June 26, 2000

June 26, 2000

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Tide Surges Against Clinton's NMD Plan

By PAUL MANN7 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

‘Water’ Images Trigger New Concepts of Mars

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM7 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

More NMD Testing, Decoy Work Urged

By ROBERT WALL6 min

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Tide Surges Against Clinton's NMD Plan

WASHINGTON On the eve of a key national missile defense test, President Clinton faces multiplying verdicts that his limited NMD concept will not work. Based on divergent technical judgments, long-time missile defense experts outside of government—and from both sides of the NMD divide—concur that the Clinton scheme should be scrapped, and a new Administration should start over again in 2001.

By PAUL MANN7 min

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‘Water’ Images Trigger New Concepts of Mars

PASADENA, CALIF. Scientists are scrambling to understand new pictures of Mars unveiled last week that strongly suggest there has been liquid water springing from the surface within the past million years, and perhaps still today. Liquid water is the final element required to say Mars has conditions conducive to life.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM7 min

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More NMD Testing, Decoy Work Urged

Technical critics, boost-phase intercept advocates step up attacks as Pentagon fends them off with new report

By ROBERT WALL6 min

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Europe Adding Focus To Joint Force Concept

PARIS Steady progress toward creating a common European defense capability is leading military leaders to reassess Europe’s ability to project and support such a force. The European Council has set a target deployment date of 2003 for a joint rapid reaction force, which is to be the centerpiece of this new capability.

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA6 min

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It’s Winner Take All In JSF Competition

WASHINGTON The Joint Strike Fighter is going to be competed on a winner-take-all basis, but in a move widely anticipated by Pentagon insiders, no options for changes at a later date have been foreclosed, essentially tossing a final decision to the next Administration.

By DAVID A. FUIGHUM4 min

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Lander Development Paced By Mars Science Results

PASADENA, CALIF. Finding evidence that there may be current sources of liquid water at or near the surface of Mars is a significant development, but getting a robotic spacecraft to land near such a point-target could prove to be difficult, NASA officials said.

By BRUCE A. SMITH4 min

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STOVL Program Slows JSF

WASHINGTON The propulsion system of Lockheed Martin's vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter is suffering from a new problem, this time an overheating bearing where power from the engine is transferred to the lift fan. The current problem involves the clutch and gearbox that connects the driveshaft from the engine to the vertical lift fan, according to senior Lockheed Martin officials.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM4 min

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French Develop New UAV Programs

LE BOURGET Aerospatiale Matra and the Sagem group are pursuing strategies to extend their unmanned aerial vehicle product range, respond to the French forces’ requirements and acquire more business in the export market. France’s participation in Operation Allied Force confirmed the urgent need to improve means to collect information, including with reconnaissance UAVs.

By PIERRE SPARACO3 min

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BPI Attracts Renewed Interest

WASHINGTON Boost-phase interception has moved into the spotlight as resistance mounts to the Administration's national missile defense program, but top Pentagon officials caution that BPI is also highly demanding operationally—and fiscally.

By PAUL MANN3 min

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