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February 2008 News

  1. Raytheon gets lift by downing dying satellite By Jack Gillum Arizona Daily Star February 28, 2008 -- Its success "demonstrated some degree of confidence" that a missile-defense program works, said John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org in Alexandria, Va.
  2. Iran Built Space Rocket in Just Months By Nasser Karimi The Associated Press February 26, 2008 -- John Pike, director of defense research group GlobalSecurity.org, said that nine months was a "feasible" amount of time to build a rocket if the engineers began with some of the parts assembled.
  3. Israel: 'Targeted' strikes lower deaths By Josef Federman The Associated Press February 25, 2008 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense research group in Washington, said Israel uses low-yield munitions that "only hit what you want and nothing much else.
  4. Sky rockets in flight, evening delight By Tu Than Ha The Globe and Mail February 22, 2008 -- SOURCE: WWW.ZARYAINFOR. , ANALYTICAL GRAPHICS INC., GLOBALSECURITY. ORG, AP
  5. Questions linger on satellite shooting By Faye Flam Philadelphia Inquirer February 25, 2008 -- Said John Pike, a space policy analyst and director of GlobalSecurity.org: "The claim there was danger from the fuel is not the most preposterous thing the Pentagon has ever said. But it seemed to be a bit of a stretch."
  6. Battle lines drawn over efforts to stem coastal erosion By Jordan Schrader Asheville Citizen-Timese February 25, 2008 -- Source: GlobalSecurity.org.
  7. Israel Says It Has Improved Airstrikes By Josef Federman Associated Press February 24, 2008 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense research group in Washington, said Israel uses low-yield munitions that "only hit what you want and nothing much else."
  8. Honored U.S. soldier hails vets By Tim Hearden Record Searchlight February 24, 2008 -- It’s been home to as many as 25,000 troops, and the base serves as a launching point for Air Force missions in support of combat operations into Baghdad, according to the Web site GlobalSecurity.org.
  9. Odds catch up with B-2 in Guam crash By Scott Cano Kansas City Star February 23, 2008 -- "It's not a lot of close-formation flying. Not a lot of barrel rolls," said John Pike, the security analyst who runs GlobalSecurity.org.
  10. Super stealth, super fast, super costly By James W. Crawley Media General News Service February 22, 2008 -- Defense analyst John Pike, who heads the independent GlobalSecurity.org, said the F-22 "seems to be an awfully expensive solution to a problem that no longer exists."
  11. Video of satellite shootdown NBC News Channel February 22, 2008 -- John Pike of GlobalSecurity.Org, says "if they did not do this intercept, half the satellite would survive re-entry. Some of those pieces might be big pieces and the Chinese and the Russians might learn something about our technology."
  12. Missile's bull's-eye on satellite echoes far, experts say By Greg Miller Los Angeles Times February 22, 2008 -- John Pike, who tracks weapons systems at GlobalSecurity.org, said the strike showed a capability that could be used to thwart ballistic-missile-carrying subs deployed by China.
  13. Pentagon F-22 cuts may be felt in Orlando area By Richard Burnett Orlando Sentinel February 22, 2008 -- "I think Lockheed and the F-22 supporters are going to argue that the production line should remain open at least one more year so the next president will be able to make the decision on what will be done," said Pike, president of Globalsecurity.org, a defense research firm in Washington.
  14. Spy satellite poses challenges Reuters February 21, 2008 -- "This thing's going several times faster than any target they've tested the system against. But it's also many times bigger than targets they've tested against," said John Pike of the on-line think-tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  15. US military stands to gain by destroying satellite - Feature DPA February 21, 2008 -- "They want to make sure this thing doesn't wind up on Ebay," said John Pike, a national security analyst at Globalsecurity.org.
  16. Pentagon: Navy Missile Scores Hit On Spy Satellite NBC News February 21, 2008 -- "If they did not do this intercept, half the satellite would survive re-entry. Some of those pieces might be big pieces, and the Chinese and the Russians might learn something about our technology," said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org.
  17. For the Pentagon, it's easy being green By Michael Battaglia Sciam Observations February 21, 2008 -- According to GlobalSecurity.org, the satellite might have held a new space radar.
  18. Top-scecret spy satellite's orbit unstable, Pentagon briefing says The Examiner February 20, 2008 -- “We are worried about something showing up on eBay,” said John Pike, director of the defense research group GlobalSecurity.org.
