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October 2001 News

1. NEW NRO BIRD THOUGHT TO AID U.S. AFGHAN EFFORT GLOBAL POSITIONING & NAVIGATION NEWS October 31, 2001 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, explains, "The GPS processor is one part of the navigation system. It provides data about the location of the satellite and then allows the satellite to point at its target using the given GPS data."
2. Big questions revolve around cluster bombs' little leftovers By SCOTT CANON The Kansas City Star October 30, 2001 - "You wouldn't want to drop one where troops are mixed among civilians," said Tim Brown, an analyst at defense consultant Globalsecurity.org. "But if you've got troops out in the open, it can be the perfect weapon."
3. Osama here or there? The Straits Times (Singapore) October 30, 2001 - The notion that we can find Bin Laden's "fortress of solitude' and that all 5,000 of his henchmen are going to be down there among the stalactites, it's just ridiculous," said Mr John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a US-based defence policy research firm.
4. Reckless.gov By Ben Wheeler Columbia Daily Spectator October 30, 2001 Censorship can also be pointless. When John Pike of globalsecurity.org was asked to pull old military data from his sites, he looked at the information and decided the request was mere paranoia.
5. Technology alone may not find bin Laden's cave by Al Grillo Associated Press October 30, 2001 -- Afghanistan should be well-covered by spy satellites given its Cold War history, particularly after the Soviet invasion in 1979, said Tim Brown, senior associate at GlobalSecurity.org, a security issues think-tank.
6. Is U.S. losing the battle? By Linda Diebel Toronto Star October 30, 2001 -- "It's unclear who's in charge," said Pike, of the three players in the military war against terrorism. Muddying the waters, is the third player, the CIA's Directorate of Operations, which covers clandestine operations and was at the helm of Afghan leader Abdul Haq's doomed foray into Afghanistan last week.
7. Usa: la Boeing piange sulla sconfitta e spera nei subappalti By HM SDA - Servizio di base in Italiano October 29, 2001 -- L'aereo della Boeing sarebbe stato penalizzato soprattutto dalla grossa presa d'aria posta sotto la cabina di guida. "Il design del caccia della Boeing e' decisamente brutto. - ha commentato John Pike, analista per GlobalSecurity.org - Quella presa d'aria e' orribile, lo fa sembrare un pellicano".
8. SATELLITES TO AID IN MISSILE DISCRIMINATION AND EARLY WARNING SATELLITE WEEK October 29, 2001 - SBIRS-High, future replacement for early warning DSP satellites, uses midwave and short-wave infrared to track hot objects such as missile plumes, said John Pike, one of nation's leading experts on defense and head of Globalsecurity.org.
9. The New Rules Of Engagement Time November 5, 2001 - Sources: AP, Department of Defense, GlobalSecurity.org, United Nations
10. SEARCH AND DESTROY Time October 29, 2001 - Sources: AP, Department of Defense, Center for Afghanistan Studies, GlobalSecurity.org, United Nations.
11. Investors strike Boeing after lost jet deal By David Williams Agence France Presse October 29, 2001 - "One could very easily imagine the JSF program getting substantially truncated because UCAVs (unmanned combat aerial vehicles) turn out to be able to do everything JSF can," Pike said.
12. Lockheed fighter jet takes $200B prize By Byron Acohido USA Today October 29, 2001 - "The Boeing design is flat ugly," says John Pike, defense analyst at GlobalSecurity.org. "That intake is hideous. It looks like a pelican."
13. Unmanned craft gain appeal By Byron Acohido USA Today October 29, 2001 - "UAVs provide new capabilities that don't fit neatly in existing organizational charts of military units," says John Pike, military specialist at GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria, Va.-based think tank.
14. Space Leaders Look to Future Despite Uncertain Times By Leonard David Space.Com October 29, 2001 - John Pike, Director of Global Security, said he senses a continuing lack of interest in NASA by the Bush White House. "Before the attacks, NASA and its programs were on the back burner, and now they are not even on the stove," Pike stressed.
15. Why they can't find bin Laden By Tony Allen-Mills Sunday Times (London) October 28, 2001 - "On a purely technological level, the U.S. military is prepared to find and destroy these caves," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington defence policy research firm.
16. The De Facto "Shutter Control" NPR - On the Media October 27, 2001 - Joining us is John Pike, founder of GlobalSecurity.com, a non-profit group that among other things helps media analyze satellite images.
17. BOGGED DOWN'? MAYBE WE SHOULD BE By Niles Lathem The New York Post October 27, 2001 - "If we had gotten bin Laden on Day 2 of the bombing, Pakistan and other allies would have pressured us to go home, and we wouldn't have accomplished our objective of defeating the terrorist network and the government that supported it," said Tim Brown, with the defense think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
18. The heat is on By Jeff Hecht New Scientist October 27, 2001 - John Pike of think tank Globalsecurity.org fears that the beam power needed to scare people may be too close to the level that would injure them.
19. Lockheed wins jet deal By Christopher Boyd Orlando Sentinel October 27, 2001 - Analysts say that Boeing's design was novel, while Lockheed has a more conventional design that borrows heavily from the F-22. GlobalSecurity.org's Pike said Boeing's focus on creating a unique aircraft resulted in an unusual-looking prototype. He quipped that the appearance might have been its biggest drawback during the military's review. "The Boeing plane was hard to look at," Pike said.
20. Boeing's pilotless fighter could make JSF obsolete The Seattle Times October 26, 2001 - "One could very easily imagine the JSF program getting substantially truncated because UCAVs turn out to be able to do everything JSF can," said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C.
21. Anti-Terror Laws Expand Police Powers By James Gordon Meek Daily Journal [Los Angeles] October 26, 2001 - The problem with this war is that there is no conceivable end in sight, said intelligence analyst John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org.
22. Censorship Military buys up images Editorial The Charleston Gazette October 26, 2001 - There is no excuse for spending millions of taxpayer dollars to hide the results of U.S. military actions from those very same taxpayers. "If they had imposed shutter control, it is entirely possible that news organizations could have filed a lawsuit against the government arguing prior restraint censorship," said John Pike in the Guardian.
23. Rumsfeld: bin Laden Hard to Catch By Sally Buzbee Associated Press October 26, 2001 - "It's a problem of timing," said John Pike, a defense analyst at GlobalSecurity.org in Washington. "How are we going to know when we win?"
