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November 2001 News

  1. Not over yet The Economist November 30, 2001 John Pike of Global Security, a Washington defence consultancy, reckons that the Pentagon is preparing to fight on until the spring.
  2. High-Tech Weapons NPR Talk of the Nation November 30, 2001 - Guests: John Pike * Director, Global Security.org * Alexandria, Virginia ; Mike Johnson * (Ret.) Rear Admiral, United States Navy * President, CEO, Recon/ Optical * Barrington, Illinois -- This week, hundreds of marines landed in Afghanistan--the first U.S. ground troops to join a war that is showcasing the latest military technology. From pilotless reconnaissance planes to GPS-guided bombs, in this hour we'll talk about the high-tech weapons being used in Afghanistan.
  3. Decision on StratCom chief part of balancing act By Joe Dejka Omaha World-Herald November 30, 2001 - John Pike, director of Global-Security.org, said Ellis' appointment doesn't mean the administration favors the Navy leg of the Triad over Air force missiles and bombers. "The Navy is not hijacking the U.S. Strategic Command," Pike said.
  4. Made in Manatee: spy cameras by Michael Pollick Sarasota Herald-Tribune November 29, 2001 - "If they are not using this company's products, they are certainly using similar products," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a small Alexandria, Va.-based think tank specializing in such matters.
  5. US search for Al Qaeda goes into the caves By Ann Scott Tyson The Christian Science Monitor November 29, 2001 - In the 1980s, bin Laden was active in acquiring heavy machinery to help make such tunnels, according to John Pike, a military analyst with the firm Global Security in Alexandria, Va.
  6. StratCom's next chief wins praise Swearing-in ceremony By Joe Dejka Omaha World-Herald November 29, 2001 - "He has gotten his ticket punched doing just about everything imaginable," Pike said. "He's had command responsibility in two full-scale wars and several contingency operations. He's been a test pilot and a lobbyist."
  7. Continued campaign by US forces against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in southern Afghanistan NPR Morning Edition November 28, 2001 - Defense analyst John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, says those sophisticated tools will help the military as it tries to track down al-Qaeda leaders. Even so, Pike says US ground forces have a big job ahead of them.
  8. One of Robertson County's own making a difference Marian M. Bibb Robertson County Times November 28, 2001 - John Pike, one of Springfield's own native sons, is realizing the dream he had as a 5-year-old and is now one of the world's leading experts on defense, space, and intelligence policy.
  9. Afghanistan operations shows need for V-22, analysts say By Jefferson Morris Aerospace Daily November 27, 2001 -- Pike does not think the aircraft should be rushed into service overseas. "It's not ready for prime time," he said. "My concern would be that it would be an opportunity to get some people killed, because they've clearly got to get the ring vortex thing a little better under control."
  10. Bin Laden's hiding place may be an intricate cave in Tora Bora, south of Jalalabad NBC Nightly News November 27, 2001 - Mr. JOHN PIKE (Global Security Organization Director): They're so sensitive that they'll be able to pick out the heat coming out of a tunnel entrance, either from a small campfire or possibly even the body heat from a bunch of soldiers in the back of the tunnel.
  11. Is Iraq the Next Target? CNN International Q&A November 27, 2001 - JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: Iraq had a very large chemical-biological-nuclear program during the 1980s, a large missile development program. Much of that, though clearly not all of it, was dismantled by the United Nations inspection system after the Gulf War. Iraq certainly has the financial, industrial, intellectual capacity to rebuild that. They almost certainly have been doing so for the last three years.
  12. Commitment of Marines Gives Key Role to Ground Troops By Joseph Fitchett International Herald Tribune November 27, 2001 - "It probably marks the start of a buildup of U.S. forces in theater from the current low hundreds of troops to thousands in the coming weeks as the campaign gets down to the business of liquidating the Taliban movement, hunting down the terrorists and destroying their hideouts," according to John Pike, a Washington-based analyst.
  13. Administration admits dangerous new situation in Afghanistan fighting By SALLY BUZBEE The Associated Press November 27, 2001 - John Pike, a Washington defense analyst, sees dangers to having a proxy force do the fighting. Any missteps by the northern alliance can leave American troops vulnerable, he said.
