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This wiki entry is essentially designed for the purpose of informing about current activities against the U.S. missile defense program, especially in Eastern Europe. Related wiki entries include National Missile Defense, Missile defense, Anti-ballistic missile.
History of U.S. Missile defense
In December 2002, President Bush announced the United States would begin fielding several components of an anti-ballistic missile system designed to protect U.S. territory from attack by long-range (strategic) ballistic missiles. In July 2004, it fielded the first ground-based interceptor at Ft. Greely, Alaska, and since then has fielded and upgraded radars, built command and communication networks, and added interceptors at Ft. Greely and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Bush administration is also pressing to field interceptors and a radar in Eastern Europe.
On February 5th 2008 The New York Times reported that the proposed military budget for 2009 "will be the 11th year of continuous increases in the base military budget."
Furthermore Ria Novosti report that "the overall 2009 missile defense budget proposed by the Bush administration totals $10.4 billion. It is aimed to continue to develop, test, and field missile defense systems to protect America, its allies, and deployed forces. The budget proposal must be approved by Congress before it becomes effective."
The Pentagon are expected to release in full on Monday, February 11th its total proposed 2009 military budget of $515.4 billion. If it is approved, annual military spending, adjusted for inflation, will have reached its highest level since World War II.
U.S. Missile defense in Europe
The current [http://en. .org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States) Republican] U.S. administration is planning to construct a base for 10 two-stage missile interceptors near the city of Slupsk in Northern Poland, modify its X-band radar on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific and relocate it to Trokavec near Prague in the Czech Republic, and additionally deploy a new forward-based radar to an unspecified location.
"The U.S. project to enlarge its missile defense system to Eastern Europe is a wasteful enterprise that will make the world unstable," says Philip Coyle, senior advisor to the independent Centre for defense Information in Washington, and expert on worldwide military research, defense and security policy.
Coyle was recently invited to Prague by Greenpeace. He met with Czech politicians and local authorities to gather evidence from independent researchers that the U.S project to enlarge its missile defense system (MDS) is dangerous.
At the same time U.S. Missile defense Agency (MDA) director Henry Obering was promoting the MDS amid promises to protect Europe from the alleged threat of Iran and other 'rogue states'.
The following is an excerpt from Inter Press Service Agency Central and Eastern Europe correspondent Zoltán Dujisin's interview with Coyle on the U.S. plans to set up a radar in the Czech Republic and a base with ten interceptor missiles in Poland.
IPS: Can the MDS work?
PC: The missile defense hardware being proposed for Europe has no demonstrated effectiveness to defend Europe, let alone the United States, from an attack by Iran under realistic operational conditions.
IPS: Some Czech and Polish politicians believe the radar will protect them.
PC: Officially the missile defense agency itself says the first purpose of the radar in Europe is to protect the radars in Greenland and the UK, only then they go on to say it will protect the United States and its allies.
IPS: Is there a threat for Europe at present?
PC: There are about 3,400 km from Tehran to Prague, but the longest range missile that Iran has today only has a range of about 1,500 km, which means it would not even get halfway to Prague.
The new 2009 proposal for military spending in the U.S. includes the allocation of $96 million for the development of missile shield elements. This includes $382.6 million for the actual deployment of the complexes in both Poland and the Czech Republic, and $241.2 million for construction works.
The overall 2009 missile defense budget proposed by the Bush administration totals $10.4 billion.
Resistance in Poland
The Campaign against Militarism, Poles for a Referendum, the Anarchist Federation and other groups are calling for a large-scale mobilization against the installation of missiles and the building of the US base in Poland. The action, called for March 29, can be seen as part of a larger anti-militarist struggle which is taking place throughout Europe, including the NATO Game Over action to be held in Brussels on March 22 and the anti-NATO Summit to take place in Bucharest at the beginning of April. Let's come together and show that we are not indifferent to the politics of militarism!
On Saturday March 29, protestors are due to meet at 12 noon stage anti-militarist street theatre and hold an open air public speak out on the missiles and the Polish States militarisation plans. Hundreds of foreign activists from throughout Europe are have signed up to attend the action and plan to march to the proposed military base 4km from Slupsk to the town of Redzikowo.
Heavy security is expected and a large amount of participants have stated they will risk confrontation with the poiice and/or military. Those concerned about violence from the security forces are advised to keep some distance at the action. Other activities in Redzikowo are also planned including discussions with local people, delivering leaflets and newspapers to local residents, film shows, community gardening, vegetarian food distribution from food not bombs collectives, face painting and an anti-war soccer match.
Referendum Petition
A campaign in Poland has also been established to collect signatures from concerned citizens against the construction of the U.S. base and the probability of Poland becoming more prone towards a terrorist attack due to its close associations with the U.S. 'War of Terror'
According to opposition politicians in the Polish Sejm (parliament) there is not the 2/3's majority of MPs required for the President to call a referendum. Neither the current President, Lech Kaczynski from the right-wing Law and Justice party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc), nor the new centre-right government of Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) led by Donald Tusk support the call for a referendum. They believe "matters of national defense" should not be subject to referenda and the former government claimed that such an issue should not be decided by the people
Stop the Shield Demo March 29th '08, Poland
On Saturday March 29, 2008 thousands of Polish and international protestors are expected to descend upon the city of Slupsk to protest against the proposed U.S. missile base. According to the Polish Campaign against Militarism website the anti-shield activists intend on staging street theatre and facilitating open air meetings at large squares throughout the city, speaking out on against the missiles and militarism.
A 'Stop the Shield' march will subsequently take place from Slupsk to the small town of Redzikowo, 4 km away, where activists will engage in direct action at the proposed site of the U.S. base (currently an unused Polish military base). A confrontation is expected as Polish police and military will quite likely prevent the anti-shield demonstrators from proceeding towards the scene of the crime. A range of other activities to engage the residents of the areas of Redzikowo and Slupsk are also planned.
Slupsk is a few hours from the Baltic coastline cities of Szczecin or Gdansk.
Radar Resistance in Czech Republic
Jan Neoral is the Mayor of the village of Trokavec, where the U.S. Radar section of the Missile defense System is expected tobe deployed.
In an article he wrote for the local campaign 'Trokavec Against the Radar' he stated the following:
"a group of specialists who have been working with us since the beginning have just completed their calculations on the basis of those data that they have managed to obtain, and they have decided to present their conclusions to the public.
These Czech specialists support the conclusions made by German scientists and the information provided by the US National Missile defense agency. They argue that the XBR radar is not technically capable of protecting the territory on which it is stationed. Thus the argument of Czech government politicians who maintain that those who are against the building of the US radar are against the defense of their own territory, is a demagogical lie."
NATO Game Over in March '08, Belgium
On 22 March 2008, five years after the start of the Iraq war, activists from all over Europe will nonviolently try to enter and close NATO headquarters in Brussels, in order to prevent further war crimes and military occupations. The following two days, Bombspotting and organise a conference on how to counter the ongoing military globalisation with nonviolent resistance.
Anti-Nato Summit in April '08, Romania
On 21st of September the Romanian Vice Foreign Minister Victor Micula and North-Atlantic Council Secretary Berndt Götze signed the memorandum for hosting the NATO summit in Bucharest in April next year.
This will be the largest one in the history of NATO, as all the 23 member states of the NATO Partnership for Peace will attend, besides 26 member states of the alliance.
Approximately 3.000 high-ranking officials are expected to participate in the summit, whose security will be guarded by some 9.000 Romanian troops, officers of the Special Guard and Protections Service, police officers and gendarmes. The expenses of the event are estimated at 30-35 million euro.
Thousands of anti-militarism protestors will demand the abolishing of NATO due to its role in warmongering since its establishment in 1949.
External links
Peace movement groups
* Polish Campaign Against U.S. Missile Shield
* Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
* Federation of American Scientists - Space Policy Project
* Greenpeace Stop Star Wars Site
* Physicians for Social Responsibility
* Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Documents
*
* US Ballistic Missile Defense Program Documents
* US Space Command - The Long Range Plan (html version)
* "Space Power Theory" by James Oberg
Military Command and Control
* US Air Force Space Command
* US Army Space Command
* US Missile Defense Agency
* US SPAWAR - Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
* US Strategic Command (Space Command)
News
* ABM Daily
* Spacewar.com
Industry/Commerce
* Missile Defense Agency
History of U.S. Missile defense
In December 2002, President Bush announced the United States would begin fielding several components of an anti-ballistic missile system designed to protect U.S. territory from attack by long-range (strategic) ballistic missiles. In July 2004, it fielded the first ground-based interceptor at Ft. Greely, Alaska, and since then has fielded and upgraded radars, built command and communication networks, and added interceptors at Ft. Greely and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Bush administration is also pressing to field interceptors and a radar in Eastern Europe.
On February 5th 2008 The New York Times reported that the proposed military budget for 2009 "will be the 11th year of continuous increases in the base military budget."
Furthermore Ria Novosti report that "the overall 2009 missile defense budget proposed by the Bush administration totals $10.4 billion. It is aimed to continue to develop, test, and field missile defense systems to protect America, its allies, and deployed forces. The budget proposal must be approved by Congress before it becomes effective."
The Pentagon are expected to release in full on Monday, February 11th its total proposed 2009 military budget of $515.4 billion. If it is approved, annual military spending, adjusted for inflation, will have reached its highest level since World War II.