  19. Tribune editorial: Bouquets & brickbats: Feb. 20 Albuquerque Tribune February 20, 2008 -- Defense analyst John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, notes that the feds used UFO stories to throw people off the track of what they've been doing at Area 51 in Nevada.
  20. China spy case seen as warning The Orange County Register February 20, 2008 -- In calling a Washington, D.C., news conference last week to announce the arrest of Chung and three others accused in an unrelated case, the government probably wanted to send a message about economic espionage both to China and the American public, said John Pike, a space expert and director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  21. Q&A: Shooting Down a U.S. Spy Satellite By Tom Bowman NPR.org February 20, 2008 -- John Pike with GlobalSecurity.org believes American officials worry that pieces of this spy satellite (which takes pictures) could fall into the hands of the Chinese or Russians, who could learn more about how the United States builds these satellites.
  22. Spy Satellite's Scheduled Destruction Raises Concerns About Diplomatic Fallout By Carmen Gentile World Politics Review February 18, 2008 -- But John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, believes that protecting secrets is the real reason for the government's decision. Pike said the satellite's destruction is an effort by the Pentagon "to keep its hardware out of the hands of the Russians and the Chinese."
  23. US to shoot down rogue spy satellite next week By Jamie McIntyre IBNLive.com February 16, 2008 -- "This is the first of a new generation of radar-imaging intelligence satellites. It has advanced technology on it. They may just want to keep it off of eBay," John Pike from GlobalSecurity.org says.
  24. USA To Shoot Down Spy Satellite Before It Falls To Earth By Lolita Baldor The Daily Record February 15, 2008 -- >Pike, who is director of the defence research group GlobalSecurity.org, said that breaking it up into pieces lessens the chance of sensitive US technology winding up in Chinese hands.
  25. US plans to shoot down spy satellite CNN/IBN February 15, 2008 -- The solar arrays never deployed, and in January 2007, US officials reported that they were unable to communicate with the spy satellite, said GlobalSecurity.org, a military information Web site.
  26. U.S. plans to kill program to track objects from space By Andrea Shalal-Esa Reuters February 15, 2008 -- The Space Radar program has run into major resistance in Congress in recent years, with lawmakers citing cost and technology concerns about a nine-satellite program that the Air Force initially envisioned to cost $34 billion through 2025, according to GlobalSecurity.org.
  27. SATELLITE'S OUT! By Hasani Gittens with Post Wire Services New York Post February 15, 2008 -- "They've generally tested by Hawaii, most of the ships are stationed there, certainly the ships that have the most practice at it," John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, which studies space defense technologies, told The Post.
  28. NASA, Navy team up to shoot down runaway U.S. spy satellite By Richard Sisk NY Daily News February 15, 2008 -- "but this target will be more difficult because it will be going faster" - about 20,000 mph - said John Pike, head of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense watchdog group.
  29. Alameda Soldier Killed in Iraq Alameda Sun February 15, 2008 -- The Stryker vehicle, a new generation armored personnel carrier is a medium-weight, eight-wheel vehicle that can carry 11 soldiers and weapons at speeds of more than 60 miles an hour, according to Globalsecurity.org.
  30. U.S. to shoot down damaged spy satellite By Marc Kaufman The Washington Post February 15, 2008 -- John Pike, the director of Globalsecurity.org in Alexandria, Va., told the New York Times last month that if the satellite in question is a spy satellite, it is unlikely to have any kind of nuclear fuel, but that it could contain toxic material such as beryllium.
  31. Broken satellite will be shot down By Bryan Bender The Boston Globe February 15, 2008 -- "I buy that they are concerned about safety on the ground, but I don't buy that they are not concerned about the technology being exposed," said John Pike, a military space specialist at GlobalSecurity.org, a Washington think tank.
  32. U.S. to Shoot Down Its Own Spy Satellite By Ned Potter ABC News February 14, 2008 -- Globalsecurity.org, a Web site that follows defense issues, has said the satellite is called NROL-21 and was testing new radar systems. Other sources called it USA-193.
  33. U.S. will use missile to shoot down spy satellite CTV.ca News February 14, 2008 -- "What they have to be worried about is that a souvenir collector is going to find some piece, put it on eBay and the Chinese buy it,'' said Pike, the director of the defence research group GlobalSecurity.org.
  34. DoD may use modified Navy missle to shoot down wayward satellite By Loring Wirbel EE Times February 14, 2008 -- National security analysts Globalsecurity.org suggested the Navy would likely use a modified SM-3 missile from an Aegis cruiser, which is considered a key element of a U.S. theatre missile defense at sea.
