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July 2014 News

  1. Need to learn to launch a BUK missile quick? Look online. By Robert Beckhusen Reuters July 30, 2014 -- 'The BUK launcher is just one part of an entire air defense system,' Joseph Trevithick, a defense analyst and fellow at GlobalSecurity.org, told me in an email.
  2. Increased support for Israel opens more doors for Raytheon By David Wichner Arizona Daily Star July 27, 2014 -- John Pike, a longtime military and space analyst who heads GlobalSecurity.org, says he has a lot of respect for Postol, citing his work on the Patriot studies. But Pike said Postol's analysis is based on assumptions about the Iron Dome warhead design that may or may not be accurate, and the absence of major property damage alone suggests Iron Dome has had a significant effect.
  3. Shrapnel Damage Is Found on Debris From Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 By Alexander Kolyandr, Matina Stevis and Robin van Daalens The Wall Street Journal July 25, 2014 -- The SA-11 has a high-explosive fragmentation warhead that sends a 'spherical cloud of shrapnel' that detonates nearby and is designed 'to sever the rods, hoses and wires' on the aircraft, said John Pike, director at GlobalSecurity.org.
  4. Malaysian jet, canceled Tel Aviv flights illustrate dangers of flying over unstable territory By Aya Batrawy Associated Press July 23, 2014 -- Some 50 to 60 countries around the world possess radar-guided high-altitude missile systems like the one that shot down the Boeing 777, according to John Pike, director of military information website GlobalSecurity.org.
  5. Launch today: Once-secret Air Force satellites on board By Ledyard King Florida Today July 23, 2014 -- Small, experimental U.S. satellites reportedly inspected a missile-warning satellite that had failed for unknown reasons in 2008. And as far back as 1967, U.S. spacecraft took pictures of the Soviet Union's lunar landing system during orbital tests, said Charles Vick, senior analyst with GlobalSecurity.org.
  6. In international flight, volatile conflicts abound By Aya Batrawy Associated Press July 22, 2014 -- Fifty to 60 countries around the world possess radar-guided high-altitude missile systems like the one that shot down the Boeing 777, according to John Pike, director of military information website GlobalSecurity.org.
  7. Putin's Fingerprints By Fred KaplanSlate July 21, 2014 -- John Pike, a weapons specialist with GlobalSecurity.org, puts it this way: "If some separatists had started learning how to use the SA-11 late last year, by now they might be up to speed."
  8. MH17 crash: Weapon of mass revulsion By Ronald Loh The New Paper July 19, 2014 -- The Buk has a 60- to 90-per cent chance of downing an aircraft in a single shot, according to a report on military policy website GlobalSecurity.org, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
  9. Buk missile launcher, suspected in jetliner attack, requires skill to use By Stephanie Condon CBS News July 18, 2014 -- 'This isn't an AK-47,' John Pike, the director of GlobalSecurity.org, told CBS News. 'The thing is a traveling road show.'
  10. Powerful Buk missile launcher suspected in Malaysia Airlines crash By James Queally Los Angeles Times July 17, 2014 -- The Buk can engage multiple targets at once, and a single missile has a 60% to 90% chance of downing an aircraft in a single shot, according to a report on GlobalSecurity.org, a website about military policy.
  11. Hamas' Drone Program Will Not Worry Israel, Experts Say By Alexander Smith NBCNews.com July 17, 2014 -- According to GlobalSecurity.org, these drone types have 'good stability characteristics with high speed and maneuverability.' They also do not need a runway to take off, the website said, instead using a pneumatic launcher often deployed on the back of a truck.
  12. 298 killed after Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine By Doug Stanglin and Gary StraussUSA TODAY July 17, 2014 -- Usually vehicle-mounted, the BUK can simultaneously track and strike multiple targets at different directions and altitudes, according to military think tank Globalsecurity.org.
  13. Malaysia Airlines flight was 1,000 feet above restricted Ukraine airspace By W.J. Hennigan Los Angeles Times July 17, 2014 -- "For many onlookers, the situation in Ukraine was thought to be little more than a riot that had gotten out of control," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a website for military policy. "You don't go re-routing planes every time people on the ground get upset."
  14. Hamas drone injects new element into Arab-Israeli conflict By David Zucchino, Ralph Vartabedian Los Angeles Times July 15, 2014 -- "I imagine Iran would like to take one of their drones out for a test spin and get themselves some real-world combat experience," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org. "They'd like to know how fast the Israelis could take it down. Well, they just learned something."
  15. $5 million to get to space? By William D'Urso Orange County Register July 15, 2014 -- But John Pike, the director of defense think tank GlobalSecurity.org, isn't convinced. "They've been saying the same thing for at least half a century and it never happens," Pike said. "I think they've had plenty of time to demonstrate that they can have these abilities, and I think they've demonstrated they can't."
  16. B-2 stealth bomber, at age 25, to get major upgrades from Air Force By Matt Campbell The Kansas City Star July 14, 2014 -- "That's the sort of thing that the sole remaining superpower does," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a military information website.
  17. Some countries that took their rebels head-on in recent history By Barry Levine VentureBeat July 07, 2014 -- “It probably couldn’t hurt,” GlobalSecurity.org’s John Pike told VentureBeat. But, he added, it probably “works better in the movies than in real life.”
  18. Some countries that took their rebels head-on in recent history The News International July 03, 2014 -- A study conducted by “The News International” by taking into account the researches undertaken by the United Nations, Sweden’s esteemed Uppsala University, the Globalsecurity.org, the Belgium-based anti-conflict NGO “International Crisis Group” and a peek through dozens of reports appearing in innumerable local and Western media outlets like the New York times, AFP, BBC, Al-Jazeera, Reuters, the Washington Post, the Times Magazine, Newsweek, Le Monde English edition, Gulf News, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and the Indian express etc shows that the world has surely seen a handful of “realtively successful” anti-terrorism models in recent times.