U.S. Missile defense in Europe
The current [http://en. .org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States) Republican] U.S. administration is planning to construct a base for 10 two-stage missile interceptors near the city of Slupsk in Northern Poland, modify its X-band radar on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific and relocate it to Trokavec near Prague in the Czech Republic, and additionally deploy a new forward-based radar to an unspecified location.
"The U.S. project to enlarge its missile defense system to Eastern Europe is a wasteful enterprise that will make the world unstable," says Philip Coyle, senior advisor to the independent Centre for defense Information in Washington, and expert on worldwide military research, defense and security policy.
Coyle was recently invited to Prague by Greenpeace. He met with Czech politicians and local authorities to gather evidence from independent researchers that the U.S project to enlarge its missile defense system (MDS) is dangerous.
At the same time U.S. Missile defense Agency (MDA) director Henry Obering was promoting the MDS amid promises to protect Europe from the alleged threat of Iran and other 'rogue states'.
The following is an excerpt from Inter Press Service Agency Central and Eastern Europe correspondent Zoltán Dujisin's interview with Coyle on the U.S. plans to set up a radar in the Czech Republic and a base with ten interceptor missiles in Poland.
IPS: Can the MDS work?
PC: The missile defense hardware being proposed for Europe has no demonstrated effectiveness to defend Europe, let alone the United States, from an attack by Iran under realistic operational conditions.
IPS: Some Czech and Polish politicians believe the radar will protect them.
PC: Officially the missile defense agency itself says the first purpose of the radar in Europe is to protect the radars in Greenland and the UK, only then they go on to say it will protect the United States and its allies.
IPS: Is there a threat for Europe at present?
PC: There are about 3,400 km from Tehran to Prague, but the longest range missile that Iran has today only has a range of about 1,500 km, which means it would not even get halfway to Prague.
The new 2009 proposal for military spending in the U.S. includes the allocation of $96 million for the development of missile shield elements. This includes $382.6 million for the actual deployment of the complexes in both Poland and the Czech Republic, and $241.2 million for construction works.
The overall 2009 missile defense budget proposed by the Bush administration totals $10.4 billion.
Resistance in Poland
The Campaign against Militarism, Poles for a Referendum, the Anarchist Federation and other groups are calling for a large-scale mobilization against the installation of missiles and the building of the US base in Poland. The action, called for March 29, can be seen as part of a larger anti-militarist struggle which is taking place throughout Europe, including the NATO Game Over action to be held in Brussels on March 22 and the anti-NATO Summit to take place in Bucharest at the beginning of April. Let's come together and show that we are not indifferent to the politics of militarism!
On Saturday March 29, protestors are due to meet at 12 noon stage anti-militarist street theatre and hold an open air public speak out on the missiles and the Polish States militarisation plans. Hundreds of foreign activists from throughout Europe are have signed up to attend the action and plan to march to the proposed military base 4km from Slupsk to the town of Redzikowo.
Heavy security is expected and a large amount of participants have stated they will risk confrontation with the poiice and/or military. Those concerned about violence from the security forces are advised to keep some distance at the action. Other activities in Redzikowo are also planned including discussions with local people, delivering leaflets and newspapers to local residents, film shows, community gardening, vegetarian food distribution from food not bombs collectives, face painting and an anti-war soccer match.
Referendum Petition
A campaign in Poland has also been established to collect signatures from concerned citizens against the construction of the U.S. base and the probability of Poland becoming more prone towards a terrorist attack due to its close associations with the U.S. 'War of Terror'
According to opposition politicians in the Polish Sejm (parliament) there is not the 2/3's majority of MPs required for the President to call a referendum. Neither the current President, Lech Kaczynski from the right-wing Law and Justice party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc), nor the new centre-right government of Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) led by Donald Tusk support the call for a referendum. They believe "matters of national defense" should not be subject to referenda and the former government claimed that such an issue should not be decided by the people
Stop the Shield Demo March 29th '08, Poland
On Saturday March 29, 2008 thousands of Polish and international protestors are expected to descend upon the city of Slupsk to protest against the proposed U.S. missile base. According to the Polish Campaign against Militarism website the anti-shield activists intend on staging street theatre and facilitating open air meetings at large squares throughout the city, speaking out on against the missiles and militarism.
A 'Stop the Shield' march will subsequently take place from Slupsk to the small town of Redzikowo, 4 km away, where activists will engage in direct action at the proposed site of the U.S. base (currently an unused Polish military base). A confrontation is expected as Polish police and military will quite likely prevent the anti-shield demonstrators from proceeding towards the scene of the crime. A range of other activities to engage the residents of the areas of Redzikowo and Slupsk are also planned.
Slupsk is a few hours from the Baltic coastline cities of Szczecin or Gdansk.
Radar Resistance in Czech Republic
Jan Neoral is the Mayor of the village of Trokavec, where the U.S. Radar section of the Missile defense System is expected tobe deployed.