  35. Oshkosh Corp. gets modified Army contract worth $272 million By Northwestern staff Oshkosh Northwestern February 08, 2008 -- According to the Web site GlobalSecurity.org, the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles contract was originally awarded to Oshkosh in March 2001 with an estimated value of $1 billion over at least five years.
  36. America 'to shoot down disabled spy satellite' By Bonnie Malkin and agencies The Telegraph February 14, 2008 -- The US government has not released any information about the satellite itself, but John Pike of the defence research group GlobalSecurity.org said that it is most likely to be a photo-reconnaissance satellite, weighing as much as 20,000lb (9,000kg). It could be as large as a bus.
  37. US: Broken Satellite Will Be Shot Down By Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press February 14, 2008 -- "What they have to be worried about is that a souvenir collector is going to find some piece, put it on e-Bay and the Chinese buy it," said Pike, who is director of the defense research group GlobalSecurity.org.
  38. Welcome to Cyberwar Country, USA By Marty Graham Wired.com February 12, 2008 -- Defense expert John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, says the Cyber Command's mission is murky. "There's been so much gee-whiz flackery to this," Pike says. "They've got the whole thing tarted up, and it's hard to tell what they're actually doing."
  39. Under the Microscope: U.S. Spy Satellite may fall out of orbit By Ethan Theuerkauf The Flat Hat February 05, 2008 -- John Pike, a defense and intelligence expert and director of GlobalSecurity.org, stated that spy satellites are usually disposed of in the ocean so that no one can access the satellite after it re-enters.
  40. Satellite Spotters Glimpse Secrets, and Tell Them By John Schwartz The New York Times February 05, 2008 -- John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a private group in Alexandria, Va., that tracks military and space activities, said the hobbyists exemplified fundamental principles of openness and of the power of technology to change the game.
  41. Bus bombing kills 12, wrecks Sri Lanka celebrations By David Byers and agencies The Times February 04, 2008 -- Source: Jane’s; globalsecurity.org; Times archive
  42. Port of N.H. to start using sonar, underwater camera this summer By Robert M. Cook Fosters February 03, 2008 -- John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a think tank based in Alexandria, Va., said he believes the threat of terrorist divers as expressed by federal Homeland Security officials may be exaggerated.
  43. 82nd soldier killed south of Baghdad By Kevin Maurer The Fayetteville Observer February 03, 2008 -- Schultz, 25, of Blue Island, Ill., was hit Thursday by indirect fire, which refers to a mortar or rocket attack, at Convoy Support Center Scania. The base, according to GlobalSecurity.org, is a truck stop 60 miles south of the Iraqi capital.
  44. F-15 crash is unlike earlier one, says general Honolulu Star-Bulletin February 03, 2008 -- It's too early to tell what Friday's crash may mean for the F-15s future since the cause has not been identified, said John Pike, director of Virginia-based online database GlobalSecurity.org.
  45. Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed: USDeutsche Presse-Agentur February 02, 2008 -- The US has in the past used armed unmanned airplanes called Predators to target militants along the border and sometimes inside Pakistan, said John Pike, an expert at Globalsecurity.org.
  46. The war in cyberspace Las Vegas Sun February 02, 2008 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a clearinghouse of information about the nation’s military and security agencies, wondered whether this effort will overlap that of the National Security Agency, which already gathers vast amounts of electronic intelligence. Several other federal agencies are doing similar things, and the lack of coordination among them could undermine the country’s efforts.
  47. A survivor of civil war, man finds hope again By Adriana Garza Corpus Christi Caller-Times February 01, 2008 -- The conflict that began in 1975 between opposing religious forces -- Christians and Muslims -- lasted until the 1990s and resulted in the deaths of about 7 percent of the Lebanese population, according to the nonprofit group GlobalSecurity.org.
  48. 'Invisible Children' raises awareness, film encourages help for Ugandans By Casey Northcutt The Murray State News February 01, 2008 -- In a country torn by civil war for more than 20 years, according to GlobalSecurity.org, they fear abduction and assimilation into the rebel army.
  49. Iraq: One U.S. soldier killed, 1 wounded The Associated Press February 01, 2008 -- The statement said only that the soldiers were attacked by indirect fire, the military term for a rocket or mortar attack, at Convoy Support Center Scania, which according to GlobalSecurity.org is a truck stop about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad.