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July

• Release 1.0 of our World Space Guide is finally online!!! In the fullness of time, this resource will be your one-stop-shop for information on space programs all around the world, and so forth. But in the meantime, we have semi-comprehensive profiles of Eastern Hemisphere space programs, largely derived from the estimable Europe and Asia in Space 1993-1994 by Nicholas Johnson and David Rodvold [Kaman Sciences / Air Force Phillips Laboratory]. It is kinda outta date [by a couple of years] and entirely omits the Western Hemisphere, but yah gotta start somewhere, and so here it is. [12 July 1997]

  June

• Our coverage of Congressional debates on missile defense is updated regularly, but lately there has been a lot of material added. [25 June 1997]
• Added missile defense and related special weapons extracts from House and Senate Defense Authorization reports []18 June 1997]
• Congressional legislation on civil space issues updated [16 June 1997]
• Updated page on the Cassini mission [16 June 1997]
• Added a number of Russian space policy documents [16 June 1997]
• Added a number of new profiles of Russian space subcontractors [16 June 1997]
• The United States Nuclear Forces Guide is about as finished as it is going to get anytime soon, which is to say that it is pretty dang nice as it is, but it is obviously incomplete, and will remain incomplete in the absence of some no-kidding financial incentive to finish it. [10 June 1997]
• Ballistic Missile Defense Organization FY98 Budget Request [09 June 1997]
• Our archive of Congressional hearings on missile defense and related issues is updated within a few days after each hearing, with the latest increment including the Senate hearing on Russian missile proliferation [05 June 1997]

  May

• Started construction of our Nuclear Forces Guide. We should have the initial build of this rather estimable resource done by sometime in July. Whether we ever get around to building the rest of it totally depends on whether we can get someone to pay us to do the work. [15 May 1997]
• Added an astonishing number of new profiles of Russian space contractors and subcontractors [12 May 1997]
• Section V. Multichannel Satellite Communications Terminals from Army FM 24-24 SIGNAL DATA REFERENCES: SIGNAL EQUIPMENT
• Added a rather massive resource on the Military Spaceplane Integrated Tech Testbed [08 May 1997]
• Started construction of our comprehensive World Space Guide. This is going to take several months to finish, but we should have most of it only by sometime in July [2 May 1997]

  US Military Space Operations in Desert Shield and Desert Storm

  April

• Major updated to our collection of Congressional hearings on civil space policy [25 April 1997]
• Updated listing of Office of Technology Assessment reports on civil space [25 April 1997]
• FY98 Air Force military space budget request documents online [19 April 1997]
• Added page on the Cassini mission [16 April 1997]
• Guide to the Missile Technology Control Regime and full text of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations added to the Star Wars Official Documents archive [12 April 1997]
• Spacecast 2020, Air Force 2025 and New World Vistas added to Air Force Space Doctrine [10 April 1997]
• Desert Star US Military Space Operations and Desert Shield and Desert Storm [07 April 1997]
• Various updates to the Military Space Program Guide, including notably the Military Spaceplane Integrated Tech Testbed, the puzzling AFP-731 and the Global Broadcast System [06 April 1997]

  March

• We have made some major progress in completing our guide to the Russian Space Industry, and while we have a bit more to do, if you have not poked around this part of our site recently, you are in for a real treat. [22 March 1997]
• We are continually updating our coverage of Congressional hearings and floor debate as well as Executive Branch emissions on missile defense and related issues [20 March 1997]
• We now have rather complete profiles of imagery intelligence and signals intelligence satellite systems online, as featured on the cover of the April issue of Popular Science. [20 March 1997].
• Added a few new special-weapons related General Accounting Office Reports [20 March 1997]
• Although we still have a longish way to go, our guide to the Former Soviet strategic defense program is finally starting to take shape [17 March 1997]
• We are now responsible for maintaining the Charter and FAQ of alt.war.nuclear. [17 March 1997]
• C.P. Vick Space Art Collection [08 March 1997]

  February

• Added a number of items relating to the National Missile Defense Lead System Integrator contract [17 February 1997]
• Implemented archive of BMD-List traffic [17 February 1997]
• Added FY97 [ie last year's] Research and Development Descriptive Summaries [that's Program Element Descriptive Summaries for you old timers] for BMD related programs not funded through BMDO. We are