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July 2007 News

  1. U.S. Arms Plan for Mideast Aims to Counter Iranian Power By Mark Mazzetti and Helene Cooper The New York Times July 31, 2007 -- “There is no bright-line distinction,” said John Pike, a weapons expert at GlobalSecurity.org, a research group. “They would be talking about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.”
  2. 911th Airlift base gets Pa. rival By Brian Bowling Pittsburgh Tribune-Review July 30, 2007 -- John Pike, an Alexandria, Va., defense analyst who operates the GlobalSecurity.org Web site, said the Pentagon would get "slapped down" if it ignored such a mandate, but not if it switched the focus and money from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia.
  3. Bush administration points to Al-Qaeda threat to US to defend presence in Iraq Agence France Presse July 30, 2007 -- "It's both politics and reality," said John Pike, director of the Globalsecurity.org, a centre specialised in national security.
  4. Veterans closer than brothers The Denver Post July 29, 2007 -- Sources: National Association of the 10th Mountain Division: www.10thmtndivassoc.org/chronology.pdf, GlobalSecurity.org and Denver Post archives
  5. Pentagon Control Over Drones Lacking, Report Says By Jeff Golimowski CNSNews.com July 24, 2007 -- Defense industry expert John Pike of Globalsecurity.org said the drone programs are still in the "wild west" phase and the military should not be too concerned with filing reports yet.
  6. Satellite view of North Korea nuclear site BBC July 23, 2007 -- The reprocessing facility separated weapons-grade plutonium-239 from the reactor's spent fuel, says think-tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  7. Al-Qaeda faces rebellion from the ranks By Deborah Haynes The Times July 23, 2007 -- Sources: Times archives; GlobalSecurity.org
  8. Terror pros agree: We still aren't safe By James Gordon Meek NY Daily News July 22, 2007 -- Panelists James Bamford, an intelligence writer, and John Pike, a defense analyst at GlobalSecurity.org, said Bush's shoot-first mind-set gives short shrift to trying to understand the Muslim world.
  9. Rocket launcher tube found on lawn CNN.com July 20, 2007 -- According to the Web site Globalsecurity.org, a loaded M136 AT4 anti-tank weapon has a 40-inch-long fiberglass-wrapped tube and weighs just 4 pounds.
  10. How did this wind up in Ybor? By William R. Levesque St. Petersburg Times July 19, 2007 -- John Pike, an expert in missile systems for GlobalSecurity.org, a Web site specializing in security issues, said finding even a training Patriot is unheard of.
  11. Auckland graduate warns over possible 'cyber-jihad' attack By Darren Greenwood Computerworld July 16, 2007 -- “It’s business-motivated,” the founder of the US-based internet company Globalsecurity.org told Computerworld.Even the reported cyberattacks against Estonia earlier this year were a non-event, he says, with nobody starving, getting shot or running out of money.
  12. Tool of war trumped By David Decamp St. Petersburg Times July 15, 2007 -- "We do have the disadvantage of a larger turning radius. We do suffer from a bureaucratic operation," said John Pike, director of the nonpartisan GlobalSecurity.org in Washington, an analyst of military strategy.
  13. Two portraits of local Marine awaiting trial By Anna Badkhen Boston Globe July 15, 2007 -- It is possible that many atrocities in Iraq are unreported, said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org , a military think-tank in Alexandria, Va., citing a recent study by the Army's Mental Health Advisory Team.
  14. U.S., Iran do Persian Gulf squeeze By Borzou Daragahi The Los Angeles Times July 11, 2007 -- Nearly half of the U.S. Navy's 277 warships are stationed close to Iran, alongside most of Tehran's estimated 140 naval surface ships and six submarines, according to GlobalSecurity.org.
  15. Google Earth Spills Secret Chinese Submarine Beans By Katherine Noyes TechNewsWorld July 09, 2007 -- Indeed, it tends to be difficult to determine when most images on Google Earth were acquired, making them difficult to use for military planning, John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, told TechNewsWorld.
  16. Esler's history closely linked to Camp Beauregard By Karina Donica The Town Talk July 07, 2007 -- Esler Field was closed after World War II and then was reopened as an airport in the 1950s after it was given by the Army to the Police Jury as surplus property, according to GlobalSecurity.org.
  17. Socom To Procure Additional Workers By John W. Allman and Billy House The Tampa Tribune July 06, 2007 -- John Pike, the director of Globalsecurity.org, a military information Web site, said Socom's increased budget almost demands that more people are hired.
  18. Anti-mine vehicle rush fuels firms, but some questions remain By James W. Crawley Media General News Service July 06, 2007 -- The Pentagon claims MRAPs are five times harder to destroy than other military vehicles, said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria, Va., independent think tank.
  19. IEDs 'evolution' of Taliban tactics By Richard Foot The Ottawa Citizen July 06, 2007 -- "Iraq is the testing ground for IEDs," says Francois Boo, a research analyst with Globalsecurity.org, a U.S.-based military information website.
  20. Senate: Stop Israel from buying cluster bombs with U.S. aid By Shmuel Rosner and Meron Rapoport Haaretz July 03, 2007 -- According to GlobalSecurity.org, the rate of duds in cluster bomblets made by IMI ranges from 0.2 percent to 1 percent.
  21. 'Happy Hooligans' fly first UAV Air Force Times July 03, 2007 -- The North Dakota Air National Guard won the prestigious Hughes Trophy in 1994 for being the most outstanding air-to-air unit in the Air Force, according to GlobalSecurity.org.
  22. Security beefed up for All-Stars By Demian Bulwa San Francisco Chronicle July 03, 2007 -- John Pike, director of the security information Web site Globalsecurity.org in Alexandria, Va., said such heightened security has become so common in recent years that sports fans and others have come to expect it rather than to feel inconvenienced.
  23. Small base camp in quiet zone By Chuck Crumbo The State July 01, 2007 -- The base is “one of the most remote, landlocked and desolate places the Army has ever tried to build a combat base,” according to Globalsecurity.org, a web site that specializes in military affairs.
  24. Experts: Botched attacks often just warmup acts By Jessica Van Sack The Boston Herald July 01, 2007 -- “If they were guilty of anything, it certainly is stupidity,” said John Pike, director of the Virginia-based military research organization GlobalSecurity.org.