  14. Bin Laden Might Be in Jalalabad CNN MORNINGS WITH PAULA ZAHN November 26, 2001 - Let's take a look at some images which we have captured from the globalsecurity.org Web site, its actual satellite imagery taken in 1999.
  15. SENDING IN THE MARINES PBS News Hour November 26, 2001 JOHN PIKE: One of the differences between the Rangers and the Marines though is that the marines are expeditionary. It's a completely self-contained unit that has its own support capabilities so they would be able to provide all of the base security, get everybody fed, make sure that everybody has a place to sleep in the Rangers don't have an organic capability to do.
  16. Hi-Tech Warfare CBC News November 26, 2001 - CBC Newsworld Morning's Mark Kelley talks to John Pike from Globalsecurity.org about the use of high-tech equipment to find Osama bin Laden.
  17. Shuttle will lift off under unprecedented security conditions By Phil Long The Miami Herald November 26, 2001 - "It is right up there with the Liberty Bell, the Air and Space Museum and the Statue of Liberty," Pike said. "It is one of the visible, unique symbols of America's super power."
  18. Whereabouts By Whitney Azoy Bangor Daily News November 24, 2001 - How long can he hide from digital eavesdropping and heat-seeking technology hawked to the Pentagon by defense contractors like GlobalSecurity and Recon/Optical?
  19. End in sight for first phase of US campaign Financial Times (London) November 24, 2001 - In the words of John Pike, US defence analyst, these provided "a level of surveillance on the battlefield that simply was unanticipated by the Taliban, could not have been done by any other country, couldn't even have been done by the US prior to a few years ago".
  20. GHOST PLANES CAN SEE INTO 100 FT CAVES by ANTHONY WALTON Daily Star November 23, 2001 - John Pike - director of GlobalSecurity.org said: "The popular conception is that bin Laden and his 40 thieves are in the bottom of some cavern - and if we can just find the secret cavern, the war will be over. But these guys will be scattered - some in town, some in the hills, others in tunnels."
  21. Pentagon unleashes hi-tech armoury to find Bin Laden By Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian (London) November 23, 2001 - "The popular conception seems to be that bin Laden and his 40 thieves are in the bottom of some deep cavern, and if we can just find the secret cavern, then the war will be over," said John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  22. 'SEE IN THE DARK' SENSORS IN HUNT FOR BIN LADEN From Hugh Dougherty Press Association November 22, 2001 - John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, said "these guys are undoubtedly scattered all over the place - some in town, some up in the hills, some in house, others in tunnels."
  23. U.S. has said it won't let foreign fighters fight again By SALLY BUZBEE Associated Press November 22, 2001 - "It's a dilemma for the U.S.," said John Pike, a defense analyst in Washington. "This is the one piece of al-Qaida that we know where they are ... You'd certainly like to be able to interrogate some of them."
  24. New Sensors Report By ANDREW C. REVKIN The New York Times November 22, 2001 - "The popular conception seems to be that bin Laden and his 40 thieves are in the bottom of some deep cavern, and if we can just find the secret cavern, then the war will be over," said John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a private group whose Web site reports on advances in military technology.
  25. Marines from Pendleton may go into action By James W. Crawley San Diego Union-Tribune November 21, 2001 - "He's not there for a BLT (battalion landing team)," said John Pike, who heads GlobalSecurity, a Washington think tank. "A brigade (of Marines) would need a general."
  26. Searching for Osama bin Laden in caves and bunkers All Things Considered November 21, 2001 - Mr. JOHN PIKE (Global Security): One of Osama bin Laden's big specialty back in the '80s was bringing in his heavy construction equipment to help build these tunnels.
  27. Military analysts reviewing successes of war in Afghanistan NPR Morning Edition November 21, 2001 - Mr. JOHN PIKE (GlobalSecurity.org): The United States was using navigation, communications, reconnaissance, Signals Intelligence satellites to stitch together American forces to coordinate those with Northern Alliance and other resistance forces on the ground."
  28. HIGH-TECH SENSORS ASSIST BIN LADEN HUNT By JIM KLING United Press International November 21, 2001 - "Sensors are becoming increasingly important in intelligence gathering operations and it is safe to assume that they will be deployed in Afghanistan," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.Org.
