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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


August 2004 - United States Special Weapons News

  • US rules out major reduction of European-based nuclear warheads IRNA 31 Aug 2004 -- The United States has no plans to substantially reduce its nuclear weapons arsenal in Europe, the American military daily Stars and Stripes reported Tuesday.
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN WINS $213 MILLION STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING CONTRACT Lockheed Martin 26 Aug 2004 -- The U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) has awarded Lockheed Martin a 10-year, $213 million contract to develop the new architecture and functions for the Integrated Strategic Planning and Analysis Network (ISPAN), a network-centric mission planning and execution system. ISPAN will support the full spectrum of USSTRATCOM’s new responsibilities for global strike, missile defense and information operations, in addition to their traditional role of nuclear deterrence.
  • Rumsfeld Explains Problems in Stopping WMD Proliferation AFPS 18 Aug 2004 -- Working with other countries to stop weapons of mass destruction from spreading isn't as easy as it may sound, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the 7th annual Space and Missile Defense Conference here today.
  • ATK Delivers First Minuteman III Motor Set Ahead of Schedule ATK 16 Aug 2004 -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) has delivered the first ship set of second and third stage rocket motors for the Minuteman III Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP) more than two weeks ahead of schedule. The ship set, targeted for delivery by July 9, was delivered to ICBM prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) on June 23.
  • U.S. Army Develops Vaccine Against Deadly Ricin Washington File 11 Aug 2004 -- Scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Maryland have developed an experimental vaccine against ricin, a potential bioterrorism agent, that has protected mice sprayed with a mist containing lethal doses of the toxin.
  • Persistent Diplomacy Needed for Nonproliferation Advances Washington File 11 Aug 2004 -- Aggressive and persistent diplomacy is needed more than additional funding to expand the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program effectively, according to one of the program's authors.
  • Troops' Plasma Needed to Develop New Anthrax Defense AFPS 11 Aug 2004 -- A new program starting today to develop a new defense against anthrax will depend on servicemembers' donated plasma to be most effective.
  • DoD Assists CDC with Anthrax Plasma Project 11 Aug 2004 -- The Departments of Defense (DoD) and Health and Human Services (DHHS) today announced that the military will support a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) effort to create a new medication against anthrax. This new medication, anthrax immune globulin (AIG), is an antibody-based medication and could become a critical medical countermeasure for the nation in case of an anthrax attack.
  • Australia Group Combats Chemical, Biological Weapons Proliferation Washington File 10 Aug 2004 -- Following is a fact sheet from the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Nonproliferation on the Australia Group, which was created in 1984 to combat the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons.
  • Rice Cites Successes in Stopping Nuclear Arms Development AFPS 08 Aug 2004 -- National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice disputed news reports today that say U.S. diplomacy is failing in the effort to stop countries like Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear arms.



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