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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 - 10:11am Sep 2, 2001 EST (#8309 of 8320)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

The New York Times is a major source of information about missile defense. Articles from that corpus are listed here periodically, with links.

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discuss the corpus, and the complexity, richness, and challenge of it, and link to many articles on missile defense that have been discussed on this thread.

Listings of missile defense articles in the Times , for week periods, with links, are set out in

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Links to this week's articles related to missile defense in the Times , or most of them, follow.

rshowalter - 10:12am Sep 2, 2001 EST (#8310 of 8320)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

''Waging Modern War' By WESLEY K. CLARK http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/books/chapters/02-1stclark.html "The difficulties and complexities of modern war can be measured in part by the difficulties faced by the American military in Kosovo. "

'Waging Modern War': A Defeated Victor Reflects on Kosovo By ROGER COHEN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/books/review/02COHENTW.html Gen. Wesley K. Clark's book amounts to a plea for the Pentagon to ponder the meaning of "modern war" in light of new circumstances.

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese Arms Maker By JANE PERLEZ http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/international/asia/02DIPL.html Washington imposed sanctions on a big Chinese arms maker after finding that China is still exporting missile technology to Pakistan.

U.S. to Tell China It Will Not Object to Missile Buildup By DAVID E. SANGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/international/asia/02CHIN.html The significant reversal of policy is part of an effort to overcome Chinese objections to the Bush administration's missile defense proposals.

Dogfight for Dollars on Capitol Hill By JAMES DAO http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/business/02ARMS.html The season for military lobbying is in full bloom.

N.Korea Proposes Resumed Talks with South By REUTERS http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea-dialogue.html SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea unexpectedly shifted its stance toward its estranged southern neighbor Sunday by announcing that it would immediately resume stalled talks with Seoul.

What Beijing Can Learn From Moscow http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/magazine/02RUSSIA.html By IAN BURUMA Was China right to pursue economic reforms before political?

A Sort of Romance Sends the Russians Into a German Hug By MICHAEL WINES http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/31/international/europe/31RUSS.html As it seeks a Western soulmate, Russia has turned away from the United States and is now trying to rekindle a centuries-old romance with Germany.

Booster Rocket Test Successful By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Missile-Test.html

Tighter Finances Won't Curb Goals, President Asserts By DAVID E. SANGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/30/politics/30BUSH.html President Bush vowed not to let the economic slowdown or the evaporating federal surplus deter him from increasing the military spending.

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