300 N. Washington St.
Suite B-100
Alexandria, VA 22314
info@globalsecurity.org

GlobalSecurity.org In the News


April 2010 News

  1. SKorea ship sinking may be perfect crime for North By Stuart Fox The Associated Press 29 April 2010 -- "Nonmilitary responses might lead the North to conclude that it could kill South Koreans with impunity," said John Pike, director of the GlobalSecurity.org defense website based in Alexandria, Virginia.
  2. Is China Leading the Rebirth of Asia's Commercial Aircraft Industry? By Richard A. Bitzinger China Brief, Vol 10, Issue 9 29 April 2010 -- 6. "K100 Regional Jet," GlobalSecurity.org, www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/k100.htm.
  3. Why Does South Korea Think That North Korea Sank Their Ship? By Stuart Fox LiveScience 26 April 2010 -- The results of these inquests can have dramatic political ramifications, sometimes even starting wars, so forensic investigators need to assemble a chain of evidence as clearly and objectively as detectives putting together an indictment, John Pike, Director of GlobalSecurity.org and a military analyst, told Life's Little Mysteries.
  4. U.S. shifts Afghan mission By Tom Vanden Brook USA TODAY 25 April 2010 -- Better cultural understanding won't be enough to cure drug trafficking and corruption, Afghanistan's biggest problems, said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  5. Iran: First Day of War Games a Success VOA 22 April 2010 -- John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org said Iran is trying to show the world it is a strong, powerful military.
  6. Small unmanned spacecraft is set for launch By William Hennigan Los Angeles Times 21 April 2010 -- "Are we looking at a new space vehicle or an orbital bomber that's capable of attacking from space?" said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a website for military policy research.
  7. Air Force to launch X-37 space plane: Precursor to war in orbit? By Gordon Lubold The Christian Science Monitor 20 April 2010 -- "There does not seem to be a publicly acknowledged capability that this thing will lead to," says John Pike, director of globalsecurity.org, a national security research organization in Alexandria, Va.
  8. Laser in limbo mirrors tech weapons decline By Tom Abate San Francisco Chronicle 16 April 2010 -- Defense critic John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org gave the same notion a different spin. "The Pentagon is famous for starting more programs than it could possibly fund," he said.
  9. Obama looks to deeper space as NASA's mission By Ralph Vartabedian and W.J. Hennigan Los Angeles Times 16 April 2010 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, said the new plan represented a sharp change in that it provided space enthusiasts with the hope of future deep-space missions and continued business opportunities for the mainstream aerospace industry.
  10. Living at the 'Tip of the Spear' By Koohan Paik The Nation 15 April 2010 -- John Pike of Globalsecurity.org, a Washington-based think tank, hypothesizes that the military's goal is to be able "to run the planet from Guam and Diego Garcia [an Indian Ocean atoll owned by Britain] by 2015," "even if the entire Eastern Hemisphere has drop-kicked" the United States from every other base on their territory.
  11. Capitol Region Guardsman Credits Watervliet Product With Saving Him in a Firefight DVIDS 15 April 2010 -- As early as 1993, the Army identified the requirement to add armor to High Mobility MultipurposeWheeled Vehicles or HMMWV's, according to Globalsecurity.org.
  12. Norton propelled economy, life in San Bernardino Valley By Andrew Edwards The Sun 11 April 2010 -- SOURCES: San Bernardino International Airport, California Military Museum, U.S. Air Force Reserve 445th Airlift Wing, GlobalSecurity.org, Stater Bros. Markets, Department of Defense
  13. Israel's Netanyahu cancels trip to nuclear security summit in Washington By Glenn Kessler The Washington Post 09 April 2010 -- As of 2005, Israel was believed to have 250 to 500 nuclear weapons, according to GlobalSecurity.org, but it has never confirmed or denied their existence.
  14. Did Efraim Diveroli's Crony Ship Missiles to Hezbollah? By Penn Bullock Miami New Times 06 April 2010 -- But John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense think tank in Alexandria, Virginia, says a black-market transfer of weapons to Hezbollah would be "business as usual" in the country.
  15. The Obama nuclear doctrine By Julian Borger The Guardian 06 April 2010 -- The Bush nuclear posture from 2001 (handily summarised here by GlobalSecurity.org) left open the option of using nuclear weapons against biological, chemical or mass conventional attack.
  16. Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane By John Antczak The Associated Press 03 April 2010 -- "As long as you're confused you're in good shape," said defense analyst John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org.
  17. Israeli unveils tank-defense system of the future By Josef Federman The Associated Press 02 April 2010 -- "I think people will be watching the Israelis roll this thing out and see if they can get the hang of it," said John Pike, director of the military information Web site GlobalSecurity.org in Alexandria, Virginia.