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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 - 05:14pm Sep 16, 2001 EST (#9195 of 9204)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

Pentagon Official Outlines Plan to Put Military on War Footing by ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/national/13CND-MILI.html A senior Pentagon official laid out in the starkest terms yet the outline of a plan to put the American military on a war footing.

Administration Considers Broader, More Powerful Options for Potential Retaliation by ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/national/13MILI.html The stunning loss of life in Tuesday's terrorist attacks have freed the Bush administration to broaden its scope of potential options.

Aides Say Bush Was One Target of Hijacked Jet by R. W. APPLE Jr. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/national/13PREX.html The White House asserted that President Bush's delayed return to Washington was because of evidence that he was a target of terrorists.

Russian Sympathy for America High by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Russias-Role.html MOSCOW (AP) -- Sympathy for America is running high in Russia, where terrorism has touched the lives of thousands in recent years.

Reeling Capital Recalls Terrible Day by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Capitals-Calamity.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the final moments of ordinary, you could see Spot run on the impossibly green lawn of the White House.

Timeline of Tuesday's Attacks By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Timeline.html A timeline of Tuesday's attacks and the aftermath (times EDT):.

U.S Missile Cruiser Left Japan Home Port - Kyodo By REUTERS http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-attack-japan-ship.html TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. guided missile cruiser left Japan on Saturday.

India, Pakistan Air Bases Crucial to Any U.S. Strike by REUTERS http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-attack-india-bases.html NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A string of air bases and airports in India and Pakistan could be useful if Washington launches air strikes against Afghanistan in retaliation for terror attacks earlier this week.

A Numbing Search, and a Yearning for Answers To the Editor:. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/opinion/L13TERR.html

An Unfathomable Attack http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/opinion/12WED1.html In his evening speech, George W. Bush said yesterday was a day we would never forget.

rshowalter - 05:15pm Sep 16, 2001 EST (#9196 of 9204)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

European Nations Stand With U.S., Ready to Respond by STEVEN ERLANGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/international/europe/12WORL.html European Union foreign ministers and NATO ambassadors planned separate meetings on Wednesday to discuss what can be done.

When an Open Society Is Wielded as a Weapon Against Itself by MICHAEL R. GORDON http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/international/12STRA.html The terrorist attacks yesterday were intricately planned and carried out with precision. But what made them so devastating, physically and psychologically, was the way terrorists willing to sacrifice their lives swiftly turned unarmed civilian airplanes into guided missiles and left America with no obvious response.

The National Defense http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/opinion/12WED2.html As the nation assays the horrific human and physical losses of yesterday's brutally efficient terrorist attacks, it must also begin the urgent work of determining how an open and democratic society can better defend itself against a threat that conventional armies and weapons cannot defeat.

Dispatches From a Day of Terror and Shock To the Editor:. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/opinion/L12TERR.html

Brazil Leftists Oppose Deal to Let U.S. Launch Satellites By LARRY ROHTER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/international/americas/12BRAZ.html The left-wing nationalist groups in Brazil contend that the accord is really a Trojan horse.

New Day of Infamy By WILLIAM SAFIRE http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/opinion/12SAFI.html What well-financed terrorist organization, under what country's secret protection, slaughtered so many Americans?

A Different World By ANTHONY LEWIS http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/opinion/12LEWI.html The world's cooperation is essential if the authors of this attack are to be found and destroyed.

Forces on Highest Alert to Protect and Reassure By THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/national/12MILI.html Warships and jet fighters were directed to protect major cities and national landmarks in case of another wave of suicide attacks.

Official Washington Hears the Echoes of Earlier Ones By ADAM CLYMER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/national/12ELDE.html Many of the capital's elder statesmen heard an echo of the sudden attack on the country's most important naval base 60 years ago.

Nation Plunges Into Fight With Enemy Hard to Identify By R. W. APPLE Jr. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/national/12ASSE.html America's sense of security took a grievious blow.

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