Yorkshire CND - News Items on Missile Defense 2001

Yorkshire campaign for nuclear disarmament


Missile Defence/Star Wars News Items 2001 back News items from: 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000 \| 1999 US Space Preservation Act and World Treaty - 2001 Missile Defense: The Untold Story - 29/12/01 Withdrawal from ABM treaty signals escalation of US militarism - 27/12/01 Treaty's End - 22/12/01 The cold war is long over, but Star Wars goes on - 21/12/01 A Victory for the Star Wars Lobby - 18/12/01 House Appropriators' Cut To SBIRS-Low Likely To Stand - 18/12/01 NATO, Russian Defense Ministers Meet After US ABM Decision - 18/12/01 ABM Treaty Withdrawal Likely to Boost Space-Based Laser Work - 18/12/01 Newspaper editorials on ABM Treaty pull-out - 17/12/01 Putin Wants To Modify ABM Treaty - 17/12/01 Bush Offers ABM Talks in Call to Chinese Leader - 15/12/01 ABM, Salt and Start. And Now the Finish - 14/12/01 Navy Area Missile Defense Program Canceled - 14/12/01 Air Force recovering remnants - 14/12/01 ABM treaty withdrawal makes it possible to start construction - 14/12/01 House of Rep. resolution opposing withdrawal from the ABM treaty - 14/12/01 President Bush's missile plan is dangerous - 14/12/01 Missile Defense Rocket Destroyed - 13/12/01 Bush's Move On ABM Pact Gives Pause To Europeans - 13/12/01 Russia Warns of New Arms Race if US Tears Up ABM Treaty - 13/12/01 Predictable but wrongheaded - 13/12/01 Bush Statement on the ABM Treaty - 13/12/01 U.S. Withdraws From ABM Treaty - 13/12/01 'Radical Unilateralists' in Administration Lambasted on Withdrawal - 12/12/01 Non-intercept test of defense system set - 12/12/01 Stop Withdrawal From ABM Treaty - 12/12/01 Bush About to Announce Withdrawal From ABM Treaty - 11/12/01 Powell, Putin Clash on Missile Shield - 10/12/01 Alaska makes its case for missile defense role - 8/12/01 US exit from Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty dangerous - 6/12/01 Unilateral US pull-out from ABM not to be ruled out - 4/12/01 China renews opposition to US missile defense system - 4/12/01 China Fumes Over U.S. Missile Test - 4/12/01 Missile Defense Test Is A Hit - 4/12/01 Beacon Aids Missile Tests More Than Known - 3/12/01 Missile intercept postponed again because of poor weather - 3/12/01 Missile Defense Test's Value Questioned - 2/12/01 Bush's Missile Shield Is a Science Fiction Fantasy - 2/12/01 Russia Hails UN ABM Treaty Support - 30/11/01 Pentagon Says Missile Defense Test Only A Learning Experience - 30/11/01 Russia takes tough ABM line ahead of US missile test - 30/11/01 Pay Attention - 30/11/01 BMD Missile test launch - 29/11/01 Missile-Defense Satellites' Cost Balloons To $23 Billion - 19/11/01 U.S. to Pursue Missile Test Plans - 16/11/01 Space, Missiles, Cyberspace Changing Military Power - 14/11/01 Bush and Putin Meeting - 14/11/01 Bush and Putin Agree To Slash Nukes; But No ABM Deal Yet - 14/11/01 50 nobel laureates say no to star wars - 13/11/01 State is well situated to defend nation - 11/11/01 BMDO blows up Kodiak test rocket - 10/11/01 Bush won't save ABM Treaty - 8/11/01 Panel Recommends Ending Satellite Plan - 8/11/01 Pentagon mulls missile-defence restructuring - 7/11/01 Putin-Bush Meeting offers new opportunity for Ban on Space-based Weapons - 6/11/01 Russia sees 'certain progress' in missile talks with US - 5/11/01 Star Wars Weapons Jeopardize the War on Terrorism - 5/11/01 From Cornerstone To Relic: Russia Makes Painful Shift On ABM - 4/11/01 Intercept test from VAFB set for later launch date - 4/11/01 Greenland, Alaska natives balk at new U.S. military - 3/11/01 Russia admits ABM Treaty 'relic of Cold War' - 3/11/01 Russia says missile deal not on Putin-Bush summit agenda - 3/11/01 Bush Will Offer Nuclear Cuts to Sway Russia - 2/11/01 Missile Defense Deal Is Likely - 1/11/01 The worst-case scenario - 1/11/01 Postponement of missile defense tests disingenuous - 29/10/01 Russia and US Close To ABM Agreement - 28/10/01 Bush Adviser Says Russia Is Warming to U.S. ABM Tests - 28/10/01 Military Sees Win-Win in Alaska - 27/10/01 Pentagon Puts Off Missile Testing - 25/10/01 Bush and Putin Declare They Can Alter ABM Pact - 22/10/01 Antiterrorism Unites, Missile Defense Divides - 22/10/01 Russians hinting at ABM treaty flexibility: Powell - 21/10/01 Star Wars 17 free..for now - 16/10/01 World-wide reports on October 13th Protests - 14/10/01 International Day of Protest in London - 13/10/01 Bush offers Russia hope of missile deal - 12/10/01 Russia-Belarus-China draft resolution on ABM Treaty - 12/10/01 Pentagon Sets Back Missile Test Schedule - 5/10/01 Alaska Antimissile Site: Too Close for Russians' Comfort? - 26/9/01 Senate to Restore Missile Defense $ - 21/9/01 New urgency seen for U.S. missile shield - 19/10/01 Opposition grows to Bush's NMD - 19/9/01 Attacks Intensify Missile Defense Debate in US - 17/9/01 Dems to Drop Missile Defense Provision - 17/9/01 Too Close for Comfort - 16/9/01 The Missile Debate - 14/9/01 Straws in the Wind: The Terrorist Attacks and Missile Defense - Selected News Items and Quotes - 13/9/01 Attacks Won't Deter Pentagon Plans, Test For Missile Defense - 13/9/01 No shield could stop it. So what of 'Star Wars' now? - 12/9/01 Wanted: a global balance of power - 11/9/01 Democrats lash Bush 'lunacy' on missiles - 11/9/01 Biden: Missiles Could Trigger Race - 10/9/01 Missile Defense: Next Steps in Congress - 10/9/01 Democrats plan attack on missile defense plan - 10/9/01 Russia-China deal makes NASA uneasy - 10/9/01 Missile Silos Proposed for Alaska - 9/9/01 Defense Chief