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17 August 2004 Military News

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Defense Policy / Programs

  • Military Commissions to Begin at Guantanamo AFPS 18 Aug 2004 -- The first four enemy-combatant detainees held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be charged with war crimes will make their first appearance before a military commission when preliminary hearings begin there next week.

  • Numbers and Kinds of U.S. Forces Deployed Abroad May Change Washington File 17 Aug 2004 -- With the realignment of U.S. military forces announced August 16 by President George Bush, not only the numbers but also the kinds of forces deployed internationally may change, according to senior Defense Department officials.
  • Global Posture Realignment to Take Place Over Time AFPS 17 Aug 2004 -- "The first message I would pass to troops and their families is that they needn't pack their bags," a senior DoD official said today, referring to just-announced plans for globally realigning U.S. armed forces.
  • GERMANY/U.S. TROOPS VOA 17 Aug 2004 -- U.S. plans to withdraw 30-thousand troops from Germany are a sign of changing international conditions, according to a German government spokesman, and he says the move comes as no great surprise. But regional leaders say their economies will be hurt by the withdrawals.
  • U.S.: Washington To Make Biggest Troop Redeployment Since Cold War's End RFE/RL 17 Aug 2004 -- U.S. President George W. Bush said yesterday he will withdraw tens of thousands of troops from bases in Europe and East Asia. He said this redeployment will take America's fighting forces out of the Cold War mind-set and make them more adaptable to the nuanced threat of groups like Al-Qaeda. Bush gave few specifics, but it appears that the United States' military presence will shift from countries like Germany and South Korea to regions like Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
  • USS Yorktown Returns to Pascagoula, Completes Final Deployment NNS 17 Aug 2004 -- USS Yorktown (CG 48) will return home to Naval Station Pascagoula Aug. 17, after a successful six-month deployment with the USS Wasp (LHD 1) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2. Yorktown made key contributions to Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Market Time II in support of the global war on terrorism.
  • New Navy Ship Named 17 Aug 2004 -- Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England has named the Navy's next amphibious transport dock ship in honor of the city of Anchorage, Alaska.

  • NATO Training Implementation Mission arrives in Iraq Washington File 17 Aug 2004 -- The core of the NATO Training Implementation Mission in Iraq (NTIM-I) arrived in Iraq August 14, according to a statement by NATO's Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples.

  • State Department Noon Briefing, August 17 Washington File 17 Aug 2004 -- Venezuela, Israel/Palestinians, Japan, Iran, Greece, Russia
  • White House Daily Briefing, August 17 Washington File 17 Aug 2004 -- White House Spokeswoman Claire Buchan briefed reporters on Air Force One the afternoon of August 17 as they accompanied President Bush on a trip to Ridley Park, Pennsylvania.

Defense Industry

  • EADS successfully completes delivery of Radar Systems to Lithuania EADS 17 Aug 2004 -- The Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar System (TRML-3D) from EADS Defence and Communications Systems has been successfully delivered to the Lithuanian Air force. The contract, which was originally signed in 2001, promised the delivery of three such TRML-3D systems with the last delivery slated for August of this year.
  • Navy Awards General Dynamics $16.4 Million for Submarine Maintenance Work General Dynamics 17 Aug 2004 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $16.4 million contract to perform routine maintenance work on the USS Dallas (SSN-700), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
  • Northrop Grumman Announces $107.1 Million Award for LPD 23 Advance Procurement Northrop Grumman 17 Aug 2004 -- The U.S. Navy today awarded a $107.1 million advance procurement contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) that will provide funding for long-lead materials for the USS Anchorage (LPD 23), the seventh amphibious transport dock ship of the San Antonio class. The funds will be used to purchase major equipment such as the ship's main engines, diesel generators and other long-lead material like steel plates and shapes, pipe, cable and other major equipment.
  • Northrop Grumman Delivers New Airborne Early-Warning Aircraft to Taiwan Northrop Grumman 17 Aug 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has delivered the first of two new Hawkeye 2000 airborne early-warning and command-and control-aircraft to the Taiwan Air Force. The Hawkeye 2000 will give Taiwan an enhanced capability to monitor and control activity within the airspace and seas surrounding the island nation.
  • Northrop Grumman Announces Team for U.S. Air Force Network Centric Solutions Bid Northrop Grumman 17 Aug 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has named its team of partner companies for the U.S. Air Force Network Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) program.
  • Raytheon Delivers Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Payloads for Fort Greely Deployment Raytheon 17 Aug 2004 -- Raytheon Company has delivered the first deployable flight elements of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ground- based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program from its Missile Defense Kinetic Kill Vehicle production facility in Tucson, Ariz.