24. Pentagon Makes Rush Order For Anti-Terror Technology By Greg Schneider Washington Post October 26, 2001 - "This is exactly where [the U.S. military] is going to try to spend more money," said John Pike, a military analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, a nonpartisan think tank. "For the most part, these are small gadgets that you don't have to have a Boeing or Lockheed Martin to build or develop."
25. U.S. Forces Set To Battle 'Myth' Of Cave Dwellers By Esther Schrader Los Angeles Times October 26, 2001 - "On a purely technological level, the U.S. military is prepared to find and destroy these caves," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense policy research firm in Alexandria, Va. "But the notion that we can find Bin Laden's 'fortress of solitude' and that all 5,000 of his henchmen are going to be down there among the stalactites, you know, it's just ridiculous. The caves are going to be just one of many, many places these people could be."
26. Suppression Stifles Some Sites By Julia Scheeres wired.com October 25, 2001 - "They're basically trying to create a third category of information -- classified, unclassified and information that might help terrorists," said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, a policy research organization.
27. It's the Cars, Not the Tires, That Squeal By JEFFREY SELINGO The New York Times October 25, 2001 - When activated, the driver's location is determined based on the vehicle's distance from a series of satellites, said John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense and space policy group. "Regular G.P.S. is no more capable of telling people where you are than your car radio is," Mr. Pike said. "They're both passive instruments."
28. US commandos armed like 'Inspector Gadgets' By Brad Knickerbocker The Christian Science Monitor October 25, 2001 - "It is much easier to describe how this stuff is supposed to work than it is to predict how it will work," says Mr. Pike. "Does it mean we're going to win the war? I don't know." In some ways, in fact, the war in Afghanistan could resemble the last major use of Special Forces by the United States - in Vietnam. "It's going to look a lot like hunting for Charlie, hunting for the Viet Cong," says Pike.
29. Access Denied By Lou Dolinar Newsday (New York, NY) October 24, 2001 - GlobalSecurity has, on its Web site, stunning photos of terrorist camps in Afghanistan that were taken before the current crises erupted, but Brown is frustrated he can't get updates of the shots since the United States started its bombing campaign.
30. Pentagon: Taliban practicing old war game of deceive and deny By Carl Weiser Gannett News Service October 24, 2001 - "That Taliban are doing very rudimentary efforts to fabricate evidence and to exaggerate claims and to exploit U.S. mistakes in the bombing campaign for propaganda purposes," said Tim Brown, a senior associate at Globalsecurity.org, a defense think tank.
31. Winter Could Stall Afghan Rebel Drive on Key Cities By Joseph Fitchett The International Herald Tribune October 24, 2001 - A tempting option now for Washington, Mr. Pike said, would be moves by U.S. forces to seize and operate one or two airfields in Afghanistan, perhaps starting with Bagram, near Kabul.
32. Bombs Hit Civilian Areas of Afghan Cities, U.S. Says By ESTHER SCHRADER Los Angeles Times October 24, 2001 - "It is a sensitive issue because of the question about whether this is a war against terrorism or whether this is a war on the Afghan people and a war on Islam," said John Pike, an analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, a defense policy research firm in Alexandria, Va. "When you hit the right target, it's a war on terrorism, and when you hit the wrong target, it's a war on Islam."
33. High-Tech U.S. Bombs Are Precise but Not Perfect By PAUL RICHTER, PETER PAE Los Angeles Times October 24, 2001 - "In the real world, this stuff works fairly well most of the time, but not perfectly well all of the time," said John Pike, a defense analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, a research organization in Virginia.
34. Capture of Kabul Key to U.S. Bombing Stop-Experts By Tabassum Zakaria Reuters October 23, 2001 - U.S. special forces will be key to finding and disposing of al Qaeda and Taliban leaders, and if they found bin Laden he would more likely end up dead than alive, analysts said. ``I don't have the sense that there is a great deal of appetite for putting bin laden on trial,'' John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, said.
35. Taliban parade helicopter trophy By Julian Borger The Guardian (London) October 23, 2001 - John Pike, a military analyst at the private intelligence company, GlobalSecurity.org, said "The Pentagon's denials, in the absence of casualties, can't necessarily be taken at face value."
36. War Details Remain Secret for Years By Sally Buzbee The Associated Press October 23, 2001 - "If they catch someone on the most-wanted terrorist list, they might eventually acknowledge that," said John Pike, a military and intelligence analyst in Washington. "But not quickly. Anybody they'll catch, they're going to want to interrogate first" in secret, to help catch others.
37. Dim Intelligence; What Did We Get for All That Money? By Robert Dreyfuss The American Prospect October 22, 2001 - "Given that we're already hearing why this attack demonstrates why we need missile defense, I assume we're going to spend even more money on a list of things that have nothing to do with what happened," Pike says.
38. First Internet-Age Conflict CNN WOLF BLITZER REPORTS October 22, 2001 - CHEN: A lot of us have turned into news junkies by what happened on September 11, and since that time.... One that I particularly liked is globalsecurity.org.
39. Keen eyes in the skies By Bruce V. Bigelow Copley News Service October 22, 2001 -- "Big Safari is not one of the Pentagon's black programs," said defense analyst John Pike, referring to the military's most-secretive projects. "But it is a dark shade of gray."
40. CENSORS EYE ONLINE WAR TACTICS By Bill Hoffmann The New York Post October 21, 2001 - There are extensive on-line sources for those seeking additional information on the war against terrorism. One popular site is www.stratfor.com, which offers access to military analysis from 40 experts around the globe. Another Web site, www.globalsecurity.org, contains photos of military bases, rebel camps and secret installations taken from remote commercial satellites.
41. America gets its boots dirty in special forces raid By Tony Allen-Mills Sunday Times (London) October 21, 2001 - Some Washington experts worried last week that the lack of perceptible progress in the hunt for Bin Laden may prove the prelude to a long and unrewarding struggle. "I'm pretty sure they haven't thought this through," said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a respected defence think tank.
42. IS THIS THE US'S NEW VIETNAM? Sunday Mail October 21, 2001 - WASHINGTON-based think-tank GlobalSecurity.org says the US and UK forces should prepare for a long fight. Leading member John Pike said: "US and British troops face what is called mission creep - short-term operations that drag out year after year.