Unsure of US-Russia Missile Talks - 9/9/01 Rumsfeld speaks out against groups 'determined to kill missile defense' - 9/9/01 Rumsfeld Defends Missile Defense - 9/9/01 Bush seeks missile defense deal with China, Russia and skeptical US Congress - 9/9/01 NORAD to Eye on Russia Air Force - 9/9/01 Bush, Australian Premier Salute Military Alliance - 9/9/01 Missile defenses military hopes to test at proposed Pacific range - 9/9/01 US Base Closures Necessary to Increase Military Funds - 8/9/01 Bush's defenseless missle defense system - 8/9/01 Australia 'at risk' under US missile defence plan - 8/9/01 Kucinich to Introduce Bill to Ban Space-based Weapons - 8/9/01 Senate Armed Services Panel Votes Missile Defense Restrictions - 7/9/01 Ballistic missile defences in South Asia - 7/9/01 No Deal Soon on Missile Defense Plan, Russia Says - 6/9/01 Minister Sentenced to Jail for Prating During Star Wars Protest - 6/9/01 Rumsfeld Defends Missile Defense - 6/9/01 Democrats to Pare Missile Funds - 6/9/01 US DoD seeks to expand new relationship with Russia Battleground Alaska - 3/9/01 Missile defense system includes batteries - 2/9/01 US to Give Details of Shield Tests to China - 2/9/01 US to alter arms export guidelines for MD cooperation - 1/9/01 US to Tell China It Will Not Object to Missile Buildup - 1/9/01 Prototype Missile Launched In Midcourse Missile Defense Test - 31/8/01 America's Scary 'Safer' World - 31/8/01 Keep Space Weapons-Free, UN Urges - 30/8/01 Bush Missile Defense Plan Eyed - 29/8/01 Intercepted missiles could fall on Europe - 29/8/01 Treaties Don't Belong to Presidents Alone - 29/8/01 Arrow weapon system scores again - 28/8/01 Greenpeace 'Star Wars' Activists Await Bail Hearing - 28/8/01 Environmental Groups to File Suit Over Missile Defenses - 28/8/01 US Takes on Invader Role in War Games - 27/8/01 Achilles' Heel in Missile Plan: Crude Weapons - 27/8/01 Missile-defense critic says he won't be silenced - 27/8/01 Army Prepares Alaska Test Site - 27/8/01 High-tech military gadgetry aplenty at US missile conference - 26/8/01 US missile experts meet to save the nation -- and make a few bucks - 26/8/01 Joint Chiefs Pick Gen. Myers - 24/8/01 Maleficent Obsession It's ridiculous for Bush to push Russia to the wall over an untried missile defense system - 23/8/01 Bush confirms ABM withdrawal - 23/8/01 Bush vows to drop ABM treaty 'on our timetable' - 23/8/01 New missile programs make city key player - 23/8/01 Joint Chiefs Pick Will Be Gen. Myers - 23/8/01 Missile Stance May Isolate US - 22/8/01 Third World poses top missile threat - 22/8/01 US talks tough on missiles - 22/8/01 US Sets Deadline for Settlement of ABM Argument - 22/8/01 Mathematics And The National Missile Defense System - 21/8/01 E-2C detects, tracks ballistic missile target - 21/8/01 Missile-shield test site gets OK - 21/8/01 US stands as sole superpower - 20/8/01 Missile Hit Got a Little Help - 20/8/01 Taiwanese military shortly to take delivery of new radar systems - 19/8/01 15 Face Felonies In Missile Protest - 19/8/01 The Media Must Demand Truth From the Testers - 19/8/01 US missile defense experts to meet in mega event in Alabama - 19/8/01 Face it, the cold war is over - 19/8/01 Government awards missile defense contract in Alaska - 19/8/01 No missile defence talks before year's end: Moscow - 18/8/01 Aglaq Alaska Construction - 18/8/01 Pentagon weighs Greely missile launches - 18/8/01 Left gears up for fight with Straw over US missile plan - 18/8/01 Straw ups the ante on missile defence - 17/8/01 Russia Sees No ABM Progress Before End of Year - 16/8/01 Pentagon Plans to Double Value of SBIRS Low Contracts - 16/8/01 New Names for Star Wars Systems - 16/8/01 'Hit-To-Kill' Technology Not Sure Thing - Pentagon - 15/8/01 NMD Tests To Get Tougher Starting Early Next Year - 15/8/01 Lt. Gen. Discusses Missile Defense - 15/8/01 Russians Resist Rumsfeld Effort to Set Aside ABM Treaty - 14/8/01 US grand plan proves hard sell - 14/8/01 US dismisses treaty tradeoff for Star Wars - 14/8/01 Bush's gambit for missile defense - 13/8/01 Reagan's good example on missile defense - 13/8/01 15 Antimissile Protesters Face Felony Charges - 13/8/01 The Undeterred - 13/8/01 Growing Interest Bolsters Boost Phase Intercept - 13/8/01 Arsenals Key to Russia-U.S. Missile Dispute - 13/8/01 Former minister fights missile plan - 13/8/01 15 Antimissile Protesters Face Felony Charges - 12/8/01 On Missile Defense - A Pattern of Deception - 12/8/01 The Guardian misses the point on National Missile Defence - 11/8/01 Missile Defense a Threat - 11/8/01 Bush's New 'Star Wars' Base a Radioactive Danger - 11/8/01 Space doctrine starts from the ground up - 10/8/01 US Has Most to Lose in Space Arms Race - 9/8/01 The US search for absolute security is a threat to us all - 9/8/01 Next US Anti-Missile Test Likely in October - 9/8/01 The Final Frontier in a New and Terrifying Arms Race - 8/8/01 Activists try to breach radar post to protest US - 8/8/01 US, Russians meet on missile defense - 7/8/01 History says hold fire on missile defence - 7/8/01 Inuit prepare to fight Star Wars - 7/8/01 White House Kicks Off Grass Roots Effort On Missile Defense - 7/8/01 Pentagon Clamps Lid on US-Russia Security Talks - 7/8/01 Moscow proposes non-military measures to deter "rogue states" - 6/8/01 The Pentagon, Not Congress or the President, Calls the Shots - 6/8/01 Star Wars Becoming a Reality - 6/8/01 Boeing Inertial Upper Stage Deploys DSP-21 Satellite - 6/8/01 TRW Awarded $564 Million Missile Defense Contract - 6/8/01 Titan 4 Successfully Lofts DSP Satellite into Orbit - 6/8/01 Restoring a MAD world's sanity - 6/8/01 Conservative Coalition Pushes Missile Shield on Capitol Hill - 6/8/01 The Next Battlefield may be in Outer Space - 5/8/01 Bush's plan to test missiles from Kodiak renews controversy - 5/8/01 Allies Join Pentagon Research on Zapping Missiles - 4/8/01 Gephardt blasts Bush - 3/8/01 The Missile Defense System That Gets By With A Little Help From Its Friends - 3/8/01 The MADness of President George - 1/8/01 US Likely to Put Arms in Space - 1/8/01 No Nukes North - News from Alaska - 7/01 Hegemony or Survival - 7/01 Double Talk On Missile Defense - 31/7/01 NMD: A case of misplaced logic - 31/7/01 Bush's world strategy - 31/7/01 Pentagon: Work May Violate Treaty - 31/7/01 Panel OKs Missile Defense Funds - 31/7/01 Officials Try to Sell Missile Defense - 31/7/01 Look Out Below - BOMBS FROM SPACE - 30/7/01 US Looks at Russian Missile Test - 30/7/01 The Emerging Nuclear Posture - 30/7/01 Three House Members Seek to Stop Alaska Missile Site - 30/7/01 US Hopes to Wrap up Missile Defense Accords in 2002 - 30/7/01 Star Wars still unproven - 28/7/01 Straw backs Bush's son of star wars - 27/7/01 Rice tells Putin US will pursue missile shield - 27/7/01 Moscow denies missile shield U-turn - 27/7/01 Russia Heard No New Arguments to Scrap ABM - 27/7/01 Activists to go to Trial for Protesting National Missile Defense - 27/7/01 Officials Say Beacon Aids Anti-Missile Test - 27/7/01 US space arms plan draws ire of Canada - 26/7/01 Something to watch over you - 26/7/01 M.I.T. Physicist Says Pentagon Is Trying to Silence Him - 26/7/01 Some brass critical of Bush - 26/7/01 Kucinich to Introduce Legislation to Ban Weaponization of Space - 26/7/01 The Money Defense Shield - 25/7/01 Turning Democracy on its Head - 25/7/01 Missile defence is about money and it's here to stay - 25/7/01 Senators question missile defense plan - 25/7/01 In Moscow, Rice Sees Progress on Missile Defense - 25/7/01 US Will Not Seek To Alter ABM Treaty - 25/7/01 Mad isn't crazy - 24/7/01 Missile defense costs unknown - 24/7/01 Italian leader backs missile defence - 23/7/01 Missile defence optimism fades - 23/7/01 Putin Says No Breakthrough On Missile Defense - 23/7/01 President Bush Forges Ahead With Missile Defense - 23/7/01 Bush, Putin Agree To Arms Dialogue - 23/7/01 Breakthrough on US Missile Plan - 22/7/01 Bush, Putin agree on missile talks - 22/7/01 Air Force Turns 747 Into Holster for Giant (TMD) Laser - 22/7/01 US test site would breach missile treaty, says Russia - 21/7/01 Taiwan may get missile shield - 20/7/01 Pushing Agenda for ABM's, Bush Prepares to Meet Putin - 19/7/01 Space laser experiment to cost Pentagon nearly four billion dollars - 19/7/01 Missile Interception Test Was Hit-and-Miss, Pentagon Reports - 19/7/01 The secret plans of the world's most dangerous rogue state - 19/7/01 Pentagon has plan to defend Taiwan - 18/7/01 Japan May Be Forced To Decide On Charter - 18/7/01 Bush vows to bury 'obsolete' missile treaty - 18/7/01 Crucial Radar Failed Missile Defense Test - 18/7/01 US Plans to Test Space-Based Laser To Intercept Missiles - 18/7/01 Missile defence plan threat to security: Russia - 18/7/01 Pentagon Revisits a Space Defense Plan - 18/7/01 Laser Anti-Missile Test Planned - 18/7/01 It's the diplomacy, stupid - 18/7/01 Bullet hits bullet - 17/7/01 Pentagon Eyes Space-based Missile Defense Test Around 2005 - 17/7/01 Pentagon presses Congress for anti-missile support - 17/7/01 Rumsfeld's Darth Vader Strategy - 17/7/01 Missile shell game: Renouncing ABM Treaty is premature at best - 17/7/01 Boeing Creates Missile Defense Systems Organization, Announces Locations - 17/7/01 Doomsday - 17/7/01 Greenpeace Missile Defense Protesters Receive Harsh Charges - 17/7/01 Dems press for more Pentagon spending - 16/7/01 Missile shell game: Renouncing ABM Treaty is premature at best - 16/7/01 'Star wars' wary - 16/7/01 Rumsfeld Says Successful Missile Test One of 20 Planned - 16/7/01 Taiwan calls for a joint missile defense - 16/7/01 The New Pentagon War Strategy - 16/7/01 Missile Defense Still Faces Challenges - 16/7/01 So, Does This Mean Missile Defense Works? - 16/7/01 Anti-nuclear groups demand tough stance on missile shield - 16/7/01 Amid Applause, Caution Urged on Missile Defense - 16/7/01 Successful US 'Star Wars' Test Provokes Anger Around World - 16/7/01 US rebellion over missile shield - 15/7/01 Missile Test Protest at Vandenberg - 15/7/01 Missile Offense - 15/7/01 This test does not make the case for missile defence - 15/7/01 US missile plan splits Labour - 15/7/01 Dr Strangelove rides again - 15/7/01 Pentagon Officials Report Hit in Missile Defense Test - 15/7/01 Missile Defense Developments since 1983 - 14/7/01 The Shocking Menace of Satellite Surveillance - 14/7/01 Greenpeace Delays Missile Test - 14/7/01 Missile Test: A Hit or Miss for Bush Plan - 14/7/01 Intercept test kicks off US race for missile defenses - 14/7/01 Powell Says U.S. Will Seek Arms Accord With Russia - 14/7/01 Cray order for Missile Defense - 13/7/01 Special DoD Briefing on Missile Defense Program and Testing - 13/7/01 The ABM Ambush - 13/7/01 Pentagon Sets Ambitious Tests of Missile Plan - 13/7/01 Administration Shifting Gears on a Missile Defense - 13/7/01 Constitution: Abandoning nuclear deals destabilizes U.S. security - 13/7/01 Missile Defense Director Outlines Evolving Program - 13/7/01 Fingers Crossed - 13/7/01 Critics take aim at missile defence - 13/7/01 US defies global fury over missile shield - 13/7/01 Schriever expands mission with SBIRS backup - 13/7/01 Accelerated missile