By David J. Albritton, National Defense Magazine, NDIA, July 2009"...Defense communicators are expanding their reach beyond the industry, military, trade and business publications. There are various blogs that aggregate stories from other sources and originate their own. Easy access to defense-oriented blogs has created a growing international audience for military issues, with expert commentary from civilians and military personnel, alike. As their influence grows, social networks will become increasingly used by defense communicators. Indeed, an Israel Defense Force official recently..." 
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What Americans Need to Know About Missile Defense: We're Not There Yet "...If it carried and detonated a nuclear weapon high over the center of the country, the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) would literally fry the nation's electrical grid and all of the circuitry that powers our homes, businesses, hospitals, phones, cars, planes, traffic lights, ATMs, water supplies, and anything else not "hardened" against such attacks. The EMP Commission chairman has testified that, within just one year of such an attack, 70 percent to 90 percent of Americans would be dead from starvation and disease.
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Reference: www.heritage.org .
N. Korea slams Hawaii missile defense "...U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he ordered the deployment of a ground-based, mobile missile intercept system and radar system to Hawai'i amid concerns the North may fire a long-range missile toward the Islands..."
Reference: www.honoluluadvertiser.com .
Prototype Missile Defense Satellites Primed for Test Flight "...the STSS satellites will be launched in a stacked configuration aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket. The MDA in May launched a classified STSS demonstration satellite that was also built by Northrop Grumman. The STSS satellites are designed to demonstrate the ability to track ballistic missiles in every stage of flight..."
Reference: www.space.com .
Brimming with Nuclear Bombast, North Korea Warns Foes "...“Our revolutionary armed forces will deal an annihilating blow that is unpredictable and unavoidable, to any ‘sanctions’ or provocations by the U.S.,” a speaker told the crowd, according to the Korean Central News Agency, the North’s state-run news service..."
Reference: www.nytimes.com .
Sessions says missile cuts 'unacceptable' "...takes about $1.2 billion from national missile defense, much of it from the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program led by Boeing in Huntsville. Sessions also pointed out that work has stopped on the Kinetic Energy Interceptor and Multiple Kill Vehicle follow-on programs, and that about $900 million will also be moved to theater missiles, "leaving us a real big hole and very damaging cuts in national missile defense." ..."
Reference: www.al.com .
Pyongyang vows to enlarge atomic arsenal, marks outbreak of Korean War
N. Korea warns of ‘fire shower of nuclear’ attack "...North Korea had warned previously it would fire a long-range missile as a response to U.N. Security Council condemnation of an April rocket launch seen as a cover for its ballistic missile technology...."
Reference: www.msnbc.msn.com .
US Ready for Any Threat from N. Korea "...the U.S. military are "fully prepared for any contingencies" involving North Korea -- including the possible launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii...."
Reference: www.voanews.com .
"...The Obama administration and its Democratic allies on Capitol Hill are significantly reducing America's missile defense programs at the very moment when the need for such systems is becoming ever more palpable...."
Reference: www.newsmax.com .
Missile budget cut still stands "...a reduction in the number of missiles deployed - plans called for as many as 44 total in Alaska and California - and less money for continued testing and future improvements of the system. There are currently 30 missiles deployed in Alaska and at Vandenberg..."
Reference: www.al.com .
U.S. may be within N. Korea missile range in 3 years, official warns "...Cartwright said he was "90%-plus" confident that the U.S. could shoot down a missile launched at the United States from North Korea. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has proposed trimming the overall U.S. missile defense budget, but has requested $900 million to maintain and improve interceptor missiles now based in California and Alaska...."
Reference: www.latimes.com .
Republicans To Oppose Missile Defense Cuts in Authorization Markup "...Taepodong 2 long-range ballistic missile and Iran's successful test of a ballistic missile capable of reaching Israel and parts of Europe (see GSN, May 21). "Instead of a missile defense cut, we must invest in capabilities that protect the U.S. homeland, our forward-deployed troops, and allies," said Strategic Forces Subcommittee ranking member Michael Turner (R-Ohio)...."
Reference: www.globalsecuritynewswire.org .
Griffith warns cuts could lead to layoffs
Griffith warns cuts could lead to layoffs "...The White House's proposed 2010 Pentagon budget slashes about $2 billion from the Missile Defense Agency's $10 billion a year budget. Most of that money has been targeted to come out of Ground-based Missile Defense..."
Reference: www.al.com .
Young lashes out at Congress over missile defense "...Rep. Don Young took his colleagues to task Tuesday for proposed cuts to the Missile Defense Agency at the same time North Korea appears to be preparing to test launch a long-range missile that could strike Alaska...."
Reference: www.ktuu.com .
"Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home."
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North Korea fires sixth missile and restarts nuclear plant "...a night-time missile launch had been carried out on Tuesday and that there are signs of imminent further launches along the rogue state's West coast. The latest missile brings the total number of launches to six in the past three days. The North has warned that it may continue to launch missiles..."
Reference: www.telegraph.co.uk .
Boeing issues another 300 layoff notices "...Spokesman Tim Healy says Boeing has cut the work force by 1,900 positions since November and left another 1,000 positions unfilled...."
Reference: www.businessweek.com .
"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
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2009 Bronx terrorism plot
"...In April 2009, Cromitie and his three alleged accomplices chose their targets. They allegedly planned to both bomb the Riverdale Temple and nearby Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx, and, using Stinger surface-to-air guided missiles, shoot down military planes flying out of a nearby air base...."
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Defense cuts no threat to BRAC, chairman says "...not change plans to relocate thousands of government jobs to Redstone Arsenal..."
Reference: www.al.com .
