Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
December 2003 - United States Special Weapons News
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- DoD Statement on Anthrax 23 Dec 2003 -- The Department of Defense is currently reviewing a preliminary injunction recently granted by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding the department's anthrax vaccination program.
- Transcript: Assistant Secretary of Defense Health Affairs William Winkenwerder Briefing 23 Dec 2003 -- "Yesterday, a U.S. district court judge ordered a suspension of the department's anthrax immunization program against the deadly biological agent anthrax. This decision was in response to a suit brought by six anonymous individuals in March of this year. The department is reviewing the judge's order. As a matter of pending litigation, I'll have no further comment on that litigation at this time."
- Bolton Says Proliferation Security Initiative Has "Twofold Aim" Washington File 19 Dec 2003 -- The new Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) has a twofold aim -- to reduce the quantities of WMD in the world and to raise the political and economic costs of trafficking in WMD, says Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton.
- Bolton Says Anti-Proliferation Meeting Successful Washington File 17 Dec 2003 -- The State Department's top arms control official expressed pleasure with the results of a two-day meeting in Washington on the U.S.-sponsored Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), according to a department statement.
- ATK Awarded Contracts Totaling $71.5 Million for Trident II D5 Missile Propulsion Systems ATK 03 Dec 2003 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems) (NYSE:ATK) said it has been awarded contracts with a total value of $71.5 million from Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company - Sunnyvale, Calif. to produce solid propulsion systems for all three stages of the U.S. Navy's Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM).
- Nuclear Weapons and Rogue States: Challenge and Response US Dept. of State 03 Dec 2003 -- John R. Bolton, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Remarks to the Conference of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis and the Fletcher School's International Security Studies Program
- Reshaping the Heart of the Nation's Deterrence Paradigm AFPS 02 Dec 2003 -- During the Cold War, deterrence was at the heart of American strategy. The nuclear weapon triad of land-based missiles, bombers and submarine-launched missiles deterred the Soviet Union from attacking the United States and its allies.
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