  29. Lockheed, TRW Win U.S. Satellite Contract By Renae Merle The Washington Post November 20, 2001 - "Milstar was designed for a world that no longer exists," said John Pike, director of the nonprofit think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  30. SEARCHING FOR BIN LADEN PBS News Hour November 20, 2001 - JOHN PIKE: I think that it's quite possible that we're going to kill him, buried in a tunnel, may never know it until eventually al-Qaida says, 'Hey, where is Osama?'
  31. Bin Laden's Hiding Places Shrinking By Sally Buzbee Associated Press November 20, 2001 - Bin Laden could try to escape across the Pakistani border, perhaps to the contested Indian-Pakistani border area of Kashmir where he has supporters. But once he gets there, bin Laden has fewer of the mountain hide-outs he has in Afghanistan, said Tim Brown, a defense and intelligence analyst at Globalsecurity.org.
  32. New man for a new NASA mission By Peter N. Spotts The Christian Science Monitor November 19, 2001 - The agency's objectives have been growing less visionary, says John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org in Alexandria, Va. "Webb's mandate was to put a man on the moon. Richard Truly's ... was to help the agency recover from the Challenger disaster. Goldin's was to cut NASA's budget. Now O'Keefe's is to fix the space station."
  33. Campaign Proves the Length of U.S. Military Arm By Joseph Fitchett International Herald Tribune November 19, 2001 - The most loyal Taliban units "didn't disintegrate or collapse, they fell back in a way that is typical of combat units that have sustained casualties of 30 percent," according to John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense consultancy.
  34. CITAT: JOHN PIKE Politiken November 17, 2001 -- "Vi kan finde hulerne, vi kan odelaegge hulerne - men om vi ogsaa paa denne maade - ved at kaempe fra hule til hule, kan finde Osama Bin Laden er jeg mere i tvivl om. Det vil i givet fald blive en meget langstrakt affaere". John Pike, chef for Global Security i Washington.
  35. U.S. , SAS's unreported casualties By Richard Sale United Press International November 17, 2001 - At the end of his explanation, Rumsfeld looked at the reporters and according to Pike, Rumsfled stated the equivalent of: "This is the last time I'm telling you the truth." Pike added: 'I think he meant it."
  36. Navy investigators search for clues into Prowler crash Associated Press November 17, 2001 - "All tactical aircraft have a higher crash rate than cargo aircraft or bombers," said Tim Brown, a senior associate with Globalsecurity, a Virginia-based think tank. "They're naturally harder planes to fly and have more dangerous missions."
  37. Analysts say Boeing UAV unit may signify change in military aerospace Aerospace Daily Thursday, November 16, 2001 - "Unless the UCAV programs turn out be a dog, I think you're going to hear people saying six to eight years down the road that basically, we need fewer JSFs because we're going to buy more UCAVs," Pike said.
  38. Are Bin Laden, Members Of Al-Qaeda Any Closer Now To Capture? By Kathleen Knox Radio Free Europe Thursday, November 15, 2001 -- John Pike is a defense analyst for Global Securities.org, based in Virginia. Pike puts it this way: "Certainly the hope is that it's going to be much more difficult for bin Laden to move around. It's much more likely that local civilians, if they saw him moving around, will report it and make it easier to catch him."
  39. Caves make perfect hide-outs By John J. Lumpkin The Associated Press Thursday, November 15, 2001 - When properly targeted, laser-guided bombs are accurate enough to enter the mouths of the tunnels, said John Pike, an analyst with the Alexandria, Va.-based think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  40. Queens Crash #2 ABC Radio National Breakfast 6:48am November 13, 2001 -- We speak to John Pike, director of Global Security.org - an intelligence and defence policy organisation.
  41. Senate Intelligence panel plans to scrutinize MASINT next year By Marc Selinger Aerospace Daily November 13, 2001 - John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, which analyzes defense and intelligence issues, told The DAILY Nov. 12 that MASINT activities lack the coordination and visibility they need because they are spread across countless agencies.
