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• Pentagon redirects priorities in chemical-biological defense.(Domestic Threats)

  - 2005-03-01

  The Pentagon will broaden the scope of its chemical and biological defense programs, in an effort to prepare for future domestic emergencies, officials say. Major concerns are the Defense Department's inability to respond to a mass-casualty biological attack and to keep adequate supplies...

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• Technical skills shortage hurts Pentagon's bottom line.(Defense Watch)

  - 2004-09-01

  The trials and tribulations experienced in various Pentagon big-ticket programs in recent years have prompted a thorough self-examination at the Defense Department. At issue is who really is to blame for failures, delays, cost overruns and an overall dearth of innovation. Defense officials...

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• Munitions sector 'in trouble,' despite new funds: Defense department warned about problems with declining supplier base. (Analysis).

  - 2001-12-01

  An influx of new money at the Pentagon will help replenish cruise missiles and satellite-guided bombs, but it will not necessarily fix industrial base problems in the ammunition sector, sources said. Companies such as Raytheon and Boeing are working to ramp up production of...

  Tags: Afghanistan, analysis, bomb, missile, Pentagon, Strategy, supplier, U.S., U.S. Department of Defense, upshot

• Pentagon Lays Out Game Plan To Address Workforce Losses.

  - 2001-01-01

  Civilian Pentagon leaders believe that the military services should be concerned about the Defense Department's ability to manage future weapon programs. The reason, officials said, is that, by 2005, more than 60,000 members of the Defense Department acquisition workforce will be eligible to retire. ...

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• Warfare in the information age

  - 1995-10-01

  Pentagon officials and defense analysts have a new topic to add to their list of post-Cold War concerns: information warfare, or IW, in the usual manner of military-speak. The term refers to the use of information systems--computers, communications networks, databases--for military advantage, either by the United States or by a...

  Tags: attack, computer, Government, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, technology, U.S., U.S. Department of Defense, upshot

• Why did the Navy shoot down 290 civilians? A naval officer who served in the Persian Gulf explains what really went wrong - and why it may happen again - Iran Air flight 655

  - 1988-10-01

  A naval officer who served in the Persian Gulf explains what really went wrong-and why it may happen again. The first time anyone in the operating area of the Vincennes took an interest in scheduled airline traffic was one minute after the detection of Iran Air flight 655...

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