Yorkshire CND - News Items on Missile Defense 2000

Yorkshire campaign for nuclear disarmament


Missile Defence/Star Wars News Items 2000 back News items from: 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000 \| 1999 Rumsfeld missile plan spurs debate - 31/12/00 The Real Colin Powell - 31/12/00 From Missile Defense to a Space Arms Race? - 30/12/00 Mr. Bush,The World Doesn't Want to Be American - 30/12/00 Rumsfeld: Star Wars Booster - 29/12/00 Choice Of Rumsfeld Creates Solid Team For Missile Shield - 29/12/00 Defense Secretary Chosen; Held Same Post Under Ford - 29/12/00 Comments by Bush and Rumsfeld on Selection for Secretary of Defense - 29/12/00 Bush's Pentagon Choice Moves 'Star Wars' Closer - 29/12/00 Go slow on Star Wars - 28/12/00 Bush picks Cold War veteran as defence chief - 28/12/00 Bush picks Rumsfeld to lead Pentagon - 28/12/00 Bush Will Face Money Questions on U.S. Military - 28/12/00 Rapid Deployment On Missile Defense Is A Bad Idea - 27/12/00 Star Wars: The Sequel - 26/12/00 America's Dream Defense - 26/12/00 U.S. Missile System Aimed at World Domination, not Rogue States - 23/12/00 Aerospace Executives on Bush Star Wars Team - 23/12/00 NMD Contract Awarded - 22/12/00 U.S. won't accept `no´ on Star Wars - 21/12/00 So, Really, Where's the Need for Missile Defence? - 21/12/00 Putin in Canada - joint statement on Strategic Stability - 20/12/00 Prelude to a Missile Defense - 19/12/00 Missile Defense Thirty Years Ago: Déjà Vu All Over Again? - 18/12/00 Science for Peace Media Release on Bush-NMD - 18/12/00 Why Bush's Missile Plan Might Bomb - 18/12/00 Powell insists defence rests on 'Star Wars' - 18/12/00 Russia, US, Cut Risk of Inadvertent Nuclear Strike - 16/12/00 Missile Defense High on Bush Agenda - 16/12/00 London wants "dialogue" with Bush over U.S. missile shield plan - 16/12/00 Kosmoplan, Soviet Killer Satellite and Battle Station Plans - 12/00 Arrests as Greenpeace Protest Against Bush's Star Wars Plans - 14/12/00 More Americans Prefer a Limited National Defense System - 13/12/00 Former U.S. military commanders oppose US-Russian launch notification agreement - 12/12/00 US and Russia renew military exchanges - 12/12/00 Northrop Grumman Receives $12.1 Million Contract for TPS-75 Missile Tracking Modification Kits - 11/12/00 US seeks Moscow missile agreement - 11/12/00 Former U.S. military commanders oppose U.S.-Russian launch agreement - 11/12/00 Russia Defense Minister Pushes Putin's Idea For Pan-European Missile Shield - 7/12/00 Defense Minister Underlines Moscow's Strong Stand on ABM - 7/12/00 Laser Shield Not Ready for Israel - 7/12/00 Russian Defense Chief Talks Tough on ABM - 5/12/00 New US missiles will destroy our pact, says Russia - 5/12/00 Conference urges halt to missile defense - 4/12/00 BMD Costs - Losing the Forest for the Trees - 30/11/00 Of Nukes, Nuts and Tarot Cards: Reagan Revisited - 27/11/00 THAAD Team Tests Boost-Motor In Test Firing - 21/11/00 Clinton Discusses Missile Defense - 19/11/00 NATO Deputies to Mull Missile Shield Concerns - 16/11/00 Putin offers radical cuts in missiles if US halts Star Wars - 14/11/00 NMD Protection racket - 12/11/00 Momentum Builds for Disarment Group - 2/11/00 National Missile Defense: The Dog That Never Barked - 27/10/00 Sea-based NMD Systems - 24/10/00 "Missile Defense Success Story" - 20/10/00 Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile Intercepts Target In White Sands Test - 16/10/00 Foreign Ministry Denies Russia Ready To Change ABM Treaty - 12/10/00 Raytheon's National Missile Defense Prototype Radar Successful In Two Significant Tests - 12/10/00 Sanders Gets A $225 Million THAAD With Missile Contract - 11/10/00 Protest at Fylingdales - 7/10/00 International Protest Against Star Wars - 7/10/00 Peace Campaigner drops court case over Spy Base - 2/10/00 BMDO conducts NMD Exercise - 28/9/00 X Satellites Push Design Envelope - 28/9/00 Laser Cannon Test: Two Rockets Down - 26/9/00 Laser kills two Katyushas in US test - 25/9/00 Ray Gun Shoots Down Multi Targets - 22/9/00 BMDO Plans Next NMD Integrated Ground Test In Early 2001 - 20/9/00 Waging War From Space - 19/9/00 Anti-missile laser plane project on schedule - 19/9/00 FBI opens preliminary probe of TRW missile charges - 18/9/00 Reviewing Clinton Remarks on NMD - 17/9/00 In CD, China, US address NMD and ABMT - 14/9/00 Israel Stops Missile in Test - 14/9/00 China, U.S. Clash on Missile Shield at Arms Talks - 14/9/00 Army aims to refine new laser in tests - 12/9/00 FBI probing TRW for missile defense-related fraud - 11/9/00 Boosting Foreign Aid Would Serve US Better Than Missile Defense - 9/9/00 NMD: Test Failures and Technology Development - 8/9/00 Chief Defends Missile Defence - 8/9/00 Don't put the world on the defensive - 6/9/00 World leaders hail Clinton's missile decision - 5/9/00 Dangerous Legacy - 5/9/00 Next Missile Defense Test in January - 5/9/00 The world is safer - for five months - 4/9/00 Other Systems Might Provide a US Missile Shield - 4/9/00 The White House Fact Sheet: National Missile Defense - 1/9/00 Statements by Gore and Bush on NMD - 1/9/00 Remarks by the President on NMD - 1/9/00 Clinton Punts NMD Decision - 1/9/00 Clinton Punts Defense Decision - 1/9/00 Clinton Will Leave Decision on Missile Shield to Successor - 1/9/00 Clinton leaving missile defense to successor - 1/9/00 US Envoy Defends Proposed Space Defense System - 31/8/00 Missile Defense Splits Administration - 30/8/00 Washington Split Deepens in Debate Over Missile Plan - 30/8/00 US Navy Test Theater Ballistic Missile - 24/8/00 US Army Space Command runs Missile Defence Exercise - 24/8/00 Missile Shield Decision maybe weeks away - 22/8/00 Official Expects U.S. Missile Shield Decision Soon - 22/8/00 Subject: U.S., Russian Officials Wind Up Geneva Arms Talks - 18/8/00 Classifying Documents Hinders National Missile Defense Debate - 17/8/00 The Dodgy Science of Missile Defense - 17/8/00 ABM Treaty May Need To Be Re-Ratified - 15/8/00 New 'all gas' chemical laser ideal for space, says chemist - 11/8/00 Mutually assured dysfunction - 11/8/00 Boeing removes missile defense director - 10/8/00 On Balance, Negotiated Arms Control Is Preferable - 9/8/00 Missile Defense Is Mostly About Politics, Not National Security - 9/8/00 Delays Plague New Defense Plans - 9/8/00 Tiff Between White House, MIT Professor Gets Personal - 9/8/00 2000 - 2005 Missile Defense Inception Is at Risk - 9/8/00 US Intelligence Weighs Missile Defense Reaction - 9/8/00 Cohen Statement on NMD - 8/8/00 Dangerous Liaison - 6/8/00 Cohen May Back Steps On Missile Defense - 6/8/00 Committee Wants U.S. to Halt Plans for Missile Defense System - 2/8/00 Japan expresses "understanding" on US missile shield study - 1/8/00 Starting a New Cold War? - 1/8/00 Australia reportedly working on missile shield - 25/7/00 Cohen Plans U.S. Missile Defense Report in 'Weeks' - 24/7/00 It Doesn't Take Rocket Science - 23/7/00 U.S. shoots down missile in defense test, Pentagon says - 22/7/00 Clinton, Putin Talk Missiles - 21/7/00 Statements by Foreign Leaders Opposing NMD - 21/7/00 U.S. military plans Saturday missile defense test - 20/7/00 Army TMD test as destabilising as NMD - 20/7/00 Time for a Missile Freeze - 20/7/00 U.S. postpones theater missile defense test - 19/7/00 Open letter to Australian Government - 17/7/00 US wants Australian base for missile plan - 16/7/00 Bullying us into another arms race - 14/7/00 Engineer Charging Antimissile Fraud Is Snared in a Federal Clash - 13/7/00 Clinton Urged To Defer Missile Rule - 13/7/00 Missile impossible, part two - 12/7/00 False Defence - 11/7/00 Putin to Press Clinton to Drop Anti-Missile Plan - 10/7/00 Air Force keeps eyes wide open with Airborne Laser Aircraft - 10/7/00 Kwajalein Missile Test Fails Again - 10/7/00 Pentagon Says Missile Test Fails - 8/7/00 Pentagon Briefing on NMD Test Failure - 8/7/00 US Fails to Hit Warhead in Key Anti-Missile Test - 8/7/00 US may be safer, but many fear for strategic balance - 7/7/00 US Weighs Possible Foreign Reaction to Missile Defense - 7/7/00 ICBM killer's test launch splits Tucsonans - 7/7/00 Raytheon product at center stage tonight - 7/7/00 Why a Thin U.S. National Missile Defense Looks Thick to the Russians - 7/7/00 Critics Asking Clinton to Stop Advancing Missile Plan - 6/7/00 State Department Classifies Foreign States: "States of Concern" Only One of the Categories - 6/7/00 Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 2000 - 6/7/00 NMD Deployment: Creating GLobal Instability - 6/7/00 Science just first challenge fot Missile Shield - 6/7/00 Missile Shield Under Attack - 6/7/00 Nobel Winners Urge Halt to Missile Plan - 6/7/00 US Navy Establshes Missile Defense Office - 5/7/00 New Opposition to US missile plans - 5/7/00 DoD News Briefing with Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen - 5/7/00 US Study Reopens Division Over Nuclear Missile Threat - 4/7/00 Kwajalein Landowners File Suit against Marshall Islands Government - 4/7/00 Pentagon admits stacking deck on missile test - 3/7/00 'Star Wars' missile shield threatens to split the Cabinet - 2/7/00 Shooting From the Ship: The Navy may have the best angle on a national missile defense system - 3/7/00 Air Force Mulls Expanding Role for Missile-Killer Laser - 1/7/00 A Missile Defense With Limits: The ABC's of the Clinton Plan - 30/6/00 Joint Exercise on Missiles Seen for U.S. and Russia - 29/6/00 Australian Senate Says No to US Missile Defence Scheme - 29/6/00 Kwajalein Landowners FIle Lawsuit - 27/6/00 Laser weapons - Stunning developments - 24/6/00 Critic accuses Pentagon of trying to silence him - 24/6/00 Opponents Want Missile Test Inquiry - 22/6/00 Pentagon backs missile defense even if key test next month fails - 21/6/00 Clinton Seeks To Avoid Acting On Missile Defense System - 21/6/00 NMD Test set for July 7 - 20/6/00 U.S. State Department Drops 'Rogue State' Tag - 19/6/00 Legality of Star Wars Challenged at Menwith Hill - 19/6/00 More Doubts Are Raised on Missile Shield - 18/6/00 GAO Report Finds Fault With Missile Shield Plan - 17/6/00 Boeing Plans Ads to Promote Missile Defense - 16/6/00 Contracts Awarded To Build Space Mirrors - 16/6/00 