In an article he wrote for the local campaign 'Trokavec Against the Radar' he stated the following:
"a group of specialists who have been working with us since the beginning have just completed their calculations on the basis of those data that they have managed to obtain, and they have decided to present their conclusions to the public.
These Czech specialists support the conclusions made by German scientists and the information provided by the US National Missile defense agency. They argue that the XBR radar is not technically capable of protecting the territory on which it is stationed. Thus the argument of Czech government politicians who maintain that those who are against the building of the US radar are against the defense of their own territory, is a demagogical lie."
NATO Game Over in March '08, Belgium
On 22 March 2008, five years after the start of the Iraq war, activists from all over Europe will nonviolently try to enter and close NATO headquarters in Brussels, in order to prevent further war crimes and military occupations. The following two days, Bombspotting and organise a conference on how to counter the ongoing military globalisation with nonviolent resistance.
Anti-Nato Summit in April '08, Romania
On 21st of September the Romanian Vice Foreign Minister Victor Micula and North-Atlantic Council Secretary Berndt Götze signed the memorandum for hosting the NATO summit in Bucharest in April next year.
This will be the largest one in the history of NATO, as all the 23 member states of the NATO Partnership for Peace will attend, besides 26 member states of the alliance.
Approximately 3.000 high-ranking officials are expected to participate in the summit, whose security will be guarded by some 9.000 Romanian troops, officers of the Special Guard and Protections Service, police officers and gendarmes. The expenses of the event are estimated at 30-35 million euro.
Thousands of anti-militarism protestors will demand the abolishing of NATO due to its role in warmongering since its establishment in 1949.
External links
Peace movement groups
* Polish Campaign Against U.S. Missile Shield
* Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
* Federation of American Scientists - Space Policy Project
* Greenpeace Stop Star Wars Site
* Physicians for Social Responsibility
* Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Documents
*
* US Ballistic Missile Defense Program Documents
* US Space Command - The Long Range Plan (html version)
* "Space Power Theory" by James Oberg
Military Command and Control
* US Air Force Space Command
* US Army Space Command
* US Missile Defense Agency
* US SPAWAR - Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
* US Strategic Command (Space Command)
News
* ABM Daily
* Spacewar.com
Industry/Commerce
* Missile Defense Agency
Kalee Beth Carey (born November 16,1984 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American basketball player. Collegiately, she played at West Texas A&M University and the University of Texas.
Early career
Kalee was born on November 6,1984, the daughter of Linda and Darrell Carey and grew up ninety minutes north of Lubbock in the small town of Canyon, Texas. She is the oldest of three children and has two sisters. She was good at basketball as a teenager, she was seen by many as the best player in her field, in her area. In the second grade, she wore a size seven women's shoe and in sixth grade, she was over six foot one and wore a size fourteen women's shoe (eleven inches long).
High school career
Kalee studied at Canyon Texas High school and graduated in 2003.
College career
Kalee is described as a good shooter, and is a hard matchup for opponents. While at university she played for the Texas Longhorns at the University of Texas. On December 06, 2005, Carey announced she was leaving the team.
As a Freshman (2003-2004)
*Appeared in 13 games in a reserve role, averaging 3.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg and 6.3 minutes per game
*Scored twice in double figures, netting 11 points against Navy (November 28) and 10 points against Texas-Pan American (December 17)
*Also had a season-best rebounds against UT-Pan American with seven
Early career
Kalee was born on November 6,1984, the daughter of Linda and Darrell Carey and grew up ninety minutes north of Lubbock in the small town of Canyon, Texas. She is the oldest of three children and has two sisters. She was good at basketball as a teenager, she was seen by many as the best player in her field, in her area. In the second grade, she wore a size seven women's shoe and in sixth grade, she was over six foot one and wore a size fourteen women's shoe (eleven inches long).
High school career
Kalee studied at Canyon Texas High school and graduated in 2003.
College career
Kalee is described as a good shooter, and is a hard matchup for opponents. While at university she played for the Texas Longhorns at the University of Texas. On December 06, 2005, Carey announced she was leaving the team.
As a Freshman (2003-2004)
*Appeared in 13 games in a reserve role, averaging 3.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg and 6.3 minutes per game
*Scored twice in double figures, netting 11 points against Navy (November 28) and 10 points against Texas-Pan American (December 17)
*Also had a season-best rebounds against UT-Pan American with seven
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to highlight a word or phrase and right-click to launch the PageLens player. A small pop-up window appears over the document or page. User see the definition by default and have the option to select the same search for a video on the topic, an active chat conversation or discussion forum. The design of the PageLens application is educational in nature, allowing users to stay on the article or page, perform a contextual search intended to add context or deeper understanding to the material they are viewing without having to leave the page and conduct standard internet searches.
PageLens is currently in Beta testing and works only in Internet Explorer. PageLens developers intend to continue to develop the application to work within the FireFox and Safari browsers.