43. 2 Countries To Aid U.S. With Planes For Spying By Joseph Fitchett International Herald Tribune October 20, 2001 - "If they had imposed shutter control, it is entirely possible that news organizations would have filed a lawsuit against the government, arguing prior restraint censorship," according to John Pike, head of Global-security.com. "Prior restraint," meaning advance censorship, challenges the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment guarantees of a free press and free speech.
44. When the state turns assassin By Alex Roslin The Gazette (Montreal) October 20, 2001 - Pike said assassinations send a dubious message: "Assassination is not normally considered a state policy of democracies. It's normally considered a policy of terrorist states and dictatorships."
45. WAR TO TEST WHETHER MILITARY IS SPREAD TOO THIN By Jerry Zremski The Buffalo News October 19, 2001 - "There are certain specific systems with very specific problems," said John Pike, who heads GlobalSecurity.org, a defense think tank. "How much of a problem it would be may be difficult to predict."
46. Terrorism changes the face of Washington By Mike Soraghan The Denver Post October 19, 2001 - 'Everybody has talked about globalization and how the rest of the world is becoming like America,' said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a national security analysis firm. 'There's also ways in which globalization harms America, and we become more like the rest of the world.'
47. READY, AIM, DOWNLOAD! By Christopher Boyd THE ORLANDO SENTINEL October 19, 2001 - "The military has benefited greatly from the information revolution of the past decade, and it is able to use that technology in combat," said John Pike, co-founder and defense analyst with the GlobalSecurity.org think tank.
48. Rumsfeld Sees Limited Gains From Raids By Greg Jaffe and Chip Cummins Wall Street Journal October 19, 2001 - "I think it could go on at this rate, certainly, to the end of the month," said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org1, an independent defense think tank. "I think that people may have underestimated how many targets there were in Afghanistan," he said.
49. Even smart bombs miss their mark sometimes BY DAVID TARRANT The Dallas Morning News October 18, 2001 - Bad intelligence was the likely problem in the bombing of the Red Cross warehouse, said John Pike, a defense analyst with the Alexandria, Va., think tank GlobalSecurity.org. In the case of the bomb that missed its target by a mile, it's possible that at some point the wrong global positioning coordinates were programmed into the bomb, Mr. Pike said.
50. Military Campaign Update PBS Newshour October 18, 2001 - JOHN PIKE: That's the part of the war that's that will not be televised. And I think it's difficult to imagine that the U.S. doesn't already have Special Operations Forces on the ground. If you look at all of the reporters that have managed to get into Afghanistan, it's hard to imagine that the Army and other units are not there already.
51. Pixels By Kevin Hunt The Hartford Courant Oct. 18, 2001 - Gather your own intelligence on Afghanistan at GlobalSecurity.org, a defense analyst firm in Alexandria, Va., that posts military bases, rebel camps and even troop movements on its website.
52. Beefing up security at America's dams and reservoirs National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition (11:00 AM AM ET) Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001 - Mr. TIM BROWN (Senior Analyst, Globalsecurity.org): The entire economy in the Southwest is dependent upon the electricity and the irrigation that the dams afford. And the loss of any or all of the dams along the Colorado River Basin would cripple the economy of the Southwest for years to come, and could have potentially significant effects on the US economy in the long run.
53. Afghan winter and its impact on US military campaign National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition (11:00 AM AM ET) Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001 - Mr. JOHN PIKE (GlobalSecurity.org): Looks like they can expect about 50 percent cloud cover over the course of the winter, which means half the time American reconnaissance satellites will be able to spot the Taliban on the move; the other half of the time, they'd be able to hide under cloud cover, just as the Iraqi Scud missile launchers were able to hide under cloud cover during the Gulf War.
54. Two scenarios for the next 12 months By Emily Yoffe and Scott Shuger Slate.com Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001 - Are there more attacks on the United States? Try these possibilities: a series of suicide bombings at fast food restaurants and malls. While there have been congressional hearings about the safety of the water supply, observes John Pike of globalsecurity.org, "Have they had any hearings about food court security?"
55. Goldin, NASA's longest-serving administrator, announces resignation By Brett Davis Aerospace Daily October 18, 2001 - "He inherited a Cold War agency with no Cold War," said NASA observer John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, who said Goldin is NASA's greatest administrator. "[NASA] is in much better shape than it could have been."
56. Longest-Serving NASA Chief to Quit BY JUBE SHIVER Jr. Los Angeles Times October 18, 2001 - "He was a great administrator and worked to establish a post-Cold War role for NASA in terms of cooperating with the Russians and developing better relations with the commercial space sector," said John Pike, a space and defense analyst with Globalsecurity.org., a research group based in suburban Washington, D.C.
57. Russia Closing 2 Major Posts for Snooping, One in Cuba By MICHAEL WINES The New York Times October 18, 2001 - "Moscow's no longer running a superpower," John Pike, an American intelligence analyst who directs the Virginia-based research group GlobalSecurity.org, said in an interview today. "I think that basically, they're just trying to tidy up the map a bit."
58. Raids intensify; Red Cross hit in error By Jonathan Weisman USA Today October 17, 2001 - Source: U.S. Air Force; GlobalSecurity.org; Associated Press; theaviationzone.com
59. Gunship Use Signals Start Of Attacks On Troops By Joseph Fitchett International Herald Tribune October 17, 2001 - "There's no body count yet, but clearly the attack has shifted to killing Taliban fighters, getting them to move so that they can be spotted and then shot or bombed," according to John Pike, a strategic analyst in Washington.
60. US buys up all satellite war images: report Agence France Presse October 17, 2001 -- "If they had imposed shutter control, it is possible that news organisations would have filed a lawsuit against the government arguing prior restraint censorship," John Pike, of Globalsecurity, a US website which publishes satellite images of military and alleged terrorist facilities around the world, told the Guardian.
61. US buys up all satellite war images By Duncan Campbell The Guardian (London) October 17, 2001 -- "If they had imposed shutter control, it is entirely possible that news organisations would have filed a lawsuit against the government arguing prior restraint censorship," said John Pike, of Globalsecurity, a US website which publishes satellite images of military and alleged terrorist facilities around the world.
62. Devastating gunship targets troops By Julian Borger The Guardian (London) October 17, 2001 -- John Pike, the head of a defence thinktank in Washington, GlobalSecurity.com, said the devastating firepower of the AC-130 was designed to demoralise the enemy. "The idea is to stop the other side fighting. That does require that the ones who are left alive don't have the will to fight any more," he said.
