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War room status cools along with Cold War: CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. -- Dr. Strangelove would have a heart attack: America's vaunted underground war room deep inside this granite mountain is being retired. Not only that, but Russian military men have been inside the place. During the long nuclear standoff with Moscow, the nation's...; Tags: attack, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2006-11-05
NorthCom chief says attack not inevitable: Despite an astounding array of threats, the United States is getting better at defending itself, said Adm. Timothy Keating, commander in chief of U.S. Northern Command. And, though others say a future terrorist attack here is guaranteed, he's not so sure. "I do not...; Tags: Air Force, attack, Government, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2006-10-06
9/11 panel considered criminal probe of Pentagon's apparent lies: WASHINGTON AFP — The 10-member commission that investigated the US response to the September 11 attacks reportedly considered seeking a criminal probe of the Pentagon, believing it had deliberately misled the panel and the public. The Washington Post said that the panel found discrepancies between statements officials of the...; Tags: attack, commission, FAA, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Pentagon, SALES, Transportation; Research articles 2006-08-02
Pentagon inaccuracies on 9/11 air defense probed: WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon said its inspector general is investigating whether officials provided "knowingly false" information to a special commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 attacks. A secret inspector general's report in May 2005 concluded that Defense Department officials provided inaccurate information about the air defense response...; Tags: attack, commission, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Pentagon, SALES, U.S. Department of Defense; Research articles 2006-08-02
Marching together: after many years of keeping a distance between Canadian and U.S. defence relations, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper is moving towards closer cooperation.: Paul Cellucci was the U.S. Ambassador to Canada from 2001 to 2005. Ambassadors are not supposed to ruffle the feathers of their host nation. But, Mr. Cellucci appears not to have read that part of the diplomat's training manual. He was often blunt and undiplomatic. ...; Tags: attack, Canada, Government, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY, U.S.; Research articles 2006-05-01

North American defense and security after 9/11: Canada and the United States fought as partners in World Wars I and II, the Korean War, Operation Desert Storm, the Balkans, and most recently in Afghanistan. Our mutual participation in these conflicts and membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO focused on joint and combined operations in overseas...; Tags: agency, agreement, attack, Canada, domain, environment, MARKETING, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY, Transportation, U.S.; Research articles 2006-01-01
Air Force considers moving Space Center: A study is under way to determine whether the Air Force's Space Control Center needs to stay inside Cheyenne Mountain. The Space Control Center, which tracks satellites and space junk, has been inside the underground Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station since 1979, but it could wind up...; Tags: Air Force, attack, Government, NETWORKING, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2005-02-12
Inaugural security gets post-9/11 test: Two Colorado Springs-based military commands charged with guarding the United States against attacks will try to ensure that the first presidential inauguration since the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes is unmarred by violence. A command official didn't give specifics about preparations for President Bush's swearing-in for a second...; Tags: attack, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, radar, security; Research articles 2005-01-11
Commission: military had no warning during 9/11.(Security beat: homeland defense briefs): Three of the four hijacked planes used during the attacks of September 11, 2001 had already crashed by the time fighter pilots scrambled to intercept them, according to the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States. Officials with...; Tags: aircraft, attack, commission, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Pentagon, SALES, security; Research articles 2004-09-01
General: Hijacked jets can be shot down: COLORADO SPRINGS -- The commander of the forces that failed to intercept the four airliners al-Qaeda hijackers used in the Sept. 11 attacks now says "the procedure is in place" to shoot down any hijacked aircraft, and there are enough fighter jets on patrol to stop a hijacked plane before...; Tags: aircraft, attack, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command; Research articles 2004-08-27
Sept. 11 panel underscores US defense gaps: WASHINGTON, AFP ? Public hearings held this week by the independent commission investigating the September 11, 2001, attacks revealed an ill-prepared US defense system, a fatal problem that raises the question of whether US authorities are ready for another such strike. The hijacked airplanes used in the attacks on...; Tags: aircraft, attack, commission, FAA, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SALES; Research articles 2004-06-19
Air defense unprepared for attack, report says: WASHINGTON -- Military and aviation officials reacted to the Sept. 11 hijackings through a fog of bad information and poor communication that caused serious lapses in the nation's defense, the commission investigating the attacks will report today. The report offers the most in-depth look so far at how the...; Tags: attack, FAA, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SALES, SECURITY, Washington; Research articles 2004-06-17
Was Pentagon attack preventable?: WASHINGTON -- The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is expected to offer sharp criticism of the Pentagon's domestic air- defense command in its final report and will suggest that quicker military action might have prevented a hijacked jet from crashing into the Pentagon itself, according to commission officials. ...; Tags: attack, commission, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Pentagon, SALES; Research articles 2004-04-25
NORAD had drills eerily like Sept. 11: WASHINGTON -- In the two years before the Sept. 11 attacks, the North American Aerospace Defense Command conducted exercises simulating what the White House says was unimaginable at the time: hijacked airliners used as weapons to crash into targets and cause mass casualties. One of the imagined targets was...; Tags: aircraft, attack, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command; Research articles 2004-04-19
Securing the skies above the Bay: Tensions ran high inside the hollowed-out mountain headquarters of NORAD during a massive war game, when the reports streamed in: Russian warplanes were mustering near U.S. soil without warning. This was not part of NORAD's continent-spanning exercise. NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command repositioned aircraft closer to...; Tags: attack, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY, U.S.; Research articles 2004-04-11
Fighter escorts worry some: WASHINGTON -- Pilots and air-traffic-control officials are expressing concern that U.S. fighter jets being deployed to escort some passenger flights could be creating unnecessary risks to commercial aviation. Military fighters have shadowed at least a dozen commercial flights since U.S. officials raised the nation's terror alert level on Dec....; Tags: attack, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2004-01-09
NORAD: NORADThe North American Air Defense Agreement, signed on May 12, 1958 by the United States and Canada, created a continental air defense warning and surveillance system in response to Cold War fears of an airborne attack by the Soviet Union. The resulting North American Air/Aerospace Defense Command NORAD has since...; Tags: attack, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY, U.S.; Research articles 2004-01-01
Bush says US public to go about normal business amid higher terror alert: WASHINGTON AFP ? US President George W. Bush told the US public to try and make it business as usual after authorities issued a high security alert warning of a potential attack in the end-of-year holidays by al-Qaeda. "Hard working Americans will be working over the holiday season to...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, al-Qaeda, attack, Bush, Government, North American Aerospace Defense Command, president, SECURITY; Research articles 2003-12-22
Colorado's Peterson Air Force Staff Prepare for Debut of New Military Command.: By Erin Emery, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 15--COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--More than 200 people at Peterson Air Force Base have begun building a new military command to defend against attacks on North American soil. Northern Command, or...; Tags: attack, Government, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2002-08-15
NORAD braces for attacks: NORAD is braced to provide security for the nation during the July Fourth weekend. Federal authorities issued an alert to state and local authorities warning of a possible terrorist attack around the holiday. The message was not made public because the threat is too vague, officials said. ...; Tags: attack, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2002-07-02