Star Wars / Weapons in Space

This page is currently archived, for up to date information see the Marshall Islands index page and Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.

2003

• Missile misses target, officials call it a success, CNN, 19 June 2003
• Nasa gives go-ahead for nuclear mission to outer planets, Steve Connor, 14 June 2003
• Satellites provide vital reconnaissance, communications to war effort, Michael Woods, 2 April 2003
• Defence push for Australian missile shield, Tom Allard, 27 February 2003
• The Shuttle Spectacle, Robert Kuttner, 5 February 2003
• America's Ultra-Secret Weapon, Mark Thompson, 19 January 2003

2002

• The day fantasy became reality: Bush gives the order for 'Son of Star Wars' to be deployed, Andrew Buncombe, 18 December 2002
• US requests use of British bases for 'son of star wars' defence project, Richard Norton-Taylor, 14 December 2002
• Interceptor Rocket Fails in Missile Test, AP, 11 December 2002
• The Space Industry: Supporting US Supremacy, Loring Wirbel, November 2002
• US general plans 'star wars' visit, Richard Norton-Taylor, 16 November 2002
• Pressure on Japan to get missile shield, Shane Green, 9 November 2002
• US missile defence test dodges decoys, New Scientist, 15 October 2002
• CIA and NASA Linked During Cold War Space Race, Leonard David, 14 October 2002
• $1 Billion Question: Where Has All the Air Force EELV Money Gone? John Kelly, Chris Kridler and Kelly Young, 25 August 2002
• PCRC applauds statement by Fijian Prime Minister against Missile Testing, PCRC, 16 August 2002.
• Shortcuts To Missile Defense, Mary McGrory, 8 August 2002
• The Empty Promise of Global Missile Defense, Frida Berrigan and William D. Hartung, 1 August 2002
• So This is The Future, Sean Gonsalves, 23 July 2002
• US Seeks Foreign Aid in Missile Defense Basing Rights, Technology on Shopping List of Traveling Pentagon Officials, Bradley Graham, 29 June 2002
• Missile Defense Funding Increased: Senate Gives Bush Option to Use Money for Counterterrorism, Helen Dewar, 27 June 2002
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• Lawmakers Sue Over ABM Pact Withdrawal: Lawsuit Seeks to Assert Congress's Role in Treaties, Neely Tucker, 12 June 2002
• Militarizing Space Would Lead to New Balance of Terror, Dan Cornwell, 11 June 2002
• US Says It Wants Kwajalein Missile Test Range For 40 More Years, AFP, 29 May 2002
• Airborne Laser Team Completes Successful Tests of High-Power Laser, Space Daily, 30 April 2002
• Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, Merav Datan (for the Honorable Lloyd Axworthy), 16 March 2002
• Missile Defense Shenanigans, Derrick Jackson, 8 March 2002
• Billion Dollar Battle Over Central Pacific US Missile Range: The Range In Action, Giff Johnson, 4 March 2002

2001

• ABM, Salt and Start. And Now the Finish: US Shuns World Opinion to Set Unilateralist Course, Matthew Engel, 14 December 2001
• Russia Warns of New Arms Race if US Tears Up ABM Treaty, Scott Shane 13 December 2001
• Bush's Missile Shield Is a Science Fiction Fantasy, Marleen S. Barr, 2 December 2001
• United States Missile Defence, Dr Robert E White, Working Paper No 11, Centre for Peace Studies, 1 December 2001
• International Day of Action to Stop Weapons in Space, 13 October 2001
• Weapons in space: impact on the Pacific, PMA/WILPF, 13 October 2001
• ‘Weapons in space: a new threat to peace and security?’, seminar in Wellington on 13 October 2001, 15 September 2001
• Women say NO to Star Wars! 27 August 2001
• New names for Star Wars systems, GNAWNPS, 17 August 2001
• Former Defence Minister fights missile plan, Tom Baldwin, 13 August 2001
• Missile defense a threat, J Dean & J Granoff, 11 August 2001
• Official offers timetable on quitting ABM treaty, Boston Globe, 11 August 2001
• The next battlefield may be in Outer Space, Jack Hitt, 5 August 2001
• Preserving Space for Peaceful Use: A Case for a New Space Treaty, Working Paper no. 10, RE White, July 2001
• Opposition to Star Wars, Alaska Green Party, 1 April 2001
• The impact of Ballistic Missile Defence on the Pacific, 29 March 2001
• Missile defence/ Pacific fallout, 1 February 2001
• More NMD threat than opponents acknowledge, John Valleau, 15 January 2001

2000

• Australia could become a NMD target, 18 July 2000
• Veil drawn around base's role, 23 July 2000
• Kwajalein missile test fails again, PCRC, 10 July 2000
• Nuclear Missile Deception: Corruption and Conflicts of Interest in the National Missile Defense (NMD) Test Program, 7 July 2000
• Alert ! Pacific target for US missiles again, PMA/FOE, 30 June 2000
• First-ever laser antimissile system hits target in field test, 5 May 2000
• Pentagon downplays importance of BMD test, Jim Wolf, 4 May 2000
• Missile dispute 'threatens Nato', Michael Evans, 4 May 2000
• Leading scientists say 'No' to Missile Defence, 11 April 2000
• Pentagon moving too fast on Ballistic Missile Defence, 14 February 2000
• Kwajalein Atoll and the new arms race, PCRC briefing, 1 February 2000
• Fury over secret US nuclear shield in Britain, 30 January 2000
• Kwajalein missile tests endanger arms control treaties, PCRC statement, 20 January 2000
• Pacific - Star Wars test, 17 January 2000

1999

• Navy tests missiles from range on Kauai, 17 December 1999
• Arms Race in Outer Space, 21 November 1999
• US missile testing in the Pacific, 21 November 1999