Other Conflicts

  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 17 Aug 2004

  • DRC: Signs of peace in Ituri, despite insecurity IRIN 17 Aug 2004 -- Despite bouts of insecurity, including inter-militia fighting over the month of July in parts of Ituri District, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), there are signs that the situation in the region is improving, a new report indicates.
  • UN Security Council renews group monitoring arms embargo against Somalia UN News Centre 17 Aug 2004 -- Condemning continuing violations of the 12-year-old arms embargo against Somalia, the Security Council today called for a six-month extension of the latest mandate of an expert group monitoring the sanctions.
  • Burundi: UN steps up security patrols, aid following massacre of Congolese UN News Centre 17 Aug 2004 -- United Nations agencies today stepped up operations in Burundi after last week's apparently ethnic massacre of more than 150 Congolese, reinforcing helicopter patrols along the border, increasing security in refugee camps and accelerating the transfer of survivors to safer sites far from the frontier area.
  • RWANDA/POLITICS VOA 17 Aug 2004 -- Following the recent massacre at a refugee camp in Burundi in which more than 150 Tutsi refugees were killed, Rwanda's foreign minister says that if Hutu armed extremists based in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo cross the border into Rwanda to carry out similar attacks, Rwanda will follow them back into D.R.C.
  • South Ossetia Reports Agreement With Georgia RFE/RL 17 Aug 2004 -- Georgia's separatist republic of South Ossetia today said Tbilisi has agreed to withdraw all Interior Ministry troops sent into the region last June in violation of the 1992 peace agreement.
  • DRC/PEACE PROCESS VOA 17 Aug 2004 -- The bodies of about 160 Congolese Tutsis killed in Burundi during the weekend were buried on Monday, but the impact of the massacre is just beginning to be felt. A former rebel group now in the transitional government in the Democratic Republic of Congo has returned to its base and called for a break in the peace process.
  • NEPAL/HOTEL BOMBING VOA 17 Aug 2004 -- A number of companies in Nepal's capital are considered likely to close in line with demands by Maoist rebels who have threatened to blockade the city. The Maoists are already being blamed for a bombing at a luxury hotel Monday in Kathmandu.
  • SUDAN / DARFUR REFUGEES VOA 17 Aug 2004 -- Aid workers in eastern Chad are reporting a sharp increase in the number of refugees fleeing the Darfur region of western Sudan, despite the Sudanese government's insistence that it is taking steps to restore security.

News Reports

  • SHAPE News Morning Update SHAPE 17 Aug 2004 -- U.S. to remove up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia / Defense Secretary Rumsfeld briefs Russians on troop redeployments / Serbia-Montenegro's EU integration officer resigns / Kosovo status key to Balkan stability / Afghan national army dispatched to western province to calm pre-election violence / President Karzai says no 'deals' if elected in Afghan poll / NATO training mission arrives in Iraq / Qaeda may have held Pakistan planning summit
  • SHAPE News Summary & Analysis SHAPE 17 Aug 2004 -- Pakistani minister calls on U.S., NATO to beef up Al Qaeda hunt / COMISAF: Afghans must lead election security effort / Germany plays down fears of fallout from U.S. troop reshuffle / KFOR introduces improved security measures

  • VENEZUELA/VOTE AUDIT VOA 17 Aug 2004 -- In Venezuela, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Organization of American States Secretary General Cesar Gaviria say election officials have agreed to conduct a sample audit of the vote in Sunday's recall referendum. This follows a meeting with opposition leaders, who say they have evidence that the election results were manipulated through a computer program that limited votes to remove President Hugo Chavez and augmented votes in his favor.
  • Annan says Myanmar democratization will not be credible without opposition role UN News Centre 17 Aug 2004 -- Myanmar's transition to democracy and national reconciliation will lack credibility if its ruling council does not engage in meaningful dialogue with opposition political parties and release the Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.
  • U.S. / VENEZUELA REFERENDUM UN News Centre 17 Aug 2004 -- The United States said Tuesday it accepts results showing that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won Sunday's recall referendum and will continue to engage with his government. But the State Department says opposition claims of fraud in the vote should be investigated.

  • Record-Setting Composite Heat Exchanger Panel Successfully Tested Pratt & Whitney 17 Aug 2004 -- As part of completing activities under NASA’s Next Generation Launch Technology (NGLT) Program, Pratt & Whitney (P&W) Space Propulsion recently tested a composite hydrocarbon fuel-cooled heat-exchanger panel at Mach 6.5. This was the largest lightweight panel to ever be successfully tested in a scramjet environment in the United States.



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