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02 September 2004 Military News

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Defense Policy / Programs

  • NATO: Alliance Prepares For Tough Decisions On Iraq Mission RFE/RL 02 Sep 2004 -- Governments of NATO countries are preparing for tough discussions in the coming weeks to determine the limits of the alliance's future role in Iraq. A training delegation currently in Baghdad has begun drawing up its recommendations. But, officials say, the final decision is likely to emerge only after yet another confrontation involving France on one side and the United States on the other.

  • Report shows space programs improving AFPN 02 Sep 2004 -- Space programs are improving and cultural change is under way, according to a recent review of the May 2003 Task Force on Acquisition of National Security Space Programs report.
  • Posturing plan to produce more capable Air Force AFPN 02 Sep 2004 -- The major worldwide troop movement unveiled Aug. 16 by the president will result in a service that is better able to meet the needs of warfighting commanders, Air Force planning officials at the Pentagon said.
  • U-S/WEST AFRICA VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- The United States is stepping up its training and contacts with militaries in West Africa, a region prone to instability and a potential haven for terrorists that is set to become a growing source of American oil. A top U.S. military commander has just completed his second trip to the region in as many months and more visits are planned.
  • U.S. Realigning, Redeploying Military Forces in South Korea AFPS 02 Sep 2004 -- Within the next several years, one-third fewer American soldiers will be stationed in the Republic of Korea. But, senior officials say, even that reduced number of soldiers will be better able to meet U.S. commitments to the nation's Korean allies.
  • NATO Air Chiefs Converge at Ramstein Air Base AFPS 02 Sep 2004 -- A NATO Air Chiefs Conference held here Aug. 30-31 brought together the top leaders of NATO's air forces to discuss their favorite subject -- air power.
  • U.S. Wants Security Council to Address Iran's Nuclear Activities Washington File 02 Sep 2004 -- Iran is not acknowledging all of its nuclear-related activities and the issue needs to be referred to the U.N. Security Council, according to Secretary of State Colin Powell.

  • White House Daily Briefing, September 1 Washington File 02 Sep 2004 -- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan briefed reporters September 1 as they accompanied President Bush on a trip to Columbus, Ohio
  • State Department Noon Briefing, September 2 Washington File 02 Sep 2004 -- Malaysia, China, South Korea, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, Honduras, Bahamas, Sudan, Libya, China/Taiwan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel/Syria, Israel/Palestinians, U.S.-Central America relations

Defense Industry

  • BAE SYSTEMS Creates A Land Systems Business BAE Systems 02 Sep 2004 -- BAE Systems today announced the creation of a new Land Systems business through the bringing together of Alvis and RO Defence. This new business will be under the leadership of Ian King, Group Managing Director, Customer Solutions & Support (CS&S) and Land Systems.
  • Boeing Receives $891 Million C-17 Support Contract Boeing 02 Sep 2004 -- The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] an $891.6 million contract modification to provide sustainment services for the C-17 airlifter fleet. This is the first of four option periods under a contract awarded in July 2004, with a total potential value of $4.9 billion if all remaining options are exercised.
  • Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missiles Successfully Defeat Tactical Ballistic Missile and Cruise Missile in Test Lockheed Martin 02 Sep 2004 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missiles successfully intercepted and destroyed an incoming tactical ballistic missile (TBM) and a low-altitude cruise missile in a dual test today at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The battle-proven PAC-3 Missile is the world’s only fielded hit-to-kill, kinetic energy air defense missile.

Other Conflicts

  • DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL United Nations 02 Sep 2004
  • PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT United Nations 02 Sep 2004

  • U.S. / RUSSIA / TERRORISM VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- The United States Thursday reiterated its "absolutely firm" condemnation of the hostage-taking in Russia's North Ossetia region despite its past support for a political solution to the Chechnya conflict. Secretary of State Colin Powell has discussed the hostage crisis by telephone with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
  • RUSSIA / SCHOOL SIEGE UPDATE VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- Armed militants holding hundreds of people hostage in southern Russia have freed around 30 women and children. The release comes as officials seek to hold more talks with the armed group holding the hostages inside the school.
  • Russia: Hostage Drama In North Ossetia Enters Second Day; At Least 12 Civilians Dead RFE/RL 02 Sep 2004 -- There are reports of two large explosions at a school in the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia that is the scene of an unfolding hostage drama. Large plumes of black smoke could be seen rising above the school this afternoon, where a group of armed men are holding some 325 hostages, including around 100 children. The cause of the blasts is not immediately clear. The attackers stormed the school in the town of Beslan early yesterday on the first day of classes in the new school year. While casualty figures vary, the North Ossetian interior minister said 12 civilians have been killed. He also said 15 students have so far managed to escape. And reports say 26 women and children, including infants, were freed by the gunmen this afternoon.
  • Hostage Crisis In Russia Enters Second Day RFE/RL 02 Sep 2004 -- A group of armed men are holding for a second day today some 350 hostages, including children at a school in Russia's southern republic of North Ossetia.

