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May 2010 News

  1. Brigadier general who was in Iraq looks at that country's future By Joel Stottrup Princeton Union-Eagle 27 May 2010 -- According to the web site GlobalSecurity.org, there have been 4,282 named U.S. personnel deaths in Iraq as of May 24, plus five more reported U.S. dead.
  2. Hypersonic aircraft shatters aviation records By W.J. Hennigan Los Angeles Times 27 May 2010 -- With the technology, the military could strike anywhere on planet within an hour or less, said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a website for military policy research.
  3. US mum over China's links to Iran By Peter J Brown Asia Times Online 22 May 2010 -- "The cat is out of the bag so nothing is being said about the US dropping the ball in general when it comes to China's conventional arms exports to Iran today especially dual-use exports," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a private firm in Virginia which addresses emerging security challenges.
  4. A protest for peace By Chuck Haga Grand Forks Herald 15 May 2010 -- Estimates of the crowd ranged from 500 to 1,500, and the event came to be called the Nekoma Festival of Life and Love, according to the rather disapproving Internet site globalsecurity.org.
  5. No 'switch' to shut terror cash flow By Edward Mason The Boston Herald 14 May 2010 -- "It's like travelers checks - you put money in at one end and you get it out at the other end," said John Pike, executive director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  6. Noting changes on Okinawa By Barry Fetzer Havelock News 12 May 2010 -- According to the defense website Globalsecurity.org, by the end of May 1945, ". monsoon rains, which turned contested slopes and roads into a morass, exacerbated (the battle's horror).
  7. Is the X-37B a prelude to space warfare? By Jeremy Hsu The Christian Science Monitor 10 May 2010 -- The U.S. military could even be using the cloak of mystery to deliberately bamboozle and confuse rival militaries, according to John Pike, a military and security analyst who runs GlobalSecurity.org.
  8. Marines to test huge amphibious assault vehicle By Gary Robbins The San Diego Union-Tribune 05 May 2010 -- John Pike, an analyst at GlobalSecurity.org of Alexandria, Virginia acknowledges that the EFV has experienced many technical problems.
  9. In Bomb Coverage, Media Handle An Explosive Topic By Alan Greenblatt National Public Radio 04 May 2010 -- "Fertilizer only becomes an explosive when ground up finely, very finely, and mixed with fuel oil," says John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense information service.
  10. Gates suggests big changes coming for Navy By Anne Flaherty The Associated Press 03 May 2010 -- John Pike, director of the GlobalSecurity.org defense website based in Alexandria, Va., said this is the first time, as far as he knows, that Gates has addressed the cost of maintaining the roughly 300-ship Navy.
  11. New drones coming from SD defense firms By Gary Robbins The San Diego Union-Tribune 03 May 2010 -- "The Secretary took the Navy to the woodshed, telling them that the future will look far different than the past, and that means more UAVs," said John Pike, a defense analysist at GlobalSecurity.org in Alexandria, VA.
  12. Why the Times Square bomb failed spectacularly By Peter Grier The Christian Science Monitor 03 May 2010 -- The homemade bomb - discovered as it fizzled and smoked at a landmark US crossroads - was a strange combination of ingredients, notes John Pike, head of GlobalSecurity.org.