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REPORT: SECURITY CONCERNS: The Air Force alone can't protect the nation's air and space defense command center at Peterson Air Force base from a hijacked plane, security consultants said, raising questions about why Colorado Springs Airport officials weren't consulted about moving the center there from Cheyenne Mountain. Although the consultants...; Tags: Air Force, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-06-23
NORAD 50th Anniversary: As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO, Monday, May 12, 2008 Well I can tell how thrilled you all are--oh, it's 10 o'clock--great, there are two speeches. Laughter Thank you, Gene. General Renuart was my senior military assistant when I started...; Tags: Government, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-05-12
SANTA MEETS STARGATE COMMAND: During its 50 years, NORAD has captured the imagination of filmmakers and starry-eyed children. One phone call in 1955 remade a top-secret national security mission into a whimsical vigil for travels of a jolly old soul with the power of flight. Since a department...; Tags: Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-05-11
A WARY EYE ON THE SKY: The U.S. in 1958 was in the grip of the Cold War. Schoolchildren went through nuclear attack drills, diving under desks and covering their heads. Suburbanites built concrete bomb shelters stocked with canned food in which they could wait out Armageddon. ...; Tags: North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-05-11
Closing NORAD may cost $12B: Moving the nation's air, space and homeland defense operations out of Cheyenne Mountain would cost more than $12 billion, according to the Air Force. NORAD/NorthCom has said the move would cost about $42 million. The Air Force estimate, compiled during the 2005 Base Realignment...; Tags: Air Force, analysis, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-06-15

NORAD move hits a snag: A House committee wants to halt moving homeland defense agencies out of Cheyenne Mountain until questions about cost savings and security have been answered. The U.S. House Armed Services Committee attached a provision to the $504 billion defense authorization bill it approved Wednesday that would give the...; Tags: General Accounting Office, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2007-05-12
DND: Canada Command Exercises in Support of Civil Authorities.: OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 11, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Canada Command, the Canadian Forces organization responsible for the conduct of all routine and contingency domestic operations, will conduct the Canadian component of Exercise ARDENT SENTRY/NORTHERN EDGE 07 (AS/NE 07) from April 30 - May 17, 2007,...; Tags: North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2007-04-11
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
Editorial | 10/11: They were images that Americans hoped never to see replayed: smoke and flames belching from the side of a Manhattan high-rise, airplane fragments raining down on the sidewalk, passersby looking up in shock and fear. For a brief time, as those pictures flashed across television and computer screens Thursday afternoon,...; Tags: North American Aerospace Defense Command, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, TVs; Research articles 2006-10-13
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
NORAD renewal: further down the slippery slope?(North American Aerospace Defense Command): Following the May 2006 debate and vote in the House of Commons (257 in favour and 30 opposed), Canada and the United States finalized a permanent extension (rather than the usual five-year term) of their binational defence cooperation arrangements through the North American Aerospace Defense Command...; Tags: agreement, Canada, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2006-09-22
Cheyenne Mountain's fate may lie in study contents: A study being done by the military suggests scaling back the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, a symbol of the Cold War and the nation's most heavily fortified military station. The analysis of the 40-year-old center, which was carved deep into the rock of Cheyenne Mountain and was...; Tags: North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson, SECURITY; Research articles 2006-06-16
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
US-Canadian air defense to oversee continent's maritime security: MONTREAL AFP — The North American Aerospace Command NORAD will oversee the defense of the continent against terror attacks by sea, the Canadian defense ministry said. The decision was taken after months of negotiations between the United States and Canada to renew the bilateral military alliance's mandate. The...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, agreement, FINANCE, North American Aerospace Defense Command, security; Research articles 2006-04-29
US-Canadian report calls for closer defense cooperation: WASHINGTON AFP — A US-Canadian military planning group called for government agreements to break down obstacles to forging a continental defense against terrorism and other catastrophic threats. Barriers to intelligence sharing, bureaucratic disconnects and incompatible communications systems were among the problems cited by the report. The Bi-National Planning...; Tags: North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2006-04-21
Retiring NORAD: time for a new kind of continental security cooperation.(North American Aerospace Defence Agreement): Prime Minister Harper and President Bush are reportedly set to sign a new Canada-US security pact--essentially a revised version of the North American Aerospace Defence Agreement NORAD. The current agreement is due to expire May 12, 2006 and there are indications that the new arrangement will...; Tags: Canada, Manufacturing, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY; Research articles 2006-03-22
BRIEFLY METRO: Springs gets federal grant Colorado Springs received $704,092 from the federal government as reimbursement for money spent on emergency response and terrorism prevention. Of that amount, $186,000 was spent on equipment to disarm bombs, and $518,000 for communications equipment. The money came from the...; Tags: Government, North American Aerospace Defense Command, SECURITY, terrorism; Research articles 2006-02-03
NORAD to repeat test of Super Bowl security: Everyone's ready for Super Bowl XL. The Pittsburgh Steelers. the Seattle Seahawks. But not the North American Aerospace Defense Command. NORAD, a bi-national command based at Peterson Air Force Base, will repeat a wideranging exercise that was held early Thursday to...; Tags: Manufacturing, MARKETING, North American Aerospace Defense Command, security; Research articles 2006-01-27
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
Military, civilian leaders will talk security policy: Policy setters and other experts in homeland security and defense will convene in Colorado Springs next month in what's being called an unprecedented blending of military and civilian officials. "This is probably the biggest policy-level powwow that you've ever seen of homeland defense and homeland security officials,"...; Tags: Government, North American Aerospace Defense Command, security; Research articles 2005-09-25