  • U.S. Seeking Expanded African Union Protection for Darfur Washington File 02 Sep 2004 -- The United States September 2 called for an expanded international force to help protect the people of Darfur from continuing attacks by Jingaweit militia and Sudanese government forces.
  • U.N. Sanctions on Sudan Remain Strong Possibility, Danforth Says Washington File 02 Sep 2004 -- The question of U.N. sanctions against the Sudanese government because of that government's failure to stop the violence in Darfur remains open, according to Ambassador John C. Danforth, U.S. Representative to the United Nations and a former special U.S. envoy to Sudan.
  • UN / SUDAN VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- The U.N. special envoy to Sudan says Khartoum has not disarmed the Janjaweed militia or stopped militia attacks against civilians in the troubled region of Darfur. But he stopped short of saying that Sudan is backing the Arab fighters, as many observers have alleged.
  • DRC: War unlikely to end in the east just yet, rebel general says IRIN 02 Sep 2004 -- War in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) did not end when fighting ceased in 2003 in most parts of the country, according to Gen Laurent Nkunda, a Congolese army officer who led dissident troops in June to capture Bukavu, the capital of the eastern province of South Kivu.
  • NIGERIA-SUDAN: Fresh rebel demands delay signing of humanitarian agreement IRIN 02 Sep 2004 -- The signing of an agreement to improve the humanitarian situation in Sudan's troubled Darfur region at peace talks in the Nigerian capital Abuja was stalled on Thursday after rebel delegates tabled fresh demands.
  • Sudan: Government, Darfur rebel groups agree to protocol on humanitarian situation UN News Centre 02 Sep 2004 -- The Sudanese Government and Darfur's two rebel groups have reached agreement on a draft protocol to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in the war-torn region.
  • UN envoy says Sudan has failed to disarm militias and stop attacks in Darfur UN News Centre 02 Sep 2004 -- The Sudanese Government has not disarmed the notorious Janjaweed militias nor stopped their brutal attacks against civilians in the war-torn Darfur region, the senior UN envoy to Sudan told the Security Council today in a meeting assessing what steps Khartoum has taken to restore security to Darfur.
  • SUDAN/DARFUR VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- The World Food Program says it has stopped distributing food in an area within the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan where three of its staff members and three more from another relief agency were abducted last weekend. The World Food Program says it has prohibited its people to go to the region until security there can be guaranteed.
  • SYRIA / LEBANON VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- The Lebanese parliament is set to vote Friday on a constitutional amendment to allow President Emile Lahoud to stay in power for another three years, as is being demanded by Syria. But the U.N. Security Council is to vote (has voted) on a resolution demanding Lebanon's sovereignty be respected by Syria, which has dominated Lebanon politics since intervening during Lebanon's civil war in 1976.
  • DRC: Disarmament programme launched in Ituri IRIN 02 Sep 2004 -- A programme involving the disarmament of some 15,000 ex-combatants in Ituri District, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and their reintegration into civilian life was officially launched on Wednesday in Bunia, the main town in the area.
  • RUSSIA / SCHOOL SIEGE VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- Russian officials say there has been no progress in talks with militants holding over 300 people hostage inside a school in the region of North Ossetia near war-torn Chechnya. President Vladimir Putin has postponed a trip to Turkey to deal with the crisis.

  • JAPAN/RUSSIA/ISLANDS VOA 02 Sep 2004 -- In a move that Moscow has criticized, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has sailed close to Russian-held islands that Japan claims as its own.

News Reports

  • Raytheon Selected for NASA Project Constellation Engineering Study Team Raytheon 02 Sep 2004 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been selected by NASA to participate in a six-month study team to define various system requirements and design the architecture for the agency's Project Constellation Moon-to-Mars program. Raytheon, led by engineers at its Missile Systems business, received a nearly $1 million contract for the Concept Exploration and Refinement (CER) work, which could extend beyond the initial six-month award period.



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