Missile Shield Eroding Foreign Policy Goal - 15/6/00 Summit Shoots A Hole In Missile Defense Argument - 15/6/00 Clinton Lawyers Give A Go-Ahead To Missile Shield - 15/6/00 Reponse to White House Legal Opinion on ABM - 15/6/00 Welch Panel, Unclassified executive summary of third report - 13/6/00 After High-Pressure Years, Contractors Tone Down Missile Defense Lobbying - 13/6/00 Russia And U.S. Differ at Missile Talks - 13/6/00 GOP 'Pit Bull' Puts Missile Defense Front and Center - 12/6/00 U.S. Antimissile Plan Hit With One-Two Punch - 12/6/00 The missile plan skeptic - 12/6/00 Scientists Oppose Missile Shield - 12/6/00 U.S. spies inflate risk from 'rogue' states - 11/6/00 Putin challenges US fears, denies threat of nuclear rogue states - 11/6/00 Why 'Rigged' Missile Test May Help Clinton - 11/6/00 The missile defense shield It could well make the world more dangerous - 11/6/00 U.S. Rejects Russian Plan For Joint Missile Defense - 10/6/00 Decoys Dupe Missile Defense System, Experts Say - 9/6/00 Pentagon Has Been Rigging Antimissile Tests, Critics Maintain - 9/6/00 US DoD News Briefing with William Cohen - 8/6/00 Clinton all but certain to punt on missile defense decision - 8/6/00 Experts scoff at missile shield - 7/6/00 U.S. Says Missile Defense Plan Won't Fuel Arms Race - 7/6/00 Army's new hightech laser is right on target - 7/6/00 Laser shoots down rocket for first time - 7/6/00 Gore Would Consider Scrapping ABM Treaty - 6/6/00 ABM Issue Unresolved as Summit Ends - 5/6/00 Remarks by President Clinton to the Russian Duma - 5/6/00 Joint Statement by Clinton, Putin - 4/6/00 U.S. Cool to Russian Missile Defense Ideas - 2/6/00 Putin Proposes Joint US-Russian Missile Shield - 1/6/00 Missile Defense to Be Shared with Allies, Says Clinton - 1/6/00 US may encourage Pakistan, others to build nukes: Cohen - 1/6/00 The Marketing of Missile Defense 1994-2000 by William D. Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca - 5/00 Clinton May Share Defense Technology - 31/5/00 BMDO Tests Missile Tracking System - 31/5/00 US missiles may spark Asian arms race - 29/5/00 Pentagon Supports Sea-Based Missile Defenses - 27/5/00 Pentagon Classifies a Letter Critical of Antimissile Plan - 20/5/00 US could build Missile Shield without Treaty changes - 18/5/00 Antimissile System's Flaw Was Covered Up, Critic Says - 18/5/00 Ex-Pentagon Officials Blast Clinton's 'Star Wars' Program - 17/5/00 State Department Official Says Missile Shield Inevitable - 11/5/00 NMD Update: Col Dan Smith - 11/5/00 Pentagon has extra test for missile defense - 9/5/00 Allbright, Clinton Open About Putin - 9/5/00 "Swords Vs. Shields" - 8/5/00 Key Missile Defense Radar Planned for Remote Island - 7/5/00 Planned missile shield has holes - 6/5/00 First-ever laser antimissile system hits target in field test - 5/5/00 Pentagon Downplays Importance of BMD Test - 4/5/00 Former U.S. Nuclear Planner Warns Against Altering the ABM - 3/5/00 Missile Shield Support Wanes - 2/5/00 Where NMD Stands - 2/5/00 Planned US ABM Shield Could Fail - 28/4/00 US ABM Shield No Match For Russian Nukes - 28/4/00 U.S. Confirms Giving Russia Draft of Treaty Changes - 28/4/00 Proposal on ABM: 'Ready to Work With Russia' - 28/4/00 Introduction to ABM Treaty "Talking Points" - 28/4/00 U.S. Hands Russia a Plan to Revise '72 Missile Treaty - 28/4/00 Helms Blasts Clinton on ABM Treaty - 27/4/00 Megawatt Laser