Topic: - on September 20, 2002 at 9:24:02 PM CEST

Minuteman III Air Force Test Missile Out West

The colorful contrail was seen soon after the unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile blasted off at 7:36 p.m. from an underground silo at the Vandenberg military base north of Santa Barbara. "The smoke went up in spirals as the sun was setting and turned into an orange, amber color. It was like a flower going into bloom pretty quickly," said Simon Cox, who saw it from a restaurant terrace in Santa Barbara.


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Primary function: Intercontinental ballistic missile
Contractor: Boeing Co.
Power plant: Three solid-propellant rocket motors; first stage, Thiokol; second stage, Aerojet-General; third stage, United Technologies Chemical Systems Division
Thrust: First stage, 202,600 pounds (91,170 kilograms)
Length: 59.9 feet (18 meters)
Weight: 79,432 pounds (32,158 kilograms)
Diameter: 5.5 feet (1.67 meters)
Range: 6,000-plus miles (5,218 nautical miles)
Speed: Approximately 15,000 mph (Mach 23 or 24,000 kph) at burnout
Ceiling: 700 miles (1,120 kilometers)

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Topic: - on September 7, 2002 at 2:35:03 AM CEST

IRAQ YEARS AWAY from DEVELOPING NUCLEAR BOMBS

U.S. sources with knowledge of Iraq's military capabilities said they are unaware of new information about the Baghdad government's efforts to develop nuclear weapons but added that United States intelligence may be reassessing that threat.


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Topic: W A R - on September 6, 2002 at 7:10:28 PM CEST

U.N. Nuclear Experts Detect Changes at Iraqi Sites

U.N. experts studying satellite photos of Iraq have identified new construction at several sites linked in the past to Baghdad's development of nuclear weapons, U.N. officials said Friday. But the experts said they could not draw any conclusions on the significance of the changes at these sites until U.N. weapons inspectors can get in to see them on the ground.

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Topic: W A R - on September 6, 2002 at 4:20:14 PM CEST

100 jets join attack on Iraq

The raid appeared to be a prelude to the type of special forces operations that would have to begin weeks before a possible American-led war. It was launched two days before a war summit between President George W Bush and Tony Blair in America.

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Topic: - on September 6, 2002 at 4:04:35 PM CEST

Britische und US-Kampfflugzeuge greifen irakische Stellungen an

Das britische Verteidigungsministerium hat Angriffe britischer und amerikanischer Kampfflugzeuge auf strategisch wichtige Luftabwehrstellungen des Irak im Westen des Landes bestätigt.

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Topic: - on September 5, 2002 at 3:46:40 AM CEST

Pentagon: Tanks Heading to Gulf for Exercises

The U.S. Navy has booked a ship to carry tanks and heavy armor to the Gulf this month, but the Pentagon said on Wednesday the equipment was for use in a long-planned military exercise in Kuwait. Shipping sources said the U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) had chartered a U.S.-flagged general cargo ship to sail from the southeast U.S. coast to an unspecified Middle Eastern port in the Gulf for discharge in late September.

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