defence system on collision course with ABM treaty - 13/7/01 Bush Administration's Dangerous Games: Missile Defense Tests International Patience with Rogue Superpower - 12/7/01 MEADS International signs risk reduction effort contract - 12/7/01 Senate Dems Challenge Missile Plan - 12/7/01 Arms Control Experts Criticize Bush Plan - 12/7/01 US unveils aggressive missile defence plan - 12/7/01 State notifies of US Missile Plans - 12/7/01 US fast-tracks missile defence - 12/7/01 A Star Wars story that won't end happily - 12/7/01 US may begin clearing land for Alaska test site this summer - 12/7/01 Administration Missile Defense Papers - 11/7/01 Alaska missile plans threaten arms treaty - 11/7/01 New sites considered for missile shield tests - 10/7/01 Pentagon to Seek Money for Testing Missile Defense - 10/7/01 Pacific provides target practice for US ballistic missile test - 10/7/01 No back door in Alaska - 10/7/01 US plans missile defense test sites in Alaska - 10/7/01 Pentagon pushes ahead with missile tests - 10/7/01 Pentagon report reveals flaws in missile defense - 10/7/01 Rumsfeld: Missile Test Results Likely to Be Mixed - 10/7/01 Theater Missile Defense Test Fails - 10/7/01 Missile Defense Test Set for July 14 - 10/7/01 US Defense Secretary plays down next missile defense test - 10/7/01 Games of war play up need for shield - 9/7/01 Democrat Hears Euro Doubts on Missile Defense - 9/7/01 'Scarecrow' missile defense - 8/7/01 Rumsfeld Charts Missile Defence Course - 8/7/01 The Rogue State - 7/7/01 Plan B: Missile Defense Backups - 7/7/01 Pentagon Sets Missile Defense Test - 7/7/01 First Bush Missile Test Set for July 14 - 6/7/01 Pentagon pressured to reduce programs - 5/7/01 Military Study Mulled Deterrence of 'Fear' - 5/7/01 'Star Wars' cryo tank gets new life with NASA - 3/7/01 Making (Radar) Waves - 2/7/01 Space is Key to Bush Defence Plan - 30/6/01 Star Wars Tests in Hawaii - 30/6/01 Missile shield to top Japan, U.S. talks - 30/6/01 Japan and US differ over US missile defense plan: Koizumi - 29/6/01 Why a Missile-Defense System Can Never Work - 29/6/01 No Defense for Missile Defense - 28/6/01 Star Wars foes are gaining strength - 28/6/01 CRND Critical of Bush Plan to Deploy Rudimentary Missile Defense by 2004 - 28/6/01 Japan pivotal on missile defense - 28/6/01 Sheen gets three years' probation - 28/6/01 U.S. Air Force Space Programs to Get 15 Percent Increase - 28/6/01 Bush Budget Lays Foundation for National Missile Shield Defense - 28/6/01 Pentagon Is Preparing Contract For Missile-Defense System Site - 28/6/01 U.S. Air Force Missile Defense Programs Moving To BMDO - 27/6/01 Toward 21st-Century Deterrence - 27/6/01 Bush Pushes Missile Defense - 27/6/01 Missile defense major winner in Pentagon budget - 27/6/01 Bush Beefs Up Effort to Develop Missile Defense - 26/6/01 CSC Wins Share of Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Program Agreement - 26/6/01 Georgia supports US missile defence shunning Russian concerns - 25/6/01 US may still decide against missile defense - 25/6/01 Space, Information Warfare Gets $700 Million Boost in 2002 Defense Budget - 25/6/01 AFA Conference Brings Space Stars Together - 25/6/01 Pentagon Study Casts Doubt on Missile Defense Schedule - 25/6/01 Japan to pursue independent missile defense - 23/6/01 ABM Treaty Not Dead Yet, Bush White House Hints - 22/6/01 Skeptical Senators Question Rumsfeld on Missile Defense - 22/6/01 Powell insists US missile defense system will be 'limited' - 21/6/01 AMC host of emerging threats conference - 21/6/01 No Defense for the Missile Shield - 21/6/01 Powell Says Mutual Assured Destruction Is Here to Stay - 21/6/01 Why the world should learn to love missile defence - 20/6/01 US Air Force begins review of SBIRS ground station - 20/6/01 Taiwan test-fires missiles - 20/6/01 'Rogue missiles' can't reach US - 20/6/01 Bush's misplaced optimism on NMD - 20/6/01 Does President Bush Have the Guts to Abandon a Bad Idea? - 19/6/01 TMD and NMD not the answer - 19/6/01 An Alternative to Missile Defense - 19/6/01 Lockheed unveils timetable on missile developments - 18/6/01 Tech firms fight for 'star wars' trade - 18/6/01 US to break with ABM treaty when necessary - 17/6/01 Star Wars Foes Hit DC - 17/6/01 Missile defense system remains a maybe - 17/6/01 Japan not to join NMD - 17/6/01 In love with the bomb - 17/6/01 Test Key to Missile Plan - 17/6/01 U.S. to proceed on missile plan - 17/6/01 Russian Missile Treaty Called Obstacle - 17/6/01 America's strategic air force - 16/6/01 2 Britons arrested in Star Wars protest in Slovenia - 16/6/01 Planned US missile shield designed to intercept warheads in space - 16/6/01 Treaty at Heart of Missile Debate - 16/6/01 Experts Counter Bush On Missile Shield Tests - 16/6/01 Tokyo flinching from study of missile shield - 15/6/01 Asian Forum Against U.S. Defense Plan - 15/6/01 US planned nuclear first strike on Russia - 15/6/01 Exercise Roving Sands Begins - 15/6/01 Questions still to be answered on US missile shield: Denmark - 14/6/01 Missile-defense plan could backfire on US - 14/6/01 NMD will slow India's rise - 14/6/01 Senator to lead charge against missile-defense plan - 13/6/01 Japanese PM Sets Stage for Touchy U.S. Relations - 13/6/01 Japanese PM Sets Stage for Touchy U.S. Relations - 13/6/01 SAIC names NATO TMD feasibility study team - 13/6/01 U.S. Lawmaker Accuses Pentagon of Suppressing Adverse NMD Report - 13/6/01 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty "relic of the past": Bush - 12/6/01 Missile Shield Point Man Does Not Shy From Tough Sell - 12/6/01 