ALASKA MISSILE DEFENSE WEEKLY

(Thirty-First Edition)

Compiled by: Ms. Hillary Pesanti, Community Relations Specialist

Command Representative for Missile Defense

907.552.1038

hillary.pesanti@elmendorf.af.mil

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2002-OCTOBER 4, 2002

ALASKA SPECIFIC NEWS BREAKS

· Greely officially changes hands, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

· Shutdown squeezes projects, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

· Delta voters avoid polls in droves, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

· U.S. Strategic Command may get more missile defense duties, Aerospace Daily

· IDF in Iraq, Jerusalem Post

· “Yediot Ahronot”: Arrow estimated to be 95% effective, Globes Online

· Pine gap gears for war with eye on Iraq, Sydney Morning Herald

· Officials say U.S. ready to sell Taiwan Aegis-equipped destroyers, Taipei Times

· Tvrdik should consider remaining in office – FILIP (sic), Czech News Agency

· Let India have the Arrow, Jerusalem Post

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2002

· ‘One-stop’ agency coordinates defense, USA Today

· New strategic command evaluates top programs, system priorities, Ellis says, Defense Daily

· Missile silo to become Cold War history site, Baltimore Sun

· Threats and responses: Military risks; militants are said to amass missiles in south Lebanon, The New Yor