September 11, 1995

September 11, 1995

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HEADLINE NEWS

'97 BOTTOM-UP REVIEW TO SPOTLIGHT OPERATIONS

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

HEADLINE NEWS

PENTAGON LIKELY TO BOOST ARMY AND NAVY MISSILES

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

HEADLINE NEWS

NATO AIR STRIKES TARGET SERBIAN INFRASTRUCTURE

By CRAIG COVAULT

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'97 BOTTOM-UP REVIEW TO SPOTLIGHT OPERATIONS

Operational burdens expected to take center stage as the existing requirement to fight two major conflicts at once loses credibility and services look to 21st century

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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PENTAGON LIKELY TO BOOST ARMY AND NAVY MISSILES

WASHINGTON No final decisions have been made, but the Pentagon's newly ordered review of ballistic missile defense programs is likely to recommend that the Army's Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) and Patriot PAC-3 form its baseline programs and that the U.S. make an immediate commitment to the international Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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NATO AIR STRIKES TARGET SERBIAN INFRASTRUCTURE

PARIS Intensive NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb targets are being pressed under an evolving strategy to starve the Serbian military of its infrastructure and supply capability. The objective is to render the Serbian military impotent over the long-term while driving it toward peace talks in the nearterm.

By CRAIG COVAULT

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RAF TO REVIEW VIDEOS FOR NIMROD CRASH CLUES

BOSTON A British Royal Air Force investigation team is reviewing numerous videotapes of the last moments of flight of a fourengine Nimrod that crashed at the Canadian International Air Show. The RAF Nimrod crashed into the waters of Lake Ontario in front of 100,000 spectators at Toronto on Sept. 2, and all seven crewmembers died in the accident.

By DAVID HUGHES

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ESA BEGINS EUROMIR SCIENCE OPERATIONS

By CRAIG COVAULT

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ARIANE 5 SETBACK

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NASA PURSUES LOW-COST STATION `LIFEBOAT'

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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ENDEAVOUR LAUNCHED

Endeavour and its five-member crew lifted off on an 11-day astronomical and materials-science research mission Sept. 7, putting what NASA officials hope is an end to a string of problems that kept the flight grounded for more than a month.
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STUCK CHECK VALVE MAY RESTRICT GALILEO

LOS ANGELES A helium check valve in the Galileo propellant pressurization system appears to be stuck open, and project managers are taking steps to ensure that an explosive mixture of hypergolic propellants does not form. This creates new power usage restrictions to limit thermal pumping of oxidizer upstream of the valve.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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GALILEO HITS DUST STORM

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