Test Brings Space Based Lasers One Step Closer - 26/4/00 Star Wars Continues To Drive Space Technology - 26/4/00 New US radar site threatens ABM treaty - 25/4/00 Pentagon rejects new missile defense cost estimate - 25/4/00 Missile Defense Cost Reported - 25/4/00 Russian Head Talks With Clinton - 25/4/00 New Report Finds Proposed Anti- Missile System Unready, Unwise - 25/4/00 ABM Negotiations Would Violate Law - 18/4/00 Leading Scientists Say No to Missile Defense - 11/4/00 Saying No to the U.S. won't kill us (Toronto Star) - 7/4/00 Ballistic Missile Defence by David Morgan - 5/4/00 Anti-missile plan costs at least $30.2 billion-Pentagon - 4/4/00 America's Nuclear Strategy: Defensive or First Strike? - 1/4/00 How a Limited National Missile Defense Would Impact the ABM Treaty - 3/00 New Report on the NPT, CTBT and ABM Treaty - 30/3/00 Cohen biefing on BMD - 24/3/00 Tide swells for delaying missile defense - 24/3/00 US to expand missile defense plans - 21/3/00 Missile Defence Test Postponed - 21/3/00 Israel makes history with new anti-missile system - 15/3/00 Delaying Missile Defence - Not a tidal wave, but a definite tide - 3/00 Senator Biden Joins Call for a Delay in Missile-Defense Plan - 8/3/00 Ex-Employee Says Contractor Faked Results of Missile Tests - 7/3/00 NMD the target is Russia - Article by Theodore Postol - 3/00 Navy assured on missile program role - 29/2/00 Navy Chief Promotes Missile Defense Role - 28/2/00 US Admiral Advocates Ship Based Missile Defense - 28/2/00 High Profile US Law Firm to help negotiate Kwajaein Missile Range Deal - 28/2/00 Missile Defence Uncorked - 27/2/00 Marshall Islanders Want Big Bucks For More Missile Tests - 24/2/00 USAF gathers critical data for airborne laser programme - 21/2/00 National Missile Defense -- Just say No - 17/2/00 BMD Money to Academics - 16/2/00 US Military Chief Says June OK For Missile Decision - 15/2/00 Tester says Pentagon moves too fast - 14/2/00 Missile defense policy needs re-evaluation - 11/2/00 Plumbing Leak Foiled Anti-missile Test - 8/2/00 Missile shield to cost $2bn - 8/2/00 Senators: Share shield technology with Russia if it enables missile defense - 7/2/00 Pentagon to press on with missile defence - 7/2/00 Despite controversy, Pentagon prepares to push ahead with National Missile Defense - 7/2/00 Pentagon unveils 2001 budget proposal that would fund anti-missile system - 7/2/00 Missile Defense to 'Avert Nuclear Blackmail' - 5/2/00 US Anti-Missile Defense Achievable - Cohen - 5/2/00 Kwajalein atoll and the new arms race - 2/2000 Taiwan Seeks Missile Defense - 28/1/00 Who is driving the Defence Revival? - 27/1/00 National Missile Defenses: Fighting the Last War - 24/1/00 Airborne Laser aircraft arrives at Wichita - 24/1/00 Delay Sought In Decision On Missile Defense - 20/1/00 Hitting a bullet with a bullet - 20/1/00 Dubious missile shield - 20/1/00 Close Isn't Good Enough - 20/1/00 Missile failure fuels long-running debate - 20/1/00 Missile Sensor Failed In Test's Final Seconds - 20/1/00 NMD Test Failure - 19/1/00 President should delay missile defense deployment decision - 19/1/00 Missile Interceptor Missed Target - 18/1/00 BAE SYSTEMS MESAR2 radar transferred for BMD trails - 17/1/00 Flaws Found in Missile Test That US Saw as a Success - 14/1/00 Clinton to Add $2.2 Billion for Missile Defense in 2001 Budget - 11/1/00 India designing Star Wars system - 6/1/00