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July 2006 News

  1. States within states Compiled by Anna Badkhen San Francisco Chronicle July 30, 2006 -- Sources: San Francisco Chronicle archives, Associated Press, BBC, Boston Globe, Center for Contemporary Conflict, Center for Defense Information, Council on Foreign Relations, Federation of American Scientists, GlobalSecurity.org, U.S. State Department
  2. Middle East missile economics By Ross Kerber Boston Globe July 30, 2006 -- The Patriot, which can cost around $1 million apiece, is hardly a cost-effective way to knock down the $500 to $2,000 Katyusha rockets that Iran has been supplying to Hezbollah, said John E. Pike , director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense research group in Alexandria, Va.
  3. Building Iraqis' trust a difficult mission By Moni Basu, Ron Martz Atlanta Journal Constitution July 30, 2006 -- "The last person who should be running a town and having meetings with the mayor is a West Point colonel. Not because he's not bright but because nowhere along the line have they developed the requisite skills for running a municipality or understanding what goes on in an economy," said Wood, a senior fellow at Globalsecurity.org, a Washington-area military watchdog organization.
  4. The Man Who Put Al-Qaeda on the Web By Barry Levine NewsFactor Magazine Online July 29, 2006 -- Not to worry, says George Smith, a senior fellow at the public-policy and research organization GlobalSecurity.org. Smith dismisses the effectiveness of al-Qaeda's online training information. "The level of sophistication is equivalent to what teenagers were distributing about 10 or 15 years ago," he says.
  5. U.S. Tomcat fighter makes last carrier flight By Kristin Roberts Reuters July 29, 2006 -- John Pike, director of security Web site GlobalSecurity.org, argues the Air Force should start to depend on unmanned vehicles to conduct long-range missions
  6. Civil war or no civil war, things in Iraq are not good By Richard Benedetto USA TODAY July 28, 2006 -- GlobalSecurity.org — an online source of military information — defines "civil war" this way "A civil war is a war between factions of the same country. There are five criteria for international recognition of this status: The contestants must control territory, have a functioning government, enjoy some foreign recognition, have identifiable regular armed forces and engage in major military operations."
  7. Military to put Cheyenne Mountain on standby By Bruce Finley Denver Post July 27, 2006 -- While odds of a nuclear missile attack now seem slim, "take it 15 years down the road," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington think tank. "Maybe the Chinese will try to take us on.
  8. 'Pak has 25 to 50 modest nukes' Press Trust Of India July 27, 2006 -- Quoting John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a nonprofit group that specialises in image analysis, Nature says if the new facility is what it seems to be, it would allow Pakistan to build a lot more bombs.
  9. Lebanon / White Phosphorus CNN: THE SITUATION ROOM July 26, 2006 -- JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: It's a result of a little fragment of this white phosphorous burning its way into your muscles, so these are very distinctive burns.
  10. White House plans troop shift in Iraq By Yochi J. Dreazen Wall Street Journal July 26, 2006 -- "I read it as being a much better understanding of what the granularity of the problem is: They have lost control of Iraq at the neighborhood level," said John Pike of national-security policy think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  11. Israeli Air Power Dominates Middle East By Jeffrey Young Voice of America July 25, 2006 -- The Israeli warplanes that flew the 1981 Osirak mission operated close to the limits of their range. John Pike, head of the Washington-based military analysis firm GlobalSecurity.org, says Israel now has special aircraft that can reach another country with nuclear weapons ambitions
  12. Marines Find Friends and Recruits on the Internet By Bede Moore ABCNews.com July 25, 2006 -- "It's very cost effective," said Francois Boo, a research analyst at GlobalSecurity.org, a military think tank. But he said more important considerations are at hand. "If potential recruits are spending time at computers rather than malls, they [recruiters] need to go where potential soldiers are going to be."
  13. Peacekeeping forces come with mixed record By Stephen J. Hedges Chicago Tribune July 25, 2006 -- "There's no peace to keep," said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a military analysis group. "There would not be peace to keep until you had persuaded Hezbollah to voluntarily disarm, and they're not going to do that."
  14. Senator pursues earmarks for FBI expansion in Alabama By Peter Cohn CongressDaily July 25, 2006 -- Along with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone has seen federal investment of more than $2.5 billion, according to GlobalSecurity.org.
  15. Katyushas CNN: INSIGHT July 24, 2006 -- Joining us now to talk about Katyushas, what they are and what they're capable of, is John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org
  16. What Does the NSA Know About You? By Barry Levine NewsFactor Network July 24, 2006 -- "What changed after 9/11," says John Pike, director of the public-policy and research organization GlobalSecurity.org, "was that they started to listening to everybody" -- inside and outside the country.