63. U.S. Gunship Offers Awesome Firepower By Paul Richter Los Angeles Times October 17, 2001 - The AC-130 is an effective choice "when you've got to blow up only the enemy's side of the street," said John Pike, a defense analyst at GlobalSecurity.org, a northern Virginia research concern.
64. Angst vor einem Gemetzel in Kabul ERIC CHAUVISTRÉ die tageszeitung October 17, 2001 - Geheimdienstfachmann John Pike von Globalsecurity.org, einem privaten Forschungsinstitut in Washington, verweist darauf, dass das Tempo der Angriffe schon bislang sehr langsam gewesen sei, verglichen mit den Bombardements in Irak und Jugoslawien.
65. Smart Weapons ABC Radio - The Morning Show October 17, 2001 -- Francis talks to Tim Brown, a military analyst with http://www.globalsecurity.org/.
66. Airplanes and missiles being used in Afghanistan ABC News World News Tonight (6:30 PM ET) October 16, 2001 -- Mr. JOHN PIKE (Director, GlobalSecurity.org): American commanders are going to be able to see the enemy. The enemy won't know that the American commanders are watching them.
67. The Next Wave By David Bjerklie and Mark Thompson Time October 22, 2001 - The ground war in Afghanistan, when it begins in earnest, won't look like the one in Iraq or Kuwait. Sources: DOD, GlobalSecurity.org, Federation of American Scientists, SpaceImaging.com, Reuters
68. Eyes in the sky over Taliban are sharpest ever By David Perlman The San Francisco Chronicle October 16, 2001 - Improved high-speed computer connections can instantly flash full-color scenes to battle commanders at sea and on the ground, making satellite images far more useful today than ever before. Technical changes have been "revolutionary," said John Pike, head of a nonprofit space and defense analysis center called GlobalSecurity.org.
69. Online Secrets: Internet Could Reveal Sensitive Information to Enemies ABC News.com October 15, 2001 -- "By taking information offline, we're basically making the American public less informed: less informed about how their money is being spent, less informed about environmental hazards in their communities. The terrorists are winning by making information less available," said John Pike of Globalsecurity.org, a watchdog organization focusing on national security policy.
70. U.S. USES SATELLITE CONSTELLATION TO GUIDE MISSILES IN CURRENT WAR EFFORT SATELLITE WEEK October 15, 2001 -- NASA's Feb. 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) made possible use of Global Positioning Satellite (GPS)- guided missiles in U.S. military effort against Afghanistan, said spokesman for Globalsecurity.org, defense research organization. "This is a wonderful technology... Without the elevation data, the [GPS-guided] bomb would be useless."
71. Anger takes Americans by surprise By Rick Montgomery The Kansas City Star October 15, 2001 -- "Not only are we, in the eyes of some, the Great Satan, but this Satan lives longer than people in the Third World. Our babies do not die at birth. We're enjoying a lifestyle closer to angels than to animals," Pike said.
72. Smoking him out By Margarette Driscoll, Michael Prescott and Tony Allen-Mills Sunday Times (London) October 14, 2001 -- With advanced night-fighting equipment, high-tech body armour and near-silent "whisper" microphones, the US commandos will dig in by day, probing the terrain after dark. "This is going to be a bunch of guys in black helicopters, flying around at night, jumping off and shooting people," predicted John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defence research group.
73. Veterans see tough job ahead for U.S. special ops By Keay Davidson The San Francisco Chronicle October 14, 2001 -- Some of the special ops' schemes show a malicious ingenuity. Tim Brown of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense think tank near Washington, D.C., says that during the Vietnam War special ops teams sneaked into enemy warehouses and sabotaged weapons. The result: The weapons exploded during use.
74. New Munitions Can Hit Hiding Places By Lou Dolinar Newsday (New York, NY) October 14, 2001 - "It's a lot safer and more efficient for the people on the ground," said Tim Brown, an analyst at GlobalSecurity.org. "If they see a tunnel entrance and bin Laden's head pops out, or there's way too many bodyguards, they can get a bearing with laser designator, upload its GPS coordinates digitally to headquarters and leave."
75. US has done the easy part in Afghanistan By Jean-Michel Stoullig Agence France Presse October 14, 2001 - The think tank Globalsecurity.org said US planes flew 90 to 95 sorties in the first four days of the strikes, or 10 times fewer than at the beginning of the war in Kosovo in 1999 and 50 times fewer than during the Gulf War in 1991.
76. WINTER CAN FREEZE OUT TERROR CHIEFS Sunday Mail October 14, 2001 - John Pike, of Washington-based GlobalSecurity.org, says winter will impede the Taliban and al-Qaeda and, along with sensors that home in on body heat, turn the mission in favour of the Allies.
77. IT'S BUSH'S WAR - BUT BLAIR IS THE BRAINS By Christopher Anderson MAIL ON SUNDAY October 14, 2001 - One fear is that Bin Laden is not in a remote cave. What if he is hiding in Kabul? Defence analyst John Pike said: 'This would turn into door-to-door combat. There are 10,000 houses.' He adds: 'It's like looking for hay in a haystack.'
78. New war perfect fit for Special Forces By Bill Torpy The Atlanta Journal and Constitution October 14, 2001 - "The activities they are engaged in are allergic to the light of day," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense policy organization. "To advertise we have the best kidnapping operation in human history --- no purpose would be served by bragging about that fact."
79. Special ops: high-tech equipment, methodical tactics By Peter Mackler Agence France Presse October 14, 2001 - John Pike, director of the GlobalSecurity.org think tank based outside of Washington, added: "You grab an informant to get to another and you work your way up the food chain. Of course, this is easier said than done."
80. AIR FORCE'S B-2S GO TO WAR. SOME ASK: OVERKILL? By DALE EISMAN The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) October 13, 2001 -- The B-2's use "is simply a demonstration of unique American technological capabilities," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org and a veteran military analyst. "It's essentially unrelated to the actual operational requirement."
81. Experts Say Photos Are Misleading By Edmund Sanders Los Angeles Times October 13, 2001 -- Tim Brown, a senior analyst at GlobalSecurity.org, said a closer look at the photographs reveals that the fighters were probably Korean War-era MIG-15s, MIG-17s or MIG-19s, not the newer MIG-21s and MIG-23s that Taliban forces reportedly have.
