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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 09:29pm Sep 30, 2001 EST (#10035 of 10048)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

RECENT MISSILE DEFENSE ARTICLES IN THE NYT

U.S. and Pakistan Discuss Nuclear Security By DOUGLAS FRANTZ http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/01/international/asia/01NUKE.html QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept. 30 — American military and intelligence officials have talked with the Pakistani government about concerns over the security of its nuclear weapons stockpile and the country's two nuclear plants, two Pakistani officials say.

An Act of Terror Reshapes the Globe by MICHAEL WINES http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/weekinreview/30WINE.html The question now, as a single breathtaking act of horror cracks old alliances and snaps together unlikely new ones in their place, is whether a modern madman has swung history onto a new axis, with ramifications far from his own intentions.

Remaking the Military http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/opinion/30SUN1.html While the Defense Department's long-range planning report reflects new attention on homeland defense and Central Asia, bolder changes will be needed.

U.S. Pursued Secret Efforts to Catch or Kill bin Laden by JAMES RISEN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/international/30INTE.html Officials say the United States has been trying to kill bin Laden and destroy his network for years.

Antiterror Coalition Will Be Shifting, Loose and Anything but Grand by DOUGLAS JEHL http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/international/30COAL.html Asked by President Bush to choose sides in the war on terrorism, most of the world has chosen to side with the West, but not without adding the kind of caveats bound to create fault lines in an American-led coalition.

Large U.S. Force in Afghan Area Gives the Option to Strike at Will by STEVEN LEE MYERS and THOM SHANKER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/international/asia/30MILI.html The United States has now amassed a military force of 28,000 troops, more than 300 warplanes and two dozen warships in the region surrounding Iraq and Afghanistan, enough firepower to allow President Bush to strike at any moment should he so decide.

So Far, Europe Breathes Easier Over Free Hand Given the U.S. by STEVEN ERLANGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/29/international/europe/29EURO.html European anxiety that NATO had handed the United States a blank check to retaliate against terrorism worldwide has lessened for now, with Washington winning praise for its deliberate response to the attacks on New York and the Pentagon.

In the Next Chapter, Is Technology an Ally? By KATIE HAFNER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/27/technology/circuits/27TECH.html Circuits invited six computer experts to discuss technology and terrorism. Not surprisingly, some are more sanguine than others.

Generals Given Power to Order Downing of Jets by ERIC SCHMITT http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/27/national/27CND-SHOO.html President Bush has authorized two midlevel Air Force generals to order commercial airliners that threaten American cities shot down.

Alaska Antimissile Site: Too Close for Russians' Comfort? by JAMES DAO http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/26/international/26MISS.html The construction of a missile defense site may complicate the Bush administration's efforts to keep Russia in an international coalition on terrorism.

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