFUGEE CONFERENCE VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- The United Nations has started to repatriate Angolan refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers made the announcement at the close of an international conference on refugees in Africa.
  • REFUGEES: PALESTINIANS IN JORDAN VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Since the Arab-Israeli war in 1948, millions of Palestinian refugees have been living in a perpetual state of flux in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as the neighboring states of Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. For three generations, they have dreamed about returning home -- a dream most observers believe is unlikely to come true
  • Armitage Recognizes World Refugee Day Washington File 20 Jun 2003 -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says that international recognition of World Refugee Day June 20 is a celebration of the human spirit and "the triumph of hope and that faith in the future that lives inside all of us."

  • BURMA / SUU KYI VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- The Philippines' top diplomat on Friday called for Burma's military government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
  • E-U / SUMMIT WRAP VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- European Union leaders have concluded a summit meeting in Greece by welcoming a draft constitution as the basis for future negotiations on power sharing between member states and the European institutions in Brussels. The leaders also endorsed a new European security strategy designed to give Europe worldwide political influence to match its considerable economic clout.
  • ZIMBABWE / POLITICS VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change welcomed the release from jail of the group's leader, Morgan Tsvangirai. The High Court had earlier granted Mr. Tsvangirai bail, after two weeks in custody for allegedly advocating the forcible removal of President Robert Mugabe from office.
  • Russia/Belarus: Officials Agree On Currency Union, But Will It Hold? RFE/L 20 Jun 2003 -- Officials from Belarus and Russia have announced a timetable agreement on plans to unify their currencies by the beginning of 2005.
  • Tajikistan: Referendum Seen As Smokescreen To Prolong President's Grip On Power RFE/L 20 Jun 2003 -- Tajiks are due to vote on 22 June in a nationwide referendum on more than 50 changes to the constitution. Many believe there is only one amendment that matters, however -- a proposal that would extend President Imomali Rakhmonov's term in office for another 14 years. If the amendment succeeds, the 50-year-old Rakhmonov could end up ruling the country for as many as 28 years.
  • Uzbek: Opposition Meets Openly For First Time In 10 Years RFE/L 20 Jun 2003 -- Something that has not happened in Uzbekistan in 10 years happened on 14 June when the opposition Erk Democratic Party held an open plenum in the capital Tashkent. Erk's leaders, coming back into the limelight, are making it clear they have their eye on the 2004 parliamentary elections.
  • Russia: Duma Declaration Puts Heat On Turkmen Government RFE/L 20 Jun 2003 -- Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, today adopted a declaration that expresses "deep concern" over recent events in Turkmenistan.
  • Latvian President Re-Elected To Second Term RFE/L 20 Jun 2003 -- Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (pictured) was re-elected today to a second four-year term, with 88 deputies voting for and six against in the Baltic country's 100-member parliament.
  • REPRESSION IN BURMA VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- The leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi has been jailed in an undisclosed location by the military junta that rules the country. She was taken away May 30th, after a pro-military mob ambushed her motorcade, attacking her National League for Democracy supporters with iron bars, bamboo spears, and guns. As many as seventy [democratic] activists may have been killed. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that "the thugs who now rule Burma must understand that their failure to restore democracy will only bring more and more pressure against them," and the pressure has been growing. This week, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN] rebuked the military junta, calling on the generals to release Aung San Suu Kyi. Will growing international pressure cause Burma's regime to relent?
  • EAST AFRICA/SUMMIT VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- presidents of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have announced they will create a single tariff level to strengthen and unify the economy of the east African region.
  • E-U/CONSTITUTION VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- European Union leaders have taken a first look at a draft constitution for Europe that aims to streamline the decision-making process, as the union expands from 15-to-25 members next year. Although hard bargaining over the text lies ahead, the leaders say the draft is a good basis from which to start making changes to the bloc's institutions.
  • BUSH / BRAZIL VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- President Bush met Friday with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. It's their first meeting since the end of the war in Iraq which the Brazilian leader opposed.
  • TOGO / ELECTION VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Africa's longest-ruling leader, Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema, has been sworn in to another five-year term, despite opposition accusations of fraud in the recent election.
  • EDITORIAL: RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- In a step that is unprecedented in its thirty-year history, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, called on Burma's military rulers to free democracy movement leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
  • BURMA / SUU KYI VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- The Philippines' top diplomat on Friday called for Burma's military government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
  • ZIMBABWE / POLITICS VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- The Zimbabwe High Court has freed opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on bail after two weeks in custody for allegedly advocating the forcible removal of President Robert Mugabe.
  • MALAYSIA POLITICS VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Malaysia's annual general assembly of the ruling United Malays National Organization left off Friday with all the delegates guessing about who will win the second most important job in the country.
  • TURKMENISTAN RIGHTS VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- Human rights activists say new laws soon to come into force in Turkmenistan amount to racial discrimination against ethnic-Russians and could result in ethnic cleansing.
  • Encephalitis Outbreak Kills 18 in Southern China VOA News 20 Jun 2003 -- An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in southern China has infected more than 200 people, killing 18 of them. The wave of infection is hitting Guangdong, the Chinese province that spawned the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus, and is prompting deep concern in neighboring areas.
  • CHINA / ENCEPHALITIS VOA 20 Jun 2003 -- An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in southern China has infected more than 200 people, killing 18 of them. The wave of infection is hitting Guangdong, the Chinese province that spawned the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus, and is prompting deep concern in neighboring areas.
  • ZIMBABWE: Tsvangirai awarded bail IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was on Friday awarded bail and freed after two weeks in custody.
  • RWANDA: Main opposition candidate returns after years in exile IRIN 20 Jun 2003 -- Former Rwandan Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu arrived in Kigali on Friday from Brussels, ending his eight-year exile to challenge President Paul Kagame in the first post-genocide elections.
  • ARIANESPACE and EADS SPACE Transportation announce an order for 30 Ariane 5 launchers EADS 20 Jun 2003 -- At the 45th Paris Air Show, ARIANESPACE CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall and Josef Kind and Hervé Guillou, respectively President and CEO of EADS SPACE Transportation, signed an "order letter" to initiate production of the "PA batch" of 30 Ariane 5 launchers. This new commitment will allow ARIANESPACE to ensure its launch service continuity.



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