January 10, 2005

January 10, 2005

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Budget Bloodbath

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL11 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Airlift Suffers Problems

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL8 min

WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Aftermath Mapping

By FRANK MORRING, JR.,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

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WORLD NEWS & ANALYSIS

Budget Bloodbath

Depth of modernization cuts rekindles memories of 1990s postwar U.S. military drawdown

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL11 min

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Airlift Suffers Problems

Military helicopters help ease airport congestion by moving aid in, casualties out of tsunami-ravaged areas

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,ROBERT WALL8 min

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Aftermath Mapping

Commercial satellite imagery guides tsunami relief, reconstruction work

By FRANK MORRING, JR.,MICHAEL A. TAVERNA5 min

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Ground-Breaking

Rash of Soyuz, Ariane 5 orders sets stage for critical heavy-lift launch pad

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA4 min

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Mineral Water

Rovers going strong after year, gearing up for new work

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM3 min

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Strategic Ambitions

Russian air force contends long-range bomber force still provides useful military capability

By DOUGLAS BARRIE3 min

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Early Warning

Eumetsat network could help to improve disaster management

By MICHAEL A. TAVERNA3 min

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Milspace Security Alert

PARIS, KOUROU, FRENCH GUIANA France’s Helios 2A military reconnaissance mission last month featured sharply reinforced security measures reflecting concerns since the terrorist attacks of September 2001. The measures, which apply to all military launches and other sensitive missions at the European launch center here, are similar to protection now afforded to other high-risk events such as the Olympic Games in Athens and the Normandy landing celebrations last summer, said Col. Pierre Edery, who is in charge of airborne homeland defense within the French air defense command.
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Shuttle Tank Enters VAB

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER The first shuttle external tank, with modifications to prevent the kind of launch insulation debris-shedding that caused the Columbia accident, is moved into the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. It will complete integration and stacking this week with the two solid rocket boosters for the shuttle’s planned return to flight in May.
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World News Roundup

AMERICAS General Atomics Aeronautical Systems officials have regularly denied the existence of the company’s new, all-jet Predator C, an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft that’s designed to compete with Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk for very long-endurance, high-altitude missions.
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