Analisi difesa number 20
Defense Analisys
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002 - WORLD ANALYSIS
- BUSH ANNOUNCES ABM TREATY WITHDRAWAL
President Bush announced today he would notify Russia that the United States will withdraw from the 1972 Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty. Speaking in the Rose Garden, Bush said the 30-year-old treaty "hinders our government's ability to develop wa... - BUSH PROPOSES NUCLEAR REDUCTION IN TALKS WITH PUTIN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2001 -- President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to the press today about progress and hope following their meeting in the White House. Bush announced plans to reduce the U.S. offensive nuclear weapon inventory t... - DOD ESTABLISHES MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
Washington, January 4, 2002
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced this week the redesignation of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) as the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Consistent with the president's emphasis on missile de... - EGYPT WARNS THAT ISRAELI WAR COULD SPREAD
Egypt has warned the United States that the Israeli military offensive against the Palestinian Authority could spread into a confrontation with the Arab world. The warning came as Egyptian defense chiefs asserted that the military is prepared for any... - U.S. - JAPAN DEFENCE CHIEFS MEET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2001 -- Japanese Self-Defense Force ships and planes are helping in the coalition against global terrorism. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld met Dec. 10 with Gen. Nakatani, director general of the Japan Defense Agency. The tw... - U.S. ACCUSES IRAN OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ACTIVITIES
"We are quite concerned about Iran, which the United States believes probably has produced and weaponized BW [biological warfare] agents in violation of the [1972 Biological Weapons] Convention," U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Contro... - WMD - CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS STATIONING PLAN ANNOUNCED
15th November 2001 -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld announced today the stationing plan for five additional National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CST) authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for fi...
004 - INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
- C-27J SPARTAN: MILITARY CERTIFICATION ISSUED BY ITALIAN AIR FORCE
Military certification for the C-27J Spartan aircraft was issued the 20th December within the time schedule of the program. The C-27J is a military transport aircraft designed and produced by Alenia Aerospazio and derived from the well-known G222 a... - EUROCOPTER SIGNS .3 BILLION CONTRACT FOR AUSTRALIAN ARMY'S ARMED RECONNAISSANCE HELICOPTERS
On behalf of Defence Minister Robert Hill, the Parliamentary Secretary, The Hon Fran Bailey MP today announced the signing of a .3 billion contract with Eurocopter International Pacific for 22 'Tiger' Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters under Project Ai... - FINMECCANICA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH AIRBUS FOR THE A380 PROGRAM
Alenia Aerospazio, a Finmeccanica company, has signed an agreement with Airbus to participate in the A380 aircraft project, Airbus’s largest strategic investment for the next 20 years. Alenia’s industrial role will be the design and produ... - HUNGARY BUY GRIPENS AND UPGRADE MIGS
Hungarian Defence Minister, Janos Szabo, signed the 23th novembre the contracts with SAAN/BAE to acquire in leasing of 14 fighters Gripen destined to renew the combat line og Hungaria Air Force. This contract of 380 millions dollars in ten years fore... - MBDA - EUROPEAN MISSILE SYSTEM MERGER COMPLETED
MBDA is created today from the merger of Matra BAe Dynamics, Aerospatiale Matra Missiles and Alenia Marconi Systems (Missile Division). Fabrice Brégier, Chief Executive Officer, signed the documents formally establishing MBDA as a legal operat... - OMAN DEVELOPS AIR TRAINING WITH AMS EQUIPMENT
Oman has developed air force training with support from Western contractors. The training has focused on the operation of radars and simulators meant to prepare for air controllers in the military. The sultanate has opened the Oman Aircraft Control C... - RAAF - C 130J operational
The fleet of twelve new generation C-130J Hercules aircraft were formally accepted the 11th December into operational service by the Chief of the Air Force, Air Marshall Angus Houston, at a ceremony today at RAAF Base Richmond in New South Wales. Pri... - THE ALENIA AEROSPAZIO’S AERONAUTICS DIVISION BECOMES ALENIA AERONAUTICA SPA
On December 27th, 2001 the Aeronautics Division of Alenia Aerospazio has been transferred to a new Company named Alenia Aeronautica SpA. This operation is effective from January 1st , 2002. Alenia Aeronautica, with registered Office in Pomigliano d&... - UPDATED ORION AIRCRAFT DELIVERED TO THE RAAF
The Royal Australian Air Force has taken delivery of the first two of its new generation AP-3C Orion long-range Maritime Patrol Aircraft from the contractor Raytheon Australia. The upgraded AP-3C, known as Project AIR 5276, represents a quantum leap...
011 - ENDURING FREEDOM
- 101ST DIVISION SOLDIERS TO RELIEVE 15TH MEU IN AFGHANISTAN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2001 - Soldiers of the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division will relieve the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command officials said Dec. 30. The soldiers will deploy to the Kandahar airport and other... - AFGHAN WAR VETERAN NAMED TO HEAD RUSSIAN OPERATIONS IN KABUL
President Vladimir Putin has appointed Deputy Emergency Situations Minister Colonel General Valerii Vostrotin to coordinate Russia's political, humanitarian, and organizational activities in Afghanistan, Russian news agencies reported on 27 November.... - BUSH SAID TO ORDER PLAN TO TOPPLE SADDAM
U.S. President George Bush is said to have ordered a plan to topple the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The plan drafted by the Pentagon is said to be based on U.S. air attacks on Iraqi installations as well as attacks by Iraqi opposition f... - GPR: NO MORE UNDERGROUND PROTECTION
The small Californian industry Bahktar Associates, developed and completed the trials of a new radar system, known as Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). It provides a three dimensional picture of objects buried up to 150 ft. The transmitted signal penet... - GUNNING FOR AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN LEADERS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2001 -- There is no evidence Osama bin Laden has left Afghanistan, said Pentagon spokeswoman Torie Clarke, and the hunt for the Al Qaeda leader and his minions continues. Over the weekend there were reports that bin Laden was se... - IRAK REJECTS CONDITIONAL LIFTING TO SANCTIONS
Baghdad has refused the conditional lifting of sanctions, even at the risk of being attacked by the United States, which demands the return of weapons inspectors to Iraq, AFP reported from Baghdad on 27 November.Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri Hadi... - IRAKI OPPOSITIONS ATTACK
The Iraqi opposition party Da'wa Islamiyya carried out an attack on a government palace in Baghdad, according to a party statement reported by Kuna on 23 November. It says that a group of operatives called Al-Sadr -- affiliated with the Da'wa Islamiy... - ISRAEL APPROVES BUDGET FOR WMD DEFENSE
Jerusalem - Israel has approved an emergency allocation to defend against a non conventional missile attack from Iraq. Israel's Cabinet approved a 500 million shekel [5 million] allocation to defend the country against an attack by weapons of mass d... - ITALIAN NAVY CONTROLS THE SHIPS BUT DOESN’T ARREST TERRORIST SUSPECTS
The Italian Navy ships deployed in the Arabic Sea participate in the operations of control of merchant ships in transit to check loaded goods and crew, but they are not authorized to arrest people suspected of relation with Al Quaeda and the internat... - MARINE CORPS INVOLVMENT TIMELINE IN AFGHANISTAN
-Nov. 7: Marines from the 15th and 26th Marine Expeditionary Units combined to form Task Force 58 under the command of Brigadier General James N. Mattis, the commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade at Camp Pendleton, California.Members of t... - MARINES IN AFGHANISTAN SET-UP FORWARD OPERATING BASE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2001 - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today that Marine forces are in southern Afghanistan to set up a forward operating base. "They are not an occupying force," Rumsfeld told Pentagon reporters. "Their pur... - MORE AFGHAN COMBATANTS ENTER THE FRAY
The Northern Alliance (United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan) is the main force of Afghan combatants in the current conflict with the Taliban, but more and more people are joining the battle. Afghans with experience in the 1980s' conf... - NO U.S. OCCUPYING FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2001 -- The United States doesn't intend to maintain an "occupying force" in Afghanistan, Army Gen. Tommy Franks said today. During a video-teleconference from Tampa, Fla., the Central Command commander told reporters t... - POLAND TO SEND TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski on 22 November approved a government motion to send a Polish military contingent to join the antiterrorist operation in Afghanistan, Polish media reported. The 300-member contingent will be ready for action by... - SADDAM PRESSES KURDS FOR MILITARY ENTRY
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is pressing Kurdish leaders to approve the entry of government troops into the autonomous area of northern Iraq. Kurdish sources said Saddam has sent several messages through envoys that demand the deployment of troops... - SADDAM REPORTEDLY OFFERS ASYLUM TO BIN LADEN
The Karachi newspaper "Ummat" of 22 November carries an article saying that Saddam Husseyn has offered asylum to the top Taliban and Al-Qaeda leadership, including Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar. In this regard, a delegation led by a senio... - SAUDIS AWAIT REVIEW OF U.S. TROOPS IN KINGDOM
Saudi Arabia has signalled its intention to review the presence of U.S. troops in the kingdom. Western diplomatic sources said Riyad has not relayed such a message to Washington. But the sources said that in informal contacts Saudi officials have ind... - SCIRI LEADER SAYS IRAK DEPLOYING FORCES IN ANTICIPATION U.S. STRYKE
Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim, chairman of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), visiting Kuwait, told the Kuwait newspaper "Al-Qabas" on 28 November that Iraq is expecting an American strike after the destruction... - TAJIKISTAN CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF FOREIGN MILITARY PERSONNEL
Tajikistan has agreed to allowrance to station six Mirage 2000 fighter-bombers on its territory for the duration of the antiterrorist campaign in Afghanistan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told journalists in Paris on 29 November. It is n... - TALIBAN SURRENDERING KANDAHAR, U.S. FORCES IN FIRELIGHTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2001 -- Taliban forces are surrendering in their stronghold of Kandahar, said Army Gen. Tommy ranks, but U.S. forces continue to engage armed enemy fighters attempting to leave the area. Franks, commander of U.S. Central Command,... - THE ATOMIC WEAPONS OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
After chemical and biological weapons alarm, the Pentagon doesn’t exclude that Al Queida could put in act also a concrete nuclear threat; terroristic for targets in the West or in Russia, military actions against US forces deployed in Afghanis... - THE IRAK - AL QAEDA CONNECTION
They are multiplicating signs of imminent opening of a new war front in the ‘Enduring Freedom’ operation and all the elements seem indicating that Iraq will be the next target of British-American offensive where also European forces could... - U.S. COMPLETES PRE-POSITIONING IN KUWAIT
The United States has completed the pre-positioning of main battle tanks and combat vehicles in Kuwait to prepare for any confrontation with Iraq. U.S. defense officials said the military resupply in the sheikdom took place over the last month. They... - U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES CHANGE 'FACE OF WAR'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2001 -- Army Special Forces and Rangers, Navy Seals and Air Force special operations commandos operating in Afghanistan "have changed the face of war," according to a top Pentagon official. The highly trained, elite tro... - U.S. STUMPED ON ARAB PRISONERS
The United States faces a dilemma over the thousands of Arab mercernaries fighting with Saudi fugitive Osama Bin Laden captured in Afghanistan. At least 1,000 Saudis are believed fighting with Bin Laden and the Taliban movement. Saudi reports assert... - U.S. SUSPENDS FUNDING FOR INC
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has suspended funding to the Iraqi opposition. U.S. officials said the decision to suspend funding for the Iraqi National Congress stemmed from a determination that the London-based group had failed to account... - U.S. TO SEND ADDITIONAL TROOPS IN KUWAIT
The United States is sending ground forces to Kuwait amid renewed tension with Iraq. Officials said about 2,000 soldiers are on their way to the sheikdom. They are expected to complete deployment by the end of the week. The forces will be equipped wi... - U.S. URGED TO USE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE AGAINST SADDAM
The Bush administration is being urged to launch psychological warfare against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Proponents of psychological warfare are found in the Pentagon as well as in the U.S. strategic community. Their argument is that propaganda... - US STRATEGY FOR THE NEW CAMPAIGNS OF ‘ENDURING FREEDOM’
The Afghan campaign, first act of the Enduring Freedom Operation against the Islamic terrorism and the regimes that support it, has allowed Pentagon to try with success a strategical model that will be very probably repeted in next war theatres. Bus... - WOLFOWITZ SHARES SPECIAL FORCES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2001 -- The Northern Alliance and other opposition groups have made tremendous progress in Afghanistan -- last week, they controlled about 15 percent of the country and today control about half. Defense officials said U.S. air su... - YEMEN: AL QAEDA CRACKDOWN EMPTY GESTURE
Yemeni security forces Dec. 18 attacked an alleged al Qaeda hideout in the al-Husoun village in Marib province, 125 miles east of the capital, Sanaa. Local tribes fiercely resisted the assault, and 22 people were killed in the clash. Though the gover...