  17. Israel says prepared to back Lebanon security force By Adam Entous Reuters July 24, 2006 -- quot;It's not a peacekeeping mission. It's a peacemaking mission because the mandate would be to forcefully disarm Hizbollah against their will," said John Pike, director of the security Web site GlobalSecurity.org.
  18. Defence Department confident it can make dumped Danish drones fly By Celeste Mackenzie Canadian Press July 23, 2006 -- Increased use of drones in Afghanistan and the Middle East in recent years has also led to improved performance, says John Pike, Director of GlobalSecurity.org, a U.S. military information website.
  19. The arms that keep Hezbollah fighting By Jason Motlagh Asia Times Online July 22, 2006 -- If Hezbollah kept up the current volume of its barrages, fighting could go on until early October, John Pike, director of military studies group GlobalSecurity.org, told Asia Times Online.
  20. U.S. bomb hunters warily eye Iraq roads By Scott Canon The Kansas City Star July 21, 2006 -- “They’re not going to run out of those,” said John Pike, a defense analyst with GlobalSecurity.org. “The joke is that before the war Iraq was an ammo dump with a government. After the war, Iraq became an ammo dump without a government.”
  21. Civilian toll raises questions By Anna Badkhen San Francisco Chronicle July 20, 2006 -- Such differences among experts show how little is actually known about how Hezbollah operates, said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a military think-tank in Washington.
  22. Hezbollah's Rocket Science By James Klatell CBSNews.com July 20, 2006 -- "Three things are new," said John Pike, the director of GlobalSecurity.org. "The longer range of the rockets, Hezbollah firing them in far larger numbers and the cruise missile that they hit the Israeli ship with."
  23. Anti-ship missile traced to Iran UPI July 19, 2006 -- "There was no prior warning," defense analyst John Pike with GlobalSecurity.org told the newspaper. "It was completely outside of what you would expect from Hezbollah."
  24. Generally positive answers not surprising, analysts say By Patrick Dickson Stars and Stripes July 19, 2006 -- “I think that they feel they are in the company of those who liberated Germany and Japan,” said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria, Va.-based, nonpartisan military think tank.
  25. Mobile rockets present difficult long-term threat By David Wood The Baltimore Sun July 19, 2006 -- Most variants of the Katyusha can be set up and fired in less than an hour, said John Pike, a military technology expert at GlobalSecurity.org, a Web-based defense research organization.
  26. Iran called source of missile that struck ship By James Gordon Meek Daily News July 19, 2006 -- "There was no prior warning," said defense analyst John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org. "It was completely outside of what you would expect from Hezbollah."
  27. Hizbollah 'capable of sustained missile campaign' By Stephen Fidler, Demetri Sevastopulo and Mark TurnerThe Financial Times July 19, 2006 -- John Pike, a defence expert at GlobalSecurity.org, said the organisation had used only about 3 per cent of its arsenal since it began its recent campaign.
  28. What Is Hezbollah Up To? By Fred Kaplan Slate.com July 19, 2006 -- According to data accumulated by the Web site GlobalSecurity.org, Hezbollah units have 13,000 rockets with a range of 15 miles, 500 rockets of 50-mile range, and perhaps a few dozen of 75-mile range.
  29. Lebanon / Katyushas CNN: THE SITUATION ROOM July 19, 2006 -- JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: I think that the hope is that eventually, the United States and Israel will be able to develop battlefield laser systems that are going to be able to shoot these artillery rockets down.
  30. Lebanon CNN: LOU DOBBS TONIGHT July 19, 2006 -- JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: American military planners are going to have to think very carefully about making sure that Hezbollah or Iran doesn't fire anti-shipping cruise missiles or artillery rockets at some of the evacuation points, at the evacuation ships or some of our war ships.
  31. Israel capable of air strike on Iran By Rowan Scarborough The Washitngon Times July 18, 2006 -- However, the Web site GlobalSecurity.org says the F-15Is and F-16Is "extended flight range reportedly allows Israeli forces to attack targets well within Iran without having to refuel."
  32. All Smiles as Shuttle Ends a Nearly Perfect Mission By John Schwartz The New York Times July 18, 2006 -- Experts on space policy also expressed relief that the mission had gone so well. “They’ve got the right stuff back,” said John Pike, the director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  33. Hezbollah arsenal may be substantial By Bryan Bender Boston Globe July 18, 2006 -- ``It was normally just a few of them, fired into Israel right up at the border, and usually a one-day wonder," John Pike , a military specialist at GlobalSecurity.org, an Arlington, Va., think tank, said of previous Hezbollah attacks.
  34. Discovery makes its safe return By Bryn Nelson Newsday July 18, 2006 -- John Pike, a veteran space policy analyst and director of GlobalSecurity.org, said the mission was a noticeable improvement over last year's flawed return to flight, which was plagued by falling foam debris and protruding gap fillers.
  35. Discovery lands safely after smooth mission By Traci Watson USA Today July 18, 2006 -- "This has restored the sense that they have the right stuff, that they know what they're doing," said John Pike, a space analyst at GlobalSecurity.org, a national security website, "particularly after that not-very-impressive return to flight a year ago."
  36. Lebanon CNN: ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES July 17, 2006 -- JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: The nightmare scenario for the Israelis for several decades now has been that Hezbollah would basically wage a war of cities, firing hundreds if not thousands of these rockets across the border into northern Israel, making life extremely difficult for the Israeli population in that part of the country.
  37. Missile defense gobbles funds By John Yaukey Gannett News Service July 17, 2006 -- "I can't detect that anybody has any real confidence in it," said John Pike, a military weapons and tactics expert with GlobalSecurity.org.
  38. Hezbollah's Missile Arsenal Associated Press July 17, 2006 -- Sources: The Associated Press, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, and GlobalSecurity.org
  39. Preparing for Iraq, it's ready, aim ... fire? By Ted Roelofs The Grand Rapids Press July 16, 2006 -- "If you look at the field manual on combat, murdering civilians and raping women are symptomatic of combat stress," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington-based military think tank.
  40. Hezbollah `air power' first flew in 2004 The Associated Press July 14, 2006 -- Defense analyst John Pike of the Washington-based firm GlobalSecurity.org doubted that claim.
  41. Venture capital firm to link Israeli security firms to Md. By Katie Wilmeth The Washington Examiner July 14, 2006 -- “[The partnership] is a good idea,” said John Pike, a Washington-based homeland security and director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  42. Experts Question Whether Nation's Missile Defense System Is Ready By Shelby G. Spires The Huntsville Times July 14, 2006 -- But John Pike, a defense expert who runs GlobalSecurity.org, said that based on test results, the missile-defense system seems limited.
  43. Hezbollah Rockets CNN: THE SITUATION ROOM July 13, 2006 -- JOHN PIKE, DIRECTOR, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: Iran, which is one of the manufacturers of this the primary source for these rockets, Hezbollah's primary source for these rockets, is doing a lot of work over the last 20 years or so to improve the quality of these rockets, their reliability, their accuracy and their range.
  44. Israel in the Missile Crosshairs By Rachelle Kliger The Media Line July 13, 2006 -- “The travel times are so short, you don’t have the sort of warning that you’d have with a much longer-range missile,” said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  45. Screeners' actions at Hobby questioned By Harvey Rrice and Samantha Levine Houston Chronicle July 12, 2006 -- The TSA screeners may have used poor judgment, said Francois Boo, an associate with GlobalSecurity.org, a private security and defense research organization that has done extensive research on improvised bombs.
  46. India vows to battle terrorism By Anna Badkhen San Francisco Chronicle July 12, 2006 -- That group, the newspaper reported, is the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba, or Army of the Pure, which the U.S. government lists as a terrorist organization linked to al Qaeda and is thought to include members of the Taliban, according to GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington military think tank.
  47. New stance on rights By Tom Brune Newsday.com July 12, 2006 -- SOURCES: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE; WWW.GLOBALSECURITY.ORG
  48. Experts abuzz over North Korean missile failure By Geoff Brumfiel Nature.com July 11, 2006 -- The first stage had probably not finished firing by the time of the crash, says Charles Vick, a senior analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, a non-profit defence analysis group based in Alexandria, Virginia.
  49. Simulated nuclear explosion planned By William Cole Honolulu Advertiser July 11, 2006 -- John Pike, director of Virginia-based military think tank GlobalSecurity.org, said a version of a North Korean medium range missile will fit inside a 40-foot cargo container.
  50. Failure Can Be Successful By William J. Broad The New York Times July 9, 2006 -- "It's a trial-and-error process," said Charles P. Vick, an expert on the North Korean rocket program at GlobalSecurity.org, a research group based in Alexandria, Va.
  51. Rocket's red glare By David Letterman The Sacramento Bee July 9, 2006 -- Sources: Globalsecurity.org, Cornell University, BBC, Voice of America, mapcrow.info
  52. Why North Korea has us worried By Tom Hyland Scripps Howard News Service July 9, 2006 -- While the regime is regularly portrayed as lunatics in charge of the asylum, the country is run by "extremely intelligent and very rational people with a strongly developed sense of self-preservation", according to the US defence and intelligence website GlobalSecurity.org.
  53. Missile Defense chief says system ready; experts note limitations By Shelby G. Spires The Huntsville Times July 9, 2006 -- But John Pike, a defense expert who runs GlobalSecurity.org, said that based on test results, the missile-defense system seems limited.
  54. New technology developed for U.S. troopsScripps Howard News Service July 8, 2006 -- Actual combat conditions provide an incomparable testing ground for new technology, said John Pike, director of the national-security think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  55. For US military, few options to defang North Korea By Mark Sappenfield The Christian Science Monitor July 7, 2006 -- "I'm going to want to see eight to 12 flights before I say that's an existing capability," says John Pike, a defense analyst at GlobalSecurity.org.
  56. Experts doubt N. Korea missiles can hit Hawai'i By William Cole The Honolulu Advertiser July 7, 2006 -- Kim's father, Kim Il Sung, miscalculated in not believing the U.S. would aid South Korea in 1950, and Kim also is engaging in risky behavior, said John Pike, director of military think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  57. Spying on Kim is all but impossible By James Gordon Meek NY Daily News July 6, 2006 -- John Pike, a defense analyst at GlobalSecurity.org, said if the CIA wanted to recruit a leadership source there, "I just don't see how you could do it."
  58. Space station is shuttle's purpose By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press July 6, 2006 -- Some critics, including space analyst John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, say the 2010 deadline seems arbitrary and easily moved if shuttle problems come up.
  59. Foes imaginary, real at Piñon siteB y Erin Emery Denver Post July 6, 2006 -- John Pike, a leading defense expert and director of GlobalSecurity.org, said the nature of the battlefield has changed. Units can cover larger sections, he said, and larger training sites are an expected evolution.
  60. Drones reshaping Iraq's battlefields By Tom Vanden Brook USA Today July 6, 2006 -- "Collision avoidance is an issue that they haven't quite gotten the hang of yet," says John Pike, a military analyst at GlobalSecurity.org.
  61. U.S. calls Iraqi rape-murder 'inexcusable' By Kim Gamel The Associated Press July 6, 2006 -- "Somebody had to have known. The procedures are fine," said Tim Brown, an analyst with Globalsecurity.org, a Washington-based military think tank. "Maybe in the case of this particular unit the failure goes a lot higher, to the failure of the command to properly enforce the rules."
  62. Firings stir little insight, much alarm By Tom Raum The Associated Press July 6, 2006 -- "The others were not test flights," asserted John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a Washington-based military think tank.
  63. Missile failure masks success By James Sterngold San Francisco Chronicle July 6, 2006 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense think tank, said the North has worked closely for years with Iran and Pakistan, sharing technology, selling some equipment and developing some capabilities in joint programs.
  64. Experts Say Missile Failure Highlights Ineptness By Thomas E. Ricks and Anthony Faiola The Washington Post July 6, 2006 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense think tank, noted that after the successful launch of the Taepodong-1 in 1998, it took about a week for all the photographs and other data to be collected and analyzed.
  65. U.S. Seeks Strong Measures to Warn the North Koreans By Helene Cooper and Warren Hoge The New York Times July 6, 2006 -- "It's a trial and error process," said Charles P. Vick, an expert on the North Korean rocket program at GlobalSecurity.org, a research group based in Alexandria, Va.
  66. North Korean missile arsenal continues to expand The Hankyoreh July 6, 2006 -- Charles Vick, a senior researcher for GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington-based military advisory group, wrote in an article that the fluid fuel used for Daepodong-2 missiles is highly explosive, so once loaded into the missile it should be stirred every two days.
  67. North Korea faces diplomatic hardball By Paul Koring The Globe and Mail July 6, 2006 -- "This would appear to confirm President Bush's axis-of-evil statement in a very blatant way, as both Iran and North Korea thumb their collective nose to the rest of the world," said Charles Vick, an expert at GlobalSecurity.org who has closely analyzed the missile programs of both countries.
  68. Questions mark missile defense By James W. Crawley Media General News Service July 6, 2006 -- One or two incoming missiles could be shot down, said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, an independent think tank. If three missiles are simultaneously fired at the U.S., the odds drop significantly, he added.
  69. AVs Reshape Iraq's Battle Fields With a Peak Over The Horizon By Jacob Cherian All Headline News July 6, 2006 -- However, John Pike, a military analyst at GlobalSecurity.org points out, "Collision avoidance is an issue that they haven't quite gotten the hang of yet."
  70. Rätselraten um Nordkoreas Atomrakete Von Markus Becker Spiegel Online July 6, 2006 -- Das aber treffe nur auf die ersten beiden Versionen der Taepodong-2 zu, berichtet der amerikanische Thinktank Globalsecurity.org.
  71. Bush probt "Krieg der Sterne light" on Peter Gruber Focus Online July 6, 2006 -- Die nächste Taepondong-2 falle vielleicht nicht mehr kurz nach dem Start ins Wasser, sondern schaffe es bis in die USA, warnt John Pike vom Washingtoner Think Tank "GlobalSecurity.org": "Es ist durchaus möglich, dass die Nordkoreaner eines Tages eine Krise provozieren und wir uns im Krieg mit ihnen befinden. Dann kann man nur hoffen, dass wir eine verlässliche Raketenabwehr besitzen."
  72. North Korea Missiles CNN: ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES July 5, 2006 -- JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: If the missile defense system was a baseball player, and had a batting average of 500, you would say it was doing pretty good. If it's only working half of the time and it's the only thing standing between you and an incoming hydrogen bomb, you would say it's not working very well at all.
  73. La Corée du Nord confirme avoir procédé à des tirs d'essai lefigaro.fr (Avec AFP et Reuters) lefigaro.fr. July 5, 2006 -- Tandis que la Fédération des scientifiques américains lui donne une portée maximale de 4.300 km, le site Globalsecurity.org affirme qu'il peut parcourir jusqu'à 15.000 km.
  74. North Korean Missile Threat Overstated, Critic Says By David Ruppe Global Security Newswire July 5, 2006 -- Globalsecurity.org Director John Pike, who has been widely interviewed on television assessing a substantial North Korean ICBM capability, said some experts, including Cordesman, appear to be making overly conservative estimates of North Korea’s capabilities.
  75. Russian aviation weathering the storm By Eugene Kogan ISN Security Watch July 5, 2006 -- According to Globalsecurity.org, which quoted the Russian daily Ria Novosti, Khristenko speculated that "the aggregate initial [earnings] showing would total US$2.5 billion with the airliner-to-warplane ratio standing at 30 to 70.
  76. North Korean launches put US missile defense system to test By Jim Mannion Agence France Presse July 5, 2006 -- "I think they had all of their sensors watching very carefully. This is the big one. The Taepodong-2," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  77. Analysts: Launches may not be the last USA Today July 5, 2006 -- A failure at 50 seconds into flight — the point of highest stress on the missile — could indicate a structural problem with the missile, said John Pike, a military analyst at GlobalSecurity.org.
  78. Ottawa to put $650M into spy gear upgrades By David Pugliese CanWest News Service July 5, 2006 -- American defence analyst John Pike said the expense is unavoidable because Canada is closely allied with the United States, which sets the standard for such equipment
  79. North Korea Missile Launches CNN: CNN LARRY KING LIVE July 4, 2006 -- Our panel assembled everywhere; in Los Angeles Mike Chinoy, the former senior Asia correspondent for CNN; here in Washington, Ambassador Wendy Sherman, the former North Korea adviser at State during the Clinton administration; also in Washington, John Pike, one of the world's leading experts on defense, space and intelligence policy.
  80. White House Confirms North Korea Fired at Least Five Missiles CNN: THE SITUATION ROOM July 4, 2006 -- JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: The benefits of launching sooner than later are you get test data on this long range missile.
  81. North Korean Launches Several Missiles CNN: CNN LARRY KING LIVE July 4, 2006 -- Joining us now to discuss this breaking news further John Pike, he's one of the world's leading experts on defense space and intelligence policy. He's with GlobalSecurity.org.
  82. North Korea launches missiles, US hold UN talks By George Nishiyama Reuters July 4, 2006 -- "It got everybody's attention on the Fourth of July. (North Korean leader) Kim Jong-Il can set off fireworks, too," said John Pike, director of the security Web site GlobalSecurity.org.
  83. Shuttle is 'ready to go fly,' says NASA By Richard Sisk NY Daily News July 4, 2006 -- "If they lose another crew, that's it" for the U.S. human spaceflight program, which would shut down while a new crew vehicle was developed, said John Pike, a space analyst at GlobalSecurity.org.
  84. Discovery Is Set to LaunchABCNews.com July 4, 2006 -- "They know enough to go ahead and fly without looking closer. I'm not going to try and guess it," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org
  85. RAPE, KILLING ALLEGATIONS SET OFF PROBE OF U.S. TROOPS By Anna Badkhen San Francisco Chronicle July 1, 2006 -- One possible explanation "is that the chain of command is being more vigorous in going after those things," said John Pike, director of the think tank GlobalSecurity.org. "It may be that this has been going on all along and it was just not being reported."