  42. Ein begrenzter Vormarsch von ERIC CHAUVISTRÉ Die Tageszeitung November 13, 2001 - Der Washingtoner Militärexperte John Pike, Leiter des Forschunsginstituts Globalsecurity.org, sieht das Vorrücken der Nordallianz schlicht als Einnahme ihres angestammten Herrschaftsgebietes.
  43. DON'T CHALK UP A VICTORY JUST YET By Niles Lathem The New York Post November 13, 2001 - The Taliban are preparing to wage the kind of guerrilla warfare it is most comfortable fighting. "Remember, for nine years in the 1980s, the Soviets had control of Afghanistan's cities but they were unable to defeat the Afghan rebels in the mountains," said John Pike, head of Globalsecurity.org a Washington think tank.
  44. War's swing south changes U.S. focus By John Diamond and Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah Chicago Tribune November 13, 2001 - John Pike of Globalsecurity.org, a defense and national security analysis Web site, cautions against depicting the south as an obstacle-free battle zone for the U.S. The region tends to be much cloudier than the north in winter, Pike said. And for the moment, there is no place in the southern portion of the country where a U.S. or U.S.-backed force could feel entirely safe from guerrilla attack.
  45. Alliance Advances The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer November 12, 2001 - For more on the latest developments in Afghanistan, we turn to Haron Amin, a spokesman for the Northern Alliance, and its representative to Washington; and military analyst John Pike. He's founder and director of globalsecurity.Org, a nonpartisan research group focusing on emerging security threats.
  46. Army motto: 'We own the night' By Tom Bowman The Baltimore Sun November 12, 2001 - John Pike, an analyst with globalsecurity.org, a defense think tank in Alexandria, Va., said the United States, unlike most other countries, can conduct operations "around the clock" through its night-vision equipment and thermal sensors. But it's easier to explain how these tools work than to determine how useful they will turn out to be, Pike said.
  47. Afghan Phone Links Are an American Legacy By SIMON ROMERO The New York Times November 12, 2001 - "Given the right surveillance, a network of this sort could allow us a valuable window into their thinking," said John Pike, an intelligence analyst who directs GlobalSecurity.org, a research group based in Virginia.
  48. Battle over orders for unmanned aircraft By Garth Alexander Sunday Times (London) November 11, 2001 - John Pike, a defence analyst at Globalsecurity.org, a defence think tank in Alexandria, Virginia, says: "The great advantage of the drones is that they are cheap. Total Ucav spending is less than buying one new destroyer every year - and the navy buys four destroyers a year. They cost millions rather than the tens of millions for a manned fighter."
  49. Eye spy The Economist November 10, 2001 - the shutter-control legislation might not withstand a legal challenge under the American constitution's first amendment. In the past, says John Pike of GlobalSecurity, a think-tank, several American news organisations have threatened to challenge shutter control in the courts.
  50. Their Spy in the Sky by David Corn The Nation November 26, 2001 - "If the Taliban claimed a village was hit, and the Pentagon said no such thing happened, commercial imagery conceivably could provide verification one way or another," says John Pike, director of the nonprofit GlobalSecurity.org.
  51. Radiation bomb: Crude but deadly device is most feared nuke By Jim Krane Associated Press November 9, 2001 - "The probability is not zero," said Tim Brown, an intelligence and military analyst with GlobalSecurity.org. "It's somewhere between zero and low."
  52. Rebels attempting first big gains By Scott Peterson The Christian Science Monitor November 9, 2001 - "The question is: Is this the beginning of a military push that is going to inexorably alter the political map of Afghanistan?" says John Pike, a Virginia-based defense analyst and head of GlobalSecurity.com. "Or is it a brief lunge in the next 10 days, to make some symbolic gains before winter and [the Islamic holy month of] Ramadan?"
  53. Planes that Know What to Bomb By Stanley Holmes Business Week November 12, 2001 - ''I worry that human intelligence analysts will become so overwhelmed by data that they'll grow excessively reliant and overly confident of computers picking the targets,'' says John Pike, a defense analyst for Globalsecurity.org.
  54. Missile defense system criticized The Boston Globe November 8, 2001 - ''If not addressed properly, it will be impossible for the administration to deploy a system that they could even claim might be effective,'' said John Pike, a military space analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, an arms control group. The system ''is the backbone of missile defense,'' he said. ''I don't see how the administration can move ahead without it.''