Missile Defense Push - Bush warns NATO of �new threats� - 12/6/01 Poking holes in missile defense - 11/6/01 Dark Side of US Quest for Security: Squlaor on an Atoll - 11/6/01 This Round's On You, Again by Michael W. Stowell - 10/6/01 Bush Rehearses His Pitch for Missile Defense - 9/6/01 Rumsfeld Says ABM May Have Valuable Links - 9/6/01 They'd Shoot NMD Down - 8/6/01 First Bush Missile Defense Test Said Likely in July - 8/6/01 Missile Defense: Wishing Won't Make it So - 8/6/01 The New Nuclear Danger by Jonathan Schell - 8/6/01 Missile Defense Speedup Weighed - 8/6/01 Rumsfeld Moves on to Russians - 8/6/01 Rumsfeld Outlines to NATO Fast Track for Missile Shield - 8/6/01 Rumsfeld warning over missile plans - 8/6/01 Rumsfeld Offers Intelligence Data to Back Argument on Missiles - 7/6/01 Congress asked to boost funds for anti-missile laser - 7/6/01 Rumsfeld Promotes Missile Defense - 7/6/01 US Briefs Skeptical Allies on Missile Defense - 7/6/01 US firm with NATO over defence - 7/6/01 US To Develop, Deploy Ballistic Missile Defense System - 7/6/01 Bush pushes airborne TMD project - 7/6/01 NATO lets TMD programme feasibility study contracts - 7/6/01 Bush Missile Defense Plan Could Backfire - 6/6/01 NATO's TMD Programme Reaches New Milestone - 5/6/01 Russia Warns U.S. On Missile Pact - 5/6/01 Missile Shield Realities: Don't Proceed Alone - 5/6/01 India approves development of nuclear-capable missile: report - 4/6/01 Rumsfeld Limiting Military Contacts With the Chinese - 4/6/01 NMD hawk (Perle) to lead US defence advisory panel - 4/6/01 Missile shield needs friends - 3/6/01 Japanese Aide Is Said to Question U.S. Missile Plan - 2/6/01 U.S. seeks more Japan missile input - 2/6/01 Rice on Missile Defense - 1/6/01 ABM Treaty Dropped By NATO Amid 'Changing Circumstances' - 1/6/01 Levin Calls for More MD Tests - 1/6/01 Japan's Tanaka in Controversy Over U.S. Missile Plan - 1/6/01 Costly High Ground: Space Wars - 5/01 Proposed Missile Defenses and the ABM Treaty - 5/01 NMD initiative obscures larger US objective - 31/5/01 A Wary Atlantic Alliance - 31/5/01 Defense Execs Get Top Posts - 31/5/01 Bush faces a rough ride in Europe - 31/5/01 Sparks fly over Star Wars - 31/5/01 No One Is Fooled by NMD - 31/5/01 Saying no to Mr Bush - 31/5/01 Missile Defense is a fraud against taxpayers - 30/5/01 Missile Mirage - 30/5/01 Robertson Denies NATO Quarrel Over Missile Defense - 30/5/01 NATO Divided on Missile Defense - 30/5/01 Diplomacy may be the best defence - 30/5/01 Missile shield doubts - 30/5/01 US will offer sweeteners to backers of missile plan - 30/5/01 The debate nobody wants ... Missile Defence - 30/5/01 Powell Fails to Persuade NATO on Antimissile Plan - 30/5/01 Nato snubs Powell over missile defence - 30/5/01 US and NATO split over Missile Defense - 30/5/01 NATO Won't Back Bush's Star Wars Plan - 29/5/01 Europe and Missile Defense: Tactical Considerations, Fundamental Concerns - 29/5/01 Senate threat to US missile plan - 29/5/01 Russians get defensive at US arms package - 29/5/01 Give peace a Second Chance - 29/5/01 Democrats threaten Bush's missile shield - 28/5/01 Missile defence not needed for Canada - 28/5/01 US Mulls Plans to Buy Russian Missile System - 28/5/01 U.S. Plans Offer to Russia to End ABM Treaty Dispute - 28/5/01 Missile Defense: 'Serious Questions' - 28/5/01 INES Berlin Declaration - 27/5/01 NATO deal launches BAE missile hopes - 27/5/01 Bill poises Alaska Guard for missile defense - 25/5/01 India's response to the NMD - 25/5/01 Senate Power Shift Could Slow U.S. Missile Defense - 24/5/01 Levin Wary of Dropping ABM Treaty - 24/5/01 Doubts Trail 'Son of Star Wars' Proposal - 24/5/01 Greece Undecided on Missile Defense - 24/5/01 Rumsfeld says Pentagon problems to spur addition to defense budget - 23/5/01 NMD must be opposed - 22/5/01 Pray that Bush comes to senses on missile plan - 22/5/01 Bush plan for MD reviving anti-nuclear movement - 22/5/01 The Triumph of the Racers - 21/5/01 Missile Defense May Not Bring Jobs - 21/5/01 Democrats Plot Strategy On Missile Defense - 20/5/01 Russia defiant on US defence shield - 20/5/01 Missile Defense, Nuclear Arms Top Agenda for Slovenia Summit - 19/5/01 The US alliance is fundamental, missiles and all - 18/5/01 US finds world of doubt on shieldUS finds world of doubt on shield - 17/5/01 Position of Arab NGOs on BMDs problems - 16/5/01 Canada in dark over US missile defense plans - 16/5/01 Bush's Dangerous Star Wars Pipe Dream - 16/5/01 Top general sees "no obstacles" to placing US anti-missile system in Poland - 16/5/01 The Dangers of National Missile Defense - 16/5/01 Missile 'shield' will just make matters worse - 15/5/01 Keep Space Peaceful - 15/5/01 Who's Crazy Here? - 15/5/01 Canada not yet ready to endorse U.S. missile defence scheme - 14/5/01 Australian missile warning site in security alert - 14/5/01 U.S. to Go Ahead With Missile Defense Whatever Others Say - 14/5/01 India's collusion with nuclear offence - 14/5/01 Missile defense proposal seen drawing U.S., India closer together - 13/5/01 Dogging footsteps of the US: The price of friendship - 12/5/01 One Giant Leap For Space-Based Defense - 11/5/01 Beware the shield that is mightier than the sword - 11/5/01 Defence boss bids to quell �Star Wars� fear - 11/5/01 Bush proposals aimed at `rogue states�: Armitage - 11/5/01 Long on flowery rhetoric, short on realism - 10/5/01 Hurry Up and Shield - 10/5/01 Is the US plan about offence or defence? - 10/5/01 From a bad movie to a Bush policy - 9/5/01 U.S. Weighing Future Of Arms Pacts - 9/5/01 US in 'Star Wars' charm offensive - 9/5/01 US launches worldwide missile defense road show - 9/5/01 Pentagon to Explore Missile Defense - 8/5/01 Missile Misjudgement - 8/5/01 Spectrum Astro Team completes SBIRS Low SDR - 8/5/01 Holbrooke Says Europe Must 'Stand Up' To US - 8/5/01 Australian Labour Party would oppose US missile plan - 8/5/01 Missile Shield Talks at Downing Street - 8/5/01 Japan Stops Short of Supporting Bush Missile Plan - 8/5/01 US bullish on 'Star Wars' - 8/5/01 Rumsfeld Plans to Seek a Military Strategy Using Outer Space - 8/5/01 Defense News: Secretary Rumsfeld Outlines Space Initiatives - 8/5/01 Don't Oversell Missile Defense - 8/5/01 Protesters arrested on missile defense test range in Pacific - 8/5/01 Greenpeace protesters arrested on missile defense test range in Pacific - 8/5/01 �Global arms race� fears of peace protesters - 7/5/01 Why NMD is sure to crash - 7/5/01 National Missile Defense Costs Balloon - 7/5/01 George Bush to endorse new US military doctrine - 7/5/01 Missiles, Missteps Take Spin - 7/5/01 Bush team defends missile shield - 7/5/01 Missile Plan Threatens Region, Say Experts - 7/5/01 Misapprehensions About Missile Defense - 7/5/01 The Secretary Of Missile Defense - 7/5/01 U.S. Weighing Future of Arms Pacts - 7/5/01 Bush Aide Attacks Blair on Missile Defense Shield - 6/5/01 Labour 'wishy-washy' on missile defence, says top Bush adviser - 6/5/01 All in All, It's Been a Very Bad Week for the World and America - 6/5/01 Bad plan, poor evidence, ghost threat - 6/5/01 Star Wars scheme triggers protest in city - 5/5/01 Misguided missiles - 5/5/01 $60-billion scheme will not buy absolute security - 5/5/01 US missile shield plan will hit regional stability - 5/5/01 Options for saving a U.S. city from missile attack - 5/5/01 Missiles, Missiles Everywhere - 5/5/01 Unilateral Nuclear Advantage - 5/5/01 US wants to move US-Russian relations away from threats of mutual annihilation - 4/5/01 Pentagon expected to accelerate missile defense development, but no quick fix seen - 4/5/01 Bush's Missile Defense Plan: Fire, Aim, Ready! - 4/5/01 Missile Defense Has Become an Article of Faith - 4/5/01 Bush's wasteful plan on missile defense - 4/5/01 Bush defense plan threatens arms control, critics say - 4/5/01 US to seek "cooperation" with Russia over missile defence: Powell - 4/5/01 Still MAD - 4/5/01 Bush's missile defense plan - 4/5/01 Only Blair can see merit in missile plan - 4/5/01 Bush Defense Plan Worries Europe - 4/5/01 China says Bush seeking global military supremacy - 4/5/01 Democrats Warn of a Battle on Missile Plan - 3/5/01 Missile Shield Misses Mark? - 3/5/01 A Missile Shield Is No Match For a Booby Trap - 3/5/01 Minister Manley before Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on NMD - 3/5/01 Missile Defense, Bush's First Serious Blunder - 3/5/01 Blair's aide ends dithering on Star Wars - 3/5/01 Bush Speech Backs India's Vision on Disarmament - 3/5/01 Russia and Europe ready to hear Bush plan - 3/5/01 US defense companies stand to reap big gains from Bush missile program - 3/5/01 China and Russia attack US missile plan as threat to world peace - 3/5/01 Successful treaty v. untested theory - 3/5/01 Wrong Defense, Wrong Time - 3/5/01 Who's the rogue proliferator now? - 3/5/01 Hostile response to missile defence plan - 2/5/01 Statement by Sen. Dem. Leader Tom Daschle On President Bush's Missile Defense Plan - 2/5/01 Rep. Allen to Introduce Legislation to Require U.S. Allies to Pay Share of Missile Defense System - 2/5/01 Experts Warn US Missile Shield Endangers International Arms Control - 2/5/01 Rumsfeld Cites Chinese Build-Up As He Justifies Missile Shield - 2/5/01 Bush pledges a 'new framework' for arms policy - 2/5/01 Bush defies treaty with missile shield - 1/5/01 Kofi Annan Statement on NMD - 1/5/01 Bush speech to bury arms pact - 1/5/01 US signals rush to abandon treaty and build missile shield - 1/5/01 George W. Bush speech on missile defense - 1/5/01 Bush Calls Putin Ahead of Missile Defense Speech - 1/5/01 Bush Commits U.S. to Missile Defense - 1/5/01 Bush pushes for missile shield - 1/5/01 Bush to upset allies with latest missile defence plans - 1/5/01 Bush telephones world leaders on missile defense - 30/4/01 Bush expected to turn away from ABM treaty in missile defense speech - 30/4/01 US diplomats to take missile defense case to Europe next week - 30/4/01 Reviving Missile Defense - 30/4/01 Bush Vows to Speed Up Work on Star Wars - 30/4/01 Bush To Propose Missile Defense - 29/4/01 Washingtonspeak - The Language of Empire - 28/4/01 US official says missile defence essential, even at expense of ABM treaty - 27/4/01 Machinists Union Supports National Missile Defense - 26/4/01 Bush Plans Missile Defense Speech - 26/4/01 New Zealand urges US to drop plan for nuclear missile shield - 23/4/01 Ready or Not: Missile Defense - 23/4/01 Pentagon Panel Urging Expanded Missile Defense Program - 21/4/01 Ambitious Plan Urged for U.S. Missile Defense - 21/4/01 Whining Strategy - 14/4/01 'Space Without Arms' Conference - 11/4/01 U.S. snubs space conference - 11/4/01 U.S. Missile Defense Plans Attacked - 11/4/01 Kodiak eyed for missile defense tests - 6/4/01 Bush risks new row by quitting ABM pact - 5/4/01 West Sees Putin's Shield Plan as Dud - 4/4/01 How We Can Escape the Missile Defense Paradox - 4/4/01 George Galloway on US, China & NMD - 4/01 Team Janus formed to compete for NATO TBMD study contract - 3/4/01 U.S. Missile-Defense Costs To Exceed $100 Billion - 2/4/01 New solid-state laser developed for Airborne Laser program - 2/4/01 The US is not fit to run the world - 