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March 2008 News

  1. Embarrassed Pentagon officials admit foul-up saying they intended to ship helicopter batteries By Tim Harper The Toronto Star March 27, 2008 -- "Kind of makes you think someone is sitting with a box of helicopter batteries somewhere thinking they have fuses," said John Pike a security analyst at GlobalSecurity.org.
  2. E-mail on military deaths is shaky on facts By Chuck Vinch Air Force Times March 27, 2008 -- “You have to look at the source,” said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a massive online storehouse of information about every aspect of the security world, including defense, space, intelligence, weapons of mass destruction and homeland security.
  3. Northrop system to protect airliners from missiles faces strong resistance By Laura McCandlish Baltimore Sun March 27, 2008 -- If it mandates anti-missile systems, the federal government should pay the full cost, said John E. Pike, a defense analyst with Alexandria, Va.-based GlobalSecurity.org
  4. Funds cut off to Raytheon for Navy project By Jack Gillum Arizona Daily Star March 24, 2008 -- "It's basically one-bullet, one target," John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, told the Arizona Daily Star in 2005. "That just completely alters what you can do with artillery."
  5. Conflicts in Mideast have drained states of National Guardsmen, emergency equipment By Shawn Mussenden Media General News Service March 21, 2008 -- “In some of these states, the equipment is all torn up, and manpower is way down,” said John Pike, a military analyst at Globalsecurity.org.
  6. Fact checker: An Iraq pullout could leave a mess behind By Jay Price The News & observer March 20, 2008 -- Pulling 3,500 to 10,000 U.S. troops out of Iraq each month, as Barack Obama proposes, would be easy enough, if you consider only logistics, said John Pike, a military and security analyst who runs GlobalSecurity.org.
  7. New 'Bin Laden tape' threatens EU KAZINFORM March 20, 2008 -- John Pike, director of the defence think tank GlobalSecurity.org, said bin Laden had chosen to talk about the cartoon in an effort to remain relevant and provide direction to followers.
  8. New 'Bin Laden tape' threatens EU BBC.co.uk March 20, 2008 -- John Pike, director of the defence think tank GlobalSecurity.org, said bin Laden had chosen to talk about the cartoon in an effort to remain relevant and provide direction to followers.
  9. Norden stands to gain $2B in Navy bid By Richard Lee The Advocate March 20, 2008 -- Though Northrop Grumman has a proven platform in Global Hawk, it is facing staunch competition from proven players in the industry, said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, an online tracker of information regarding defense, space, intelligence, weapons of mass destruction and homeland security.
  10. Bush's 'coalition of the willing' strained to breaking point Monsters and Critics.com March 20, 2008 -- According to globalsecurity.org, 38 countries have contributed forces at one time or another since 2003, but only Britain in large numbers.
  11. After five years, Iraq war taxes Guard By Sean Mussenden Media General News Service March 18, 2008 -- “In some of these states, the equipment is all torn up, and manpower is way down,” said John Pike, a military analyst at Globalsecurity.org.
  12. What anti-war movement? By Christopher Skeet Chicago Flame March 17, 2008 -- Depending on the source, there currently range anywhere from 30 (wikipedia.org) to 42 (globalsecurity.org) active conflicts and/or wars in the world today.
  13. GAO: Future Combat Systems network still more concept than reality By Bob Brewin Government Executive Magazine March 10, 2008 -- John Pike, a defense analyst and director of GlobalSecurity.org, said that the Army should restructure FCS, backing away from a grand plan of developing everything at once and taking an incremental approach.
  14. $40B deal a boost for Northrop Grumman By James Bernstein Newsday March 04, 2008 -- John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, said he believed money and jobs could have been saved by upgrading the Air Force's existing fleet of tankers.
  15. Wife: Mann faces torture and execution By Alphonso Van Marsh CNN.com March 06, 2008 -- According to GlobalSecurity.org -- a public policy Web site dealing with defense matters -- Sierra Leone hired Executive Outcomes in 1995.
  16. Venezuela Military Buildup Is Destabilizing to Region, Military Experts Say By Carmen Gentile FoxNews.com March 05, 2008 -- John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, said that despite the recent saber rattling, the region is traditionally stable.
  17. FACTBOX-Military power in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador Reuters March 04, 2008 -- Sources: Jane's The Military Balance 2006, www.globalsecurity.org, Reuters.
  18. Analysis: Experts: Ricin terror overblown By Shaun Waterman United Press International March 04, 2008 -- "You can grind castor beans into powder, and that will contain a tiny amount of ricin," said George Smith, specialist in protein chemistry and a senior fellow with the think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  19. Pilotless planes emerge as a top Israeli weapon in its aerial war with Hamas The Associated Press March 03, 2008 -- In late 2001, the Defense Department claimed a nearly «100 percent record of hits» in several dozen battlefield attacks by Predators in Afghanistan, according to GlobalSecurity.org, a Virginia-based defense think tank.