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May 2007 News

  1. New troop vehicles need more armor United Press International May 31, 2007 -- John Pike, of the Washington think tank Globalsecurity.org said he doubts additional armor will be completely effective.
  2. MRAPs can't stop newest weapon By Tom Vanden Brook USA TODAY May 31, 2007 -- It's doubtful new armor can stop all EFPs, said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a Washington-based defense think tank.
  3. Bush Sees South Korea Model for Iraq By Terence Hunt The Associated Press May 30, 2007 -- American forces are deployed in roughly 130 countries around the world, performing a variety of duties from combat to peacekeeping to training foreign militaries, according to GlobalSecurity.org, a defense-oriented think tank.
  4. CUBA: Thanks for the help The Florida Times-Union May 31, 2007 -- He could start with nearly 1,000 Mariel boatlift refugees behind bars here, according to GlobalSecurity.org.
  5. Duterte thumbs down plan to bring 'Balikatan' to Davao By Walter I. Balane MindaNews May 31, 2007 -- According to globalsecurity.org, the Balikatan series is an annual event aimed at improving RP-US combined planning, combat readiness, and interoperability while enhancing security relations and demonstrating US resolve to support the Philippines against external aggression.
  6. ANALYSIS-Taiwan air force loses ground to rival China By Richard Dobson Reuters May 29, 2007 -- "Not only does the J-10 pose a risk to the Russian fighter export market, but it considerably boosts the Chinese air force's tactical offensive capabilities, especially vis-a-vis Taiwan," said GlobalSecurity.org on its Web site.
  7. Thinking outside the military box By William Welsh Washington Technology May 28, 2007
  8. Blackwater lawsuit over U.S. security contractors killed in Iraq headed for private arbitration By Mike Baker The Associated Press May 25, 2007 -- "We're spending an awful lot of money on these companies, and people still can't define their role," said John Pike, a military analyst with think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  9. White House Responds to Poop Attack WUSA9 May 25, 2007 -- Military weapons expert John Pike tells 9NEWS NOW that a military response to the offending bird might be difficult.
  10. Senate Panel Approves Rule to State Cost of Spy Efforts By Scott Shane The New York Times May 24, 2007 -- John E. Pike, who studies intelligence at GlobalSecurity.org, a research group, said that among troubled imagery programs at the National Reconnaissance Office was something called Future Imagery Architecture, a multibillion-dollar effort to build satellites to record images both with electronic cameras and with cloud-penetrating radar.
  11. Analysis: Is China a military threat? By Claude Salhani United Press International May 24, 2007 -- So too could the perennial increases in its military spending. According to GlobalSecurity.org, China's official defense budget for 2000 was approximately $14.6 billion.
  12. FACTBOX-The Strait of Hormuz, Iran and the risk to oil Reuters May 23, 2007 -- Sources: International Energy Agency (IEA), U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), GlobalSecurity.org, U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, Clarkson shipping consultancy.
  13. Elon Musk Is Betting His Fortune on a Mission Beyond Earth's Orbit By Carl Hoffman Wired Magazine May 22, 2007 -- "Moore's law does not apply to rockets," says John Pike, a space analyst at GlobalSecurity.org.
  14. Putin spy war on the West By Mark Franchetti and Sarah Baxter The Sunday Times May 20, 2007 -- John Pike, a military and security analyst who runs GlobalSecurity.org, said a surge in recruitment of US intelligence operatives since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 had presented great opportunities for the Russians to penetrate the CIA and other agencies.
  15. An offer that won't easily translate By Kevin Coughlin The Star-Ledger May 20, 2007 -- "If the Defense Department accepts all this stuff, there may be some sense there is no longer a level playing field," said military analyst John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org., which tracks security issues.
  16. Iraq Attacks Stayed Steady Despite Troop Increase, Data Show By James Glanz The New York Times May 16, 2007 -- “The improvement is too small to be meaningful, but it’s too soon to declare defeat,” said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a research group that closely follows the conflict.
  17. Homeland Security Goes Public By William Launder Forbes.com May 16, 2007 -- Noting that a "pretty big chunk" of homeland security spending is "disappearing into the rat hole," John Pike, director of think tank GlobalSecurity.org, says it is hard to say if the money has produced results.
  18. Satellite photos show N.K. once deployed anti-artillery batteries in Yongbyon Yonhap May 15, 2007 -- Two photos put up on GlobalSecurity.org, an Internet website, show at least 22 such batteries circling the 50-megawatt reactor under construction, the 5-megawatt reactor, and a reprocessing facility located in the southern part of Yongbyon city.
  19. Former pilot raises many questions in play about torture in Iraq By Robert Weller The Associated Press May 12, 2007 -- John Pike, an analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria, Va.-based think tank, says the Army has made the rules on torture clear—but they still present a dilemma for soldiers trying to protect their buddies.
  20. Billions in Oil Missing in Iraq, U.S. Study Says By James Glanz The New York Times May 12, 2007 -- “It would be surprising if it was not the case,” said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, which closely follows security and economic issues in Iraq.
  21. A Chopper Shield By Rena Marie Pacella Popular Science May 2007 -- Fourteen years later, still the only defense helicopters have against RPGs is avoidance: “either flying too high or too unpredictably to be targeted,” explains John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a military think tank in Alexandria, Virginia.
  22. Webb telescope is ready for its close-up By Dan Vergano USA Today May 11, 2007 -- That may be another lesson from Hubble, which famously borrowed parts of its its design from spy telescopes, according to Globalsecurity.org.
  23. Cannon sees farewell flight of F-16s The Associated Press May 11, 2007 -- The squadron was originally activated at Barksdale Field, La., on Feb. 1, 1940, according to a Web site, http://www.globalsecurity.org.
  24. Mysterious spy coin simply poppycock By Tim Harper The Toronto Star May 08, 2007 -- "And you wonder why our war effort isn't going too well," said John Pike, a security and military analyst at GlobalSecurity.org.
  25. Curbs on satellite photos may be needed By Katherine Shrader The Associated Press May 08, 2007 -- John Pike, a satellite expert with Globalsecurity.org, said the government has been reluctant to invoke restrictions.
  26. Stress linked to battlefield misconduct By Pauline Jelinek The Associated Press May 05, 2007 -- "It is disappointing," said analyst John Pike of the think tank Globalsecurity.org. "But anybody who is surprised by it doesn't understand war. ... This is about combat stress."
  27. Abe urges charter for 'new Japan' Aljazeera.net May 03, 2007 -- According to figures from GlobalSecurity.org, Japan has the world's sixth biggest defence expenditure, with a military budget of $41.75 bn in 2007.
  28. Bad move? By Michael de Yoanna Colorado Springs Independent May 03, 2007 -- Such threats have led the Pentagon to reassert the need for bunkers elsewhere, says John Pike, a leading expert on defense policy and director of GlobalSecurity.org in Alexandria, Va.
  29. Military report shows ethics of troops in Iraq By Rick Rogers San Diego Union-Tribune May 03, 2007 -- “People are going to be surprised and disturbed by this, and then they are going to understand that this is war,” said John Pike, director of the military think tank GlobalSecurity.org. Conference takes on combat stress