1/4/01 Citizens for peace in Space Newsletter - 3/01 Theater Defense Missile Hits Test Target - 31/3/01 Airborne Laser On Track To Illuminate Missiles - 30/3/01 Star Wars Contracts Awarded - 30/3/01 Bush is Creating a Market for Star Wars - 30/3/01 U.S. Missile Defense Compromises Global Security - 30/3/01 Missile defence flight test scheduled for summer 2001 - 29/3/01 Jesse Helms pushes for U.S. pullout of nuclear test ban treaty - 29/3/01 Report: NMD for 'rogues states' not necessary - 29/3/01 Boeing considers feasibility of plasma-based weapons - 28/3/01 U.S. Warned in Anti-Missile Defense - 28/3/01 US military chief keen to avoid new cold war - 28/3/01 N-shield no big deal for us: Downer - 28/3/01 Go back to future with Eisenhower - 27/3/01 Powell: Defense Plan Will Aid Allies - 26/3/01 Moscow doesn't matter any more. And neither do we - 26/3/01 MIT: Still Collaborating With The Pentagon? - 25/3/01 Bush policy might bully US allies - 25/3/01 Eggleton, Manley hedge on missile defence - 25/3/01 Russia, China to build weapons capable of piercing US NMD - 25/3/01 America turns the clock back to Cold War - 25/3/01 Canada Awaiting US Missile Details - 24/3/01 Canada Says Won't Be Rushed Into Missile Defense - 24/3/01 US told to make China No 1 enemy - 24/3/01 Star Wars II: Rhetoric Meets Reality - 23/3/01 Shield or provocation? - 23/3/01 Anniversary of Reagan's "Star Wars" Speech - 23/3/01 Canada needs to take leadership role - 22/3/01 Emerging U.S. global strategic doctrine - 22/3/01 Bush-Qichen To Discuss Taiwan - 21/3/01 Rumsfeld in Cold War Time Warp, Says Angry Moscow - 20/3/01 Lockheed Martin, Boeing join SBIRS Low Team - 20/3/01 Is the Sky Falling? - 20/3/01 Bush lets deadline pass on missile defense - 16/3/01 MP warns of acute dilemma over 'Star Wars' - 16/3/01 Foreign Affairs Select Committee report on WMD - 15/3/01 NMD is a threat to us all - 3/01 Oppose the US threat to peace - 3/01 Bush should tone down national missile defense - 14/3/01 Bush says Russia not enemy but could be threat - 14/3/01 Labor holds out against missile defence - 13/3/01 Missiles Over Rockets; NMD Trumps NASA - 12/3/01 Why US needs rogue states - 12/3/01 Scientists raise star wars doubts - 11/3/01 Global Need for Missile Defense Plan Becomes Selling Point - 10/3/01 Russia Dismisses U.S. Shift From "National" in Missile Defense Plan - 10/3/01 U.S. lied to beat Soviets in arms race - 10/3/01 NATO Chief Praises Bush for 'Missile Defense' Shift - 9/3/01 CIA Doubted USSR's Capabilities - 9/3/01 National Missile Defense Technology Found Wanting -- Again - 8/3/01 Strategic Deception - 8/3/01 Linking NMD & NATO; Rumsfeld plays semantics - 8/3/01 Rumsfeld Plays Down The "National" In Missile Defense - 8/3/01 A Missile Reality Check - 7/3/01 How to Build an International Consensus for Missile Defense - 7/3/01 Pentagon Report Lambasts Missile Shield Evaluation - 7/3/01 Putin Warns Ending ABM Treaty Will Unravel Multiple Treaties - 6/3/01 Radar tower plan rekindles fears - 5/3/01 NATO's secretary-general to discuss military plans with Bush - 5/3/01 Pentagon expert says U.S. missile tests too simple - 5/3/01 Missile Defense, Part VI: 46 Years, No Winners. Aim Elsewhere - 4/3/01 GAO Finds Flaws in Key Element of Missile Defense - 3/3/01 GAO Says Missile-Tracking Satellite Program Vulnerable to Delays, Cost Growth - 2/3/01 Moscow Suggests Forming ABM Special Police - 2/3/01 Sea-Based Missile Defense Not Ready For Five Years, Tester Says - 2/3/01 Moscow Negative Over US And Japanese ABM Plans - 2/3/01 Airborne Laser Could Zap Missiles - 1/3/01 Space-based laser successfully passes test - 1/3/01 Germany retreats on missile shield - 1/3/01 Australian Democrats Say NMD Must not go ahead - 1/3/01 Bush budget drives home missile shield priority - 1/3/01 Germany retreats on missile shield - 1/3/01 U.S. President Plans to Spend $20 Billion on a Missile Defense Program Over the Next 5 Years - 28/2/01 World Must Speak Now on Missile Defense-Canada - 28/2/01 American missiles cause storm in the tearooms - 28/2/01 Do we need Star Wars? - 27/2/01 Magnetic Field Could Fire Pellets Into Orbit - 26/2/01 National Missile Defence - 26/2/01 Missile defense will divide us from allies - 26/2/01 U.S. Agrees to Clinton-Era Arms Talks with Russia - 24/2/01 Powell Says U.S, Russian Missile Concepts Differ - 24/2/01 Australia Affirms Strong Support for U.S. Missile Shield - 23/2/01 People power plea for 'Son of Star Wars' - 23/2/01 Lockheed opens new Airborne Laser optical facility - 23/2/01 President Hails Russia Defense Plan - 22/2/01 The Missile-Defense System and University Research - 22/2/01 World Steps Deeper Into NMD Bog - 22/2/01 New radar opens at Clear Air Force Station - 22/2/01 Australia Scrutinizes Shield Project - 22/2/01 Putin Touts Limited Shield to NATO - 21/2/01 Tampering With Strategic Stability - 20/2/01 Scientists urged to renounce arms work - 20/2/01 Global Responses to National Missile Defense: Key International Leaders Voice Concerns - 20/2/01 Boeing's Huntsville missile silo nears completion - 20/2/01 US - Israeli First Manouvre of Missile Defense Systems - 20/2/01 Russian Missile Test Sends Message - 17/2/01 Bush, Missile Defense, & the Critics - 17/2/01 Theatre Missile Defense study extended until 2006 - 17/2/01 Pushing plan for missile defense, Bush could provoke crises abroad - 16/2/01 Russia, U.S. in New Missiles Spat As Talks Loom - 16/2/01 US National Missile Defense System May Lead to 'Doomsday Scenario' - 16/2/01 Canadian Opposition to National Missile Defense - 14/2/01 Do We Have to "Accept" U.S. NMD? - 14/2/01 Is This Shield Necessary? - 13/2/01 Germany Will Not Mediate In Russian U.S. Missile Dispute - 12/2/01 Missile Defense is Still Just a Pie in the Sky - 12/2/01 Missile Defense Would Rile the Russian Bear - 12/2/01 Powell says US determination on missile shield not "arrogant" - 10/2/01 Globalizing "Star Wars" - 9/2/01 U.S. Missile Shield on Fischer's Moscow Agenda - 9/2/01 Moscow "bewildered" by CIA report on Russia threat - 9/2/01 Dear Mr President we protest to you - 7/2/01 UK Should Tell Bush That He is Making a Disastrous Error with NMD - 7/2/01 Missile Defense Test Planned - 6/2/01 The Missile Offensive - 6/2/01 China Slams US Missile Plans - 6/2/01 Powell plays good cop over missile shield plan - 6/2/01 Europeans Call Land-Based Missile Defense Unthinkable - 5/2/01 Russia Says U.S. Antimissile Plan Means an Arms Race - 5/2/01 U.S. Intends to Put Anti-Missile Shield Around the World - 5/2/01 Chinese Press Blasts U.S. Space War Games - 5/2/01 Russian Security Official Warns U.S. Against National Missile Defense - 5/2/01 Missile debate sparks new Cold War fears - 5/2/01 Russia Says Soviet-era 'Star Wars' Plan Remains An Option - 5/2/01 Solana: U.S. Can Deploy Shield - 5/2/01 Missile shield is a debate for the US alone: British minister - 4/2/01 The Missile Shield's Tough Sell - 4/2/01 Star Wars protesters to stage summit in Yorks - 4/2/01 Statement by Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov in Geneva - 2-4/2/01 Report on Munich demonstration at Wehrkunde conference in Munich attended by Donald Rumsfeld - 3/2/01 U.S. Tries Defusing Allies' Opposition to Missile Defense - 3/2/01 Rumsfeld Dismisses Russia on Arms - 3/2/01 Tuned in to the world's whispers - Menwith Hill: America's Ear on the World - 3/2/01 Secret Target - Son of Star Wars Puts Yorkshire in Front Line - 2/2/01 Canada and Europe anxious over NMD - 2/2/01 Russia Blasts U.S. "Star Wars" Training Exercises - 2/2/01 Why missile defense is a bad idea - 2/2/01 Russia Offers Alternatives To Missile Shield - 1/2/01 Blair and NMD - 1/2/01 N. Schwartz v TRW - 1/01 The dash for missile-defense profits is on - 31/1/01 Star Wars: The Next Generation - 31/1/01 U.S. Side-Steps Pacific Worry over Missile Defense Fall-Out - 31/1/01 Has U.S. really weighed missile shield's fallout? - 31/1/01 Star Wars Boosters - 29/1/01 Experts Try to Make Missile Shield Plan Palatable to China - 28/1/01 Europe to hold star wars talks - 28/1/01 Space Is Playing Field For Newest War Game - 28/1/01 Why we must stop a new arms race - 27/1/01 Bush Repeats Call for Arms Reduction and Missile Shield - 27/1/01 Ivanov Proposes Meeting, Powell Agrees As Missile Defense Fight Heats up - 27/1/01 Bush affirms Defense plans - 27/1/01 The battle over missile defence - 27/1/01 Missile defense will divide us from allies - 26/1/01 Navy Completes Successful Theater Wide Missile Defense Test - 26/1/01 Bush Must Give Europe Time For Missile Defense - 26/1/01 Bush confirms 'Star Wars' plan - 26/1/01 Rumsfeld Says Bush Will Go Ahead With Missile Defense - 26/1/01 Rumsfeld Planning Missile Defense - 26/1/01 Pakistan warns on dangers of U.S. missile shield - 25/1/01 U.S. steadies aim of space laser - 25/1/01 U.S. Reports Successful 'Star Wars' Technology Test - 25/1/01 Bush commitment to US National Missile Defense causes international protests - 24/1/01 Missile defense and arms reduction - 24/1/01 Pentagon Details Potential $13.7 Billion Deal - 21/1/01 Reviving Star Wars - 21/1/01 Moving toward a missile-defense system - 21/1/01 Star Wars: The New Menace - 20/1/01 Space Defense Needed, Not Offense - 20/1/01 Calculating the 'Rumsfeld Effect' - 19/1/01 US Unable to Build Missile Shield, Says Russia Defense Analyst - 19/1/01 China Warns US To Keep Taiwan Out Of Any Missile Defence Plans - 18/1/01 Powell gives insight into Bush plans - 18/1/01 US must consider how missile defense plan will play in China - 18/1/01 Prominent Physicians Call To End National Missile Defense - 17/1/01 Powell Endorses U.S. Missile Defense - 17/1/01 Pentagon picks SBL Test Site in Mississippi - 17/1/01 Blair has agreed missiles project, claim Tories - 16/1/01 Words of Caution on Missile Defense - 16/1/01 NMD War Game: 'Command and Control Simulation 2000' - 15/1/01 National missile defense: a hot issue for Bush - 15/1/01 The Final Frontier: Star Wars - 15/1/01 Bush's Star Wars raises global arms race fears - 14/1/01 Fears over missile plan - 13/01/01 Beijing and Moscow to Sign Pact - 13/1/01 German Ex - Minister Backs U.S. Missile Defense - 12/1/01 Rumsfeld Commission Warns Against "Space Pearl Harbor" - 11/1/01 Laser-equipped 747 designed to blast ballistic missiles - 11/1/01 Rumsfeld: America needs missile defense - 11/1/01 Helms Says U.S. Not Bound by ABM Treaty - 11/1/01 Rumsfeld Calls for Missile Defense - 11/1/01 Bush Is in a Mad Dash to Push Missile Plan - 11/1/01 Peace Groups Call For Senate To Reject Defence Secretary Nominee - 10/1/01 Missile Shield Illusions - 10/1/01 Republicans plan huge missile shield - 9/1/01 Missile defense bad idea - 8/1/01 Bush Cautious on Missile System - 8/1/01 Star Wars behind Bush nomination - 6/1/01 Escalating Space Race - 5/1/01 Dealing with the Inevitable Conflict in Space - 4/1/01 Rumpole for the Defence vs. Rumsfeld at Defense - 4/1/01 We need to end our dependence on the US - 4/1/01 Experts Differ on Missile Defense - 3/1/01 Bush is building NMD 'Dream Team' - 2/1/01 Bush 'Star Wars' Plan Will Put US-China On A Collision Course - 2/1/01 Bush's Nuclear Doctrine: From MAD to Nuts? - 1/1/01 Rogue Washington - 1/1/01