  55. Troops from the 10th Mountain Division are protecting a key air base near Afghanistan By Richard Brooks The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA) November 7, 2001 - The 10th Division contingent is believed to be the largest U. S. conventional combat force in the region, said military analyst John Pike, director of globalsecurity.org. But sending a large conventional combat force into Afghanistan could be a grave mistake, he said.
  56. U.S. begins using 15,000-pound 'Daisy Cutter' bombs By Richard Whittle The Dallas Morning News November 7, 2001 - "The blast overpressure from any bomb is going to kill people if it's close enough," Pike said. "But the BLU-82 has about 10 times as much explosive power in it as a 2,000-pound bomb. "It'll put the fear of the Lord into anybody it doesn't kill."
  57. CITADELS UNDER SIEGE Time November 12, 2001 - Targeting two strategic linchpins, Mazar-i-Sharif and the front north of Kabul, the U.S. deployed B-52s for heavy bombing of Taliban positions--but the results were said to be mixed - Sources: Department of Defense, GlobalSecurity.org
  58. Surveillance jets taking to skies over Afghanistan By David Tarrant The Dallas Morning News November 6, 2001 - "If I was trying to find [Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed] Omar in southern Afghanistan or if I was trying to pick off Taliban reinforcements around Mazar-e Sharif, Joint-STARS would be useful in both those situations," said John Pike, analyst for the military think tank GlobalSecurity.org
  59. Kashmir tensions complicate Rumsfeld trip By Matt Smith CNN.com November 4, 2001 -- The prospect of a low-level conflict in Kashmir becoming a full-scale war is one of the "nightmare scenarios" for U.S. policymakers, said John Pike, director of the defense policy research firm Globalsecurity.org. "That's obviously one of the powder kegs bin Laden was hoping to ignite," Pike said.
  60. Stinger missiles could return to haunt U.S. forces By Keay Davidson The San Francisco Chronicle November 4, 2001 - Asked to rate the Stinger threat, John Pike, head of the think tank GlobalSecurity.org, replied: "On a scale of 1 to 10? Maybe 3 or 4."
  61. 7 war scenarios every investor must consider By Michael Brush MSN.com November 2, 2001 - "The plan is to use special operations to capture al Qaeda personnel for interrogation to enable the capture of more of them and eventually roll up the organization," says John Pike, of GlobalSecurity.org, a Virginia-based think tank. "They are certainly not going to succeed quickly in the sense they are looking for a few thousand people in a country of 20 million."
  62. U.S. Sets Stage for Offensive; Troops, Planes Focus On North Afghanistan By Steven Mufson and William Branigin The Washington Post November 2, 2001 - The deployment of JSTARS signals that a major ground engagement is imminent, defense analysts said. "It basically gives you continuous surveillance of moving ground targets over a wide area," said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a defense consulting company.
  63. Don't expect a quick end to American attacks in Afghanistan By MATT KELLEY The Associated Press November 2, 2001 - "You're looking for about 2,000 (al-Qaida) people in a country of 22 million," said analyst John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org. "It's going to take a long time."
  64. Before the bombs: Finding the right caves where Afghan terrorists might be hiding By JOHN J. LUMPKIN The Associated Press November 1, 2001 - When properly targeted, laser-guided bombs are accurate enough to enter the mouths of the tunnels, said John Pike, an analyst with the Alexandria, Va.-based think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  65. Explaining X-planes by Ben Iannotta Aerospace America November 2001 - Among the simplest and most provocative of theories to explain the X-plane boom is the one espoused by analyst John Pike, who operates an Internet site called GlobalSecurity.org. "I would cynically attribute it to a lack of adult supervision," Pike says.
  66. Zaeher Grabenkrieg am Hindukusch Von Urs Gehriger Tages-Anzeiger November 1, 2001 -- "Von einen rein militaerischen Gesichtspunkt aus ist das US-Militaer in der Lage, diese Hoehlen zu zerstoeren", sagt John Pike, Direktor der GlobalSecurity.org, einem Forschungsinstitut fuer Verteidigungspolitik in Virginia.