82. NASA is getting ready to sell off some of the family silver By Eugenie Samuel New Scientist October 13, 2001 - Some critics are alarmed at the idea of NASA privatising the shuttle even further. "NASA may already have gone too far in reducing oversight of the shuttle and their ability to look after it," says John Pike, director of Global Security, a think-tank based in Alexandria, Virginia.
83. Researchers Ready New High-Tech Weapons By Kevin Coughlin Newhouse News Service October 12, 2001 - High-tech reconnaissance should help U.S. commandos strike with surgical precision, said analyst John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org.
84. Boeing announces first wave of layoffs Marketplace (6:30 PM ET) October 12, 2001 - Mr. JOHN PIKE (GlobalSecurity.org): The cutback in air travel and orders for passenger planes was quite immediate, whereas any increase in the Defense budget is something that Boeing wouldn't benefit from for some time to come.
85. Fight to the Finish By Richard J. Newman; Mark Mazzetti; Kevin Whitelaw U.S. News & World Report October 12, 2001 - Sources: Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, GlobalSecurity.org, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Mountain High Maps
86. Cave Detection an Inexact Science By Matthew Fordahl Associated Press October 12, 2001 - Afghanistan should be well-covered by spy satellites given its Cold War history, particularly after the Soviet invasion in 1979, said Tim Brown, senior associate at GlobalSecurity.org, a security issues think-tank.
87. DOD locks up commercial satellite pix By PAMELA HESS United Press International October 12, 2001 - It is an effective way of restricting the imagery and circumventing a lawsuit from news outlets, charges John Pike, president of Global Security.org, an independent military and national security think tank.
88. GOVERNMENT UNLIKELY TO BAN COMMERCIAL SPACE IMAGERY SALES Hampton Stephens Defense Information and Electronics Report October 12, 2001 -- It appears less likely at this moment than I would've thought a month ago, said John Pike, founder of the defense think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
89. America Strikes Back: Look at Military Air Hardware, Training Cable News Network October 12, 2001 Friday 9:09 AM - O'BRIEN: We are going to move to the Web once again and take a look at some images from our friends at globalsecurity.org. These are some imaging that were taken well before any bombs fell onto areas linked to the Taliban or Osama bin Laden, and they give you, if you know what you are looking for, a very clear idea of what's going on on the ground, don't they?
90. US hesitates to smooth opposition drive towards Kabul By Peter Mackler Agence France Presse October 12, 2001 -- John Pike, director of the Virginia-based group GlobalSecurity.org, agreed. "There are fears that a Northern Alliance seizure (of Kabul) might produce a politically unstable outcome," he said.
91. CAN HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIND BIN LADEN? By Owen Dyer The Independent (London) October 12, 2001 -- American military intelligence was designed to meet a Russian threat. Soviet society was almost impenetrable to human spies, so the US came to rely increasingly on electronic and satellite surveillance. "The Russians were ideal targets for overhead intelligence-gathering," says John Pike, a satellite expert and director of the Washington think tank, GlobalSecurity.org. "They built huge installations, and they loved to talk on the radio."
92. La preocupación por la seguridad lleva a los EE UU a retirar información de la Red By Ana Pantaleoni El Pais October 11, 2001 -- Otra de las páginas muy visitadas en las últimas semanas es la de Globalsecurity.org. Recoge las imágenes captadas por satélites espías de los campamentos del multimillonario saudí Osama Bin Laden.
93. White House asks media to limit reporting of al-Qaida statements By Mike Madden Gannett News Service October 11, 2001 -- "By that logic, there is no morsel of information that is too small to be of possible use to terrorists, in which case we should shut down the Internet, shut down television, stop printing newspapers, burn down the libraries and rip out everybody's tongue," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org.
94. Bird's-Eye Views, Made to Order By BARNABY J. FEDER The New York Times October 11, 2001 - The companies' operating licenses allow the government to put any area off limits in the interests of national security. That policy has not been invoked, Mr. Pike said, because no new customers could obtain images from the companies quickly enough to compromise the military operations in Central Asia.
95. Secrecy foe joins US move to scrub data on Web By Jim Wolf Reuters October 11, 2001 -- John Pike, a former Federation of American Scientists policy analyst who left to start GlobalSecurity.org -- a defense, space and intelligence policy group -- scoffed at the idea of scrubbing any information from the public domain.
96. FIGHTING TERRORISM THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN By Michael Kranish and Bryan Bender The Boston Globe October 11, 2001 - Defense analyst John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, said there is "considerable uncertainty" about future targets. Pike said one concern is that bin Laden may not be in a cave but that he and his supporters may be in urbanized areas.
97. Next Stage: Special Ops By Dave Moniz, Andrea Stone and Kirk Spitzer USA Today October 11, 2001 - "This is going to be a bunch of guys in black helicopters, flying around at night, jumping off and shooting people," says John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.Org, a defense research group.
98. Keen eyes in the skies By Bruce V. Bigelow The San Diego Union-Tribune October 10, 2001 - "Big Safari is not one of the Pentagon's black programs," said defense analyst John Pike, referring to the military's most-secretive projects. "But it is a dark shade of gray."
99. Spy in the sky tracks targets By Ken Guggenheim Courier Mail October 10, 2001 - "They are not going to conduct any operations without using satellite imagery to understand where every house and hill is in the area," said John Pike, a military specialist.
100. Spies in sky guide strikes By Keay Davidson The San Francisco Chronicle October 10, 2001 -- Sources: Department of Defense; General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.; John Pike, GlobalSecurity.org;
101. Experts: 'Psyops' Key Front in Battle By Lou Dolinar Newsday (New York, NY) October 10, 2001 -- Tim Brown, an analyst with GlobalSecurity.org., Nash and other experts say that a successful psyops campaign could rapidly win the bulk of the population to the U.S. cause. "The doctrine is that if you're right, delivering the message is easier," Brown said. "We're right."
102. Intelligence assets come into play as US forces search for targets By Jim Mannion Agence France Presse October 10, 2001 -- "Basically the strategy is to create dilemmas for the adversary," said Pike. "The dilemma is if they do talk on the radio they die, if they don't talk on the radio they are uncoordinated and disorganized."
103. All the Original News That's Fit to Surf By Lou Dolinar Newsday (New York, NY) October 10, 2001 -- A relative newcomer to the Web is GlobalSecurity.org, a three-man think tank founded by the oft-quoted John Pike. Pike is one of those rarities, a man of the left who is genuinely interested and informed in the technologies of killing people and breaking things.
104. Satellites Play Crucial Roles in Air and Ground Battles By Robert Roy Britt SPACE.com October 9, 2001 - John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, estimates the total number of orbiting spacecraft that support military activity directly or indirectly approaches 100.
105. Firepower and Food Time October 15, 2001 - Sources: U.S. Air Force, United Nations, Associated Press, Reuters, Jane's Information Group, Trouble Spots: The World Atlas of Strategic Information, GlobalSecurity.org, U.S. Department of Defense
106. Guided By the Stars: U.S. Uses New Precision Bomb Guided by Satellites ABCNews.com October 9, 2001--JDAMs don't require the bomber crew to locate the target. "Soon as you drop the bomb, there's no more involvement on the part of the flight crew," said Brown.
107. "Smart" and "dumb" bombs used against Afghanistan By Jean-Michel Stoulling Agence France Presse October 9, 2001 - "The main difference with Kosovo is that JDAM and JSOW were used by few airplanes back then whereas both are available in abundance today and can be dropped from many airplanes," said John Pike. Pike, military expert from Globalsecurity.org, said new technology significantly reduced the risks caused by weather and altitude.
108. Few Civilian Casualties Expected By Earl Lane Newsday (New York, NY) October 9, 2001 -- While he does not anticipate many civilian deaths from the current air strikes, John Pike, director of the nonprofit GlobalSecurity.org, said that could change as the focus shifts to air support in areas where it may be hard to discriminate between groups of refugees and bands of militia. "You start getting back to the Vietnam-era problem of figuring out who the Viet Cong are," Pike said. "That's what I'm worried about."
109. U.S. knows hiding places By Scott Shane The Baltimore Sun October 9, 2001 -- "People are about at the limit of their resolution," said John Pike, an intelligence expert at GlobalSecurity.org. But because the satellites pass every few hours over target areas, "you can tell the difference between rocks that don't move and people that do."
110. The world at your feet Courier Mail October 9, 2001, Tuesday - One site, GlobalSecurity.org (www.globalsecurity.org) displays pictures of military bases, rebel camps, and other secret areas captured by Ikonos. But it should be said that US Government spy satellites are believed to have imaging capability much better than Ikonos.
111. Bigger role for pilotless drone craft BY MIKE TONER The Atlanta Journal and Constitution October 9, 2001 - Sources: Department of Defense; General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.; John Pike, GlobalSecurity.org
112. Spy planes, satellites aid military planning By KEN GUGGENHEIM The Associated Press October 9, 2001 -- "They are not going to conduct any operations without using satellite imagery to understand where every house and hill is in the area," said John Pike, a military specialist with GlobalSecurity.org, a think tank in Alexandria, Va.
113. Bin Laden's terrorist training combines math, missiles BY JOHN J. LUMPKIN The Associated Press October 9, 2001 -- Some camps focus on specific kinds of training. Courses last from a few weeks to a few months. "Think of Boy Scout camp with automatic weapons," said John Pike, a military and intelligence analyst with GlobalSecurity.Org.
114. New devices offer promise in air war By Fred Kaplan Boston Globe October 9, 2001 - ''The GPS receiver tells the bomb the coordinates of where it is, where it's going, and where it needs to go,'' explained John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org. ''This means, unlike laser-guided bombs, it finds the target in all weather, regardless of smoke or dust or clouds.''
115. MILITARY ASSESSMENT PBS News Hour October 8, 2001 -- JOHN PIKE: This is a remarkably restrained, limited air campaign compared to the beginning of the Kosovo air war three years ago or Desert Storm, the Gulf War a decade ago. You're looking at a small fraction of the number of aircraft being launched, a small fraction of the number of targets being hit. Those wars started out 10, 20 times larger than this.
116. FLORIDA TAKES MAJOR ROLE IN WAR EFFORT By Richard Burnett THE ORLANDO SENTINEL October 8, 2001 - The U.S. weapons systems have improved significantly even since the Kosovo action several years ago, said John Pike, a defense analyst and founder of GlobalSecurity.org, a think tank based in Washington. "The big change from Kosovo is the abundant availability of satellite-guided precision weapons, which are unaffected by weather," he said.
117. New homeland security chief faces daunting task BY ROB LEVER Agence France Presse October 8, 2001 "Other White House czars who have had similar responsibilities have found that if you don't control the budget you don't have much control," said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a national security think tank.
118. War On Terrorism Could Clog Military's Space Airwaves By Robert Roy Britt Space.com October 8, 2001 -- In all, nearly 100 satellites contribute directly or indirectly to operation Enduring Freedom, said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org.
119. Missions carried out by special operations Dateline NBC (7:00 PM ET) October 8, 2001 -- John Pike is director of globalsecurity.org, a Washington think tank that studies military issues. Mr. PIKE: "Special Operations Forces have been called on in a lot of other wars in the past, during World War II, during Vietnam, Desert Storm, Somalia. This is going to be the first time they're operating largely on their own."
120. B-2s based in Missouri join assault BY SCOTT CANON The Kansas City Star October 8, 2001 -- "What we're running into now is practicalities," said Tim Brown, a analyst for defense consulting firm Globalsecurity.org. "Flying from Missouri and back was really great for a one-time thing to show what you can do. But you can't really fight a war that way. You can't get enough flights in."
121. Security Chief Must Battle Bureaucracy By Richard Ssimon and Charles Piller Los Angeles Times October 8, 2001 - "What is homeland defense? Everyone's in favor of it, but how will we recognize it when we have it?" asked Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a national security think tank in Alexandria, Va. "Where does homeland defense leave off and law enforcement begin?"
122. Intelligence on Targeted Bin Laden Training Sites Sketchy By Walter Pincus and Vernon Loeb Washington Post October 8, 2001 -- The Russians have given the U.N. Security Council a list of 55 facilities used by bin Laden and al Qaeda. Pike's Web site, using open-source information on camps in Afghanistan, has published its own list of 44 sites.
123. Florida takes major role in war effort By Richard Burnett Orlando Sentinel October 8, 2001 -- The U.S. weapons systems have improved significantly even since the Kosovo action several years ago, said John Pike, a defense analyst and founder of GlobalSecurity.org, a think tank based in Washington. "The big change from Kosovo is the abundant availability of satellite-guided precision weapons, which are unaffected by weather," he said.
124. AUFKLAERUNG; Des Adlers Grenzen Focus Magazin October 8, 2001 -- 680 Kilometer ueber der zerfurchten OEdnis jagt der Spaehsatellit Ikonos da -hin. Die scheinbar friedliche Szene zeigt das Trainingslager Al Badr I im Osten von Afghanistan, das, so vermuten USErmittler, den Gefolgsleuten Osama bin Ladens als Ausbildungszentrum dient. Und vielleicht, so heisst es auf den Internet-Seiten von Global Security, die diese Bilder ins Netz stellten (www.globalsecurity.org), horten bin Ladens Schergen in diesen Stollen die Giftstoffe und Biowaffen fuer ihren naechsten Schlag.
125. MILITARY ASSESSMENT The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer October 8, 2001 -- And John Pike, the director of globalsecurity.org, a non-partisan think tank in Washington.
126. US Terrorist Threat ABC Radio National Breakfast 8:05am October 8, 2001 -- But is America ready for any follow-up terrorist attack? Can it keep its leaders safe? Vince Cannistrano, former CIA counter-terrorism chief, spoke to us. So too did John Pike, director of Global Security-dot-org, a defence and intelligence policy organisation.
127. U.S. Launches Military Strikes Against Targets in Afghanistan PBS NewsHour 7 September 2001 - Defense Department Discusses "Operation Enduring Freedom" RealAudio: Three regional and military experts assess the impact of Day One.
128. Defense industry perks up War on terrorism keeps Colorado contractors busy By Jennifer Beauprez The Denver Post October 7, 2001 - 'There's a psychology to defense spending,' said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a national security analysis firm. 'When a country feels threatened, it makes it easy to increase spending. It's like a kid's comfort blanket. It's an easy way for politicians to make it look like they're doing something.'
129. Target Terrorism CNN Sunday Morning October 7, 2001 -- John Pike is an expert on the use of satellite imagery in intelligence gathering and in military operations.
130. Air Force's humble drone offers a grand vantage point By SCOTT CANON The Kansas City Star October 7, 2001 - "I would just go ahead and get 100 of them for this mission," said Tim Brown, an analyst for the defense consulting firm Globalsecurity.org. "You've got nothing to lose with these things."
131. Watch John Pike, Director, Global Security - C-SPAN's Washington Journal Series Sunday, October 07, 2001
132. Washington insiste: non e' un attentato Il Pentagono potrebbe avere prove audio e video dell'incidente By Ferri Marco La Stampa October 6, 2001 -- Infatti secondo John Pike, direttore del sito specializzato GlobalSecurity.org, gli Stati Uniti hanno un punto d'ascolto satellitare proprio sopra quella zona, che aveva la capacita' di registrare le comunicazioni tra i militari ucraini.
133. How Much Does U.S. Military Know About Afghan Military Targets? Cable News Network October 6, 2001 -- JOHN PIKE, DIRECTOR, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: The Rishkor camp is reportedly the single largest training camp in Afghanistan. It's just south of Kabul.
134. US readying for war NBC News Saturday Today October 6, 2001 - Mr. TIM BROWN (Globalsecurity.org): They can actually get the images downloaded to them on their laptop computers. They can see what's on the other side of the hill, whether there are troops coming up to ambush them.
135. Cyberspies and saboteurs: Hackers on the payroll of U.S. security agencies By ALEX ROSLIN The Gazette (Montreal) October 6, 2001 - The Special Collection Service, based in Beltsville, Md. was set up in the late 1970s to combine the physical penetration skills of the CIA with the technical expertise of the NSA, and is jointly run by both agencies, said Washington, D.C., intelligence analyst John Pike. "It's the black-bag, breaking-and-entering, Mission Impossible-type agency."
136. Air Drops May Use Military Backup By JOHN J. LUMPKIN Associated Press October 6, 2001 - Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo planes would be the best bet to drop in supplies of food, said John Pike, a military specialist with GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria, Va., think tank.
137. Titan Rocket Blasts Off, Carrying Top Secret Cargo Cable News Network 17:20 October 5, 2001 Friday - Satellite pictures help to build an image of potential and possible targets. Take a look at this map. This is one of 15 bases in Afghanistan run by the Taliban and/or Al Qaeda. And the map was constructed using several satellite images, as well as other intelligence. It was done by a group called Globalsecurity.org. John Pike from that organization joins us now.
138. In Mideast, Rumsfeld Makes the Rounds By Howard Schneider and Thomas E. Ricks The Washington Post October 5, 2001 - Part of the aborted attempt in April 1980 to rescue American hostages in Iran was launched from Masirah. The Air Force also has positioned food, equipment and spare parts to supply a force of about 25,000 troops, according to GlobalSecurity.org, a defense consulting firm.
139. The hunt for bin Laden -- Report from Pakistan By Jack Kelley USA Today October 5, 2001 - GRAPHIC Sources: Jane's; GlobalSecurity.org; AP wire reports (MAP).
140. House panel OKs police help for nation's dams By Mike Soraghan The Denver Post October 5, 2001 - 'You can't just crash an airliner into them and they'd fall. The airliner would just bounce off,' said Tim Brown, a senior analyst with Globalsecurity.org. 'It's probably beyond the reach of a five- or six-man cell.'
141. Ports vulnerable to terror By Susan Page USA Today October 5, 2001 -- The United States presents a "target-rich environment" for such groups, analyst John Pike said at a session with USA TODAY on Wednesday. In Washington, museums crowded with tourists, bridges and overpasses that could be leveled with truck bombs, food courts and shopping malls all are difficult to protect, said Pike, director of a non-profit group called GlobalSecurity.org that studies military and intelligence issues.
142. Search for bin Laden extends to Earth orbit By Tim Friend USA Today October 5, 2001 -- Pike says spy agencies have been aware of the vulnerability of the ground stations for 2 decades but have only recently begun to take warnings seriously. "There has been a real disinclination on the part of the intelligence community to take the issue seriously," Pike says. "They think as long they don't put a sign on a building that it will be safe."
143. Tight U.S. Controls Avert Test Accidents; Military, FAA Closely Monitor Airspace By Vernon Loeb and John Mintz The Washington Post October 5, 2001 -- Numerous upgrades have been made on the weapon system since then, and the Soviets and Russians have sold it to several other nations, including Libya, Syria and North Korea, according to John Pike, a missile expert who direct Globalsecurity.org, a defense and intelligence think tank.
144. U.S. intelligence believes Ukrainian surface-to-air missile brought down airliner By JOHN J. LUMPKIN Associated Press October 5, 2001 - John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, said U.S. intelligence also could have monitored the exercise by listening to Ukrainian military communications from a fixed-position satellite that stays above Eurasia.
145. Intrigue Swirls Around NASA Chief Goldin, Possible Successor By Steven Siceloff, FLORIDA TODAY - October 4, 2001 -- "There is a growing perception that Dan is going to be an administrator for life," said John Pike, director of the Alexandria, Va.-based thinktank Globalsecurity.org. "This should have been taken care of in the spring. It's indicative of the unusually low priority that NASA has been accorded. Now it is even further from the front of the stove."
146. SECRETS OF BIN LADEN HIDEOUT By MATTHEW HICKLEY DAILY MAIL (London) October 4, 2001 -- According to Global Security.Org, the Virginia-based think-tank which has released the pictures, the most southerly of the four individual camps which make up the complex is a Taliban base.

     CRACKING THE CODE Tracking bin Laden The U.S. is using high-tech gear - including spy planes and satellites - to find suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden. But the technology isn't perfect and some experts warn that without spies on the ground, these eyes in the sky aren't much help. Sam talks to John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org about the capabilities, and limitations, of the U.S. effort to find bin Laden.

147. Classified NRO satellite to be launched from Vandenberg Associated Press October 3, 2001 - "Conventional wisdom at this point is that it's an advanced KeyHole electro-optical imaging intelligence satellite," said John Pike, director of globalsecurity.org, an Alexandria, Va. think-tank.
148. Newest U.S. Weapons Built to Swiftly Find and DestroyBy PETER PAE Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2001 -- "Even with the best intelligence, it's going to be hard to identify the targets," said John Pike, analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria, Va.-based defense policy think thank. "We're going to have a hard time finding a significant concentration of Al Qaeda combatants to either kill or capture. They'll blend in with the general population."
149. Stingers, Stingers, Who's Got the Stingers? By Ken Silverstein Slate Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001 -- John Pike, a weapons expert and head of GlobalSecurity.org, says the Stinger is not a "superweapon," but military strategists can't ignore it either. "There are newer and better SAMs on the market, but it's adequate to the task at hand," Pike says.
150. Congress expected to boost defense spending Marketplace Morning Report (6:50 AM ET) October 2, 2001 -- JOHN PIKE: I think that Congress is going to wind up spending a lot of money on pork-barrel projects, pet rocks and other things that have nothing to do with terrorism.
151. US electronic surveillance technology comes up short in war on terrorism By JEAN-MICHEL STOULLIG Agence France Presse October 2, 2001 -- "Basically you use satellites to identify a possible training camp, you could use radar on U-2 (spy planes) to see if there are trucks moving around and then you could use Predator (drones) to see if there are any troops moving around," said John Pike, an analyst with the independent research center Globalsecurity.org.
152. RUSSIA OPENS WAY FOR US ATTACK By Stewart Penney Airline Business October 1, 2001 - "In Albania, during the Kosovo conflict, sizeable force protection was needed, which is why the Apache force ballooned in the amount of hardware deployed. I think force protection concerns are going to be even greater in Central Asia and the USA is going to have to look at each airfield to decide a safe perimeter against mortar or MANPAD missile attacks," says John Pike, Global Security analyst.
153. US military moves in place Hardball with Chris Matthews October 1, 2001 Monday - US officials say bin Laden was experimenting with chemical weapons at this training camp outside Jalalabad. (Clip of map, courtesy globalsecurity.org, spaceimaging.com)
154. US prepares for special operations war NBC Nightly News (6:30 PM ET) October 1, 2001 Monday - US officials say bin Laden was experimenting with chemical weapons at this training camp outside Jalalabad, and that he tried to obtain enough uranium to make a small, conventional bomb to spread deadly radiation. (Clip of map, courtesy globalsecurity.org, spaceimaging.com)
155. Military Looks At Surveillance Stockpile And Finds A Dearth By James Dao and Steven Lee Myers New York Times October 1, 2001 -- "Predators provide the most detailed, continuous and up-to-date information," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org a Web-based military and intelligence policy group.
156. Where The War Might Be Defense Week October 1, 2001 -- These pictures, which show objects at a resolution until recently unavailable to the general public, were taken by an Ikonos satellite in 1999 on one of its first test runs, said Tim Brown, senior analyst with GlobalSecurity.org.
157. War on Terror Fox News Network October 1, 2001 Monday (17:32) JOHN PIKE, DIRECTOR, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: If you go back to the classical theorists of guerrilla warfare, Mao Zedong or Che Guevara, the first requirement for a guerrilla campaign is that you have to have a liberated zone that you can operate from. And that's basically what bin Laden and similar groups have obtained in Afghanistan at camps like this one and others.
158. From Smart To Brilliant Weapons By John Carey and Catherine Yang Business Week October 8, 2001 - Now, missiles and bombs get their directions from global positioning satellite systems (GPS), enabling them to reach their targets at any time. "This is going to be a 7-by-24 war," predicts John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org.
159. The Counterterror Arsenal By Stuart F. Brown FORTUNE October 1, 2001 -- A crucial Special Forces mission that is doubtless being planned is to secure Pakistan's nuclear weapons should the current regime crumble under internal pressure from factions sympathetic to the Afghani Taliban."We know where they keep them, in an area enclosed by sort of boxed mountains that give a good security perimeter," says Tim Brown, senior associate at GlobalSecurity.org, a defense-analysis group in Alexandria, Va.
160. Experts cite electromagnetic pulse as terrorist threat Associated Press October 1, 2001 -- "I don't think there has been any significant effort to harden the private sector against electromagnetic pulse," said John Pike, director of globalsecurity.org, a defense and intelligence policy organization based near Washington, D.C.
161. MILITARY SPACE SATELLITE WEEK October 1, 2001 -- John Pike said "satellites are absolutely critical in planning" military strikes in retaliation for terrorist attacks.
162. Will the "Bad Guys" Shoot Down U.S. Satellites? National Defense October 1, 2001 - Pike warned the ground stations that monitor satellites in space are more vulnerable than the satellites. If North Korea's military wanted to send troops to attack those stations, it could easily do so, he said.