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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


July 2004 - United States Special Weapons News

  • The Proliferation Security Initiative: What Is the Proliferation Security Initiative? US Dept. of State 28 Jul 2004 -- The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is a global effort that aims to stop shipments of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related materials worldwide. Announced by President Bush on May 31, 2003, it stems from the National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction issued in December 2002. That strategy recognizes the need for more robust tools to defeat the proliferation of WMD around the world, and specifically identifies interdiction as an area where greater focus will be placed.
  • Northrop Grumman Successfully Transitions Minuteman III Stage 2 and 3 Rocket Motor Manufacturing to ATK Magna, Utah, Facility Northrop Grumman 28 Jul 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) resumed delivery of the Minuteman III Stage 2 and Stage 3 rocket motors to the U.S. Air Force last month, following a nine-month pause in production when work was transitioned from the Pratt & Whitney facility in San Jose, Calif., to ATK's Bacchus facility in Magna, Utah.
  • New Law to Provide Medical Countermeasures Against WMD Attack Washington File 22 Jul 2004 -- Following is the text of the White House factsheet on Project BioShield -- an initiative to provide enhanced medical countermeasures for Americans in the event of terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction -- that President Bush signed into law on July 21
  • Bush Signs $5.6 Billion BioShield Legislation AFPS 21 Jul 2004 -- President Bush today signed bipartisan legislation designed to make America safer in the face of a biological attack.
  • New Legislation Will Transform Bioterrorism Defense, Bush Says Washington File 21 Jul 2004 -- The Project BioShield Act "will help America purchase, develop and deploy cutting-edge defenses against catastrophic attack" and is a part of the "broader strategy" to protect the nation from attacks using weapons of mass destruction, said President Bush as he signed the legislation into law July 21.
  • President Bush Signs New Bioterror Law VOA News 21 Jul 2004 -- President Bush has signed into law new measures to better prevent and respond to potential biological, chemical, or nuclear attacks against the United States.
  • CHINA-U.S. WEAPONS VOA 20 Jul 2004 -- U.S. experts are calling on China to help prevent nuclear weapons from ending up in the hands of terrorists.
  • SECURITY / LOS ALAMOS LAB VOA 16 Jul 2004 -- For the first time in recent memory, the Los Alamos lab has temporarily stopped all classified research work. This results from the discovery last week that vital data on two media storage disks are missing.
  • General Dynamics Awarded $7 Million Contract to Update Trident Training Laboratories General Dynamics 12 Jul 2004 -- The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $7 million contract to complete the conversion of weapons laboratories at the Navy’s Trident Training Facility, Bangor, Wash., to the Trident II (D5) Backfit configuration, and to deliver the Fire Control Mod 6 Advanced Development Laboratory. Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Mass., and is expected to be complete by January 2006. The award has a potential value of up to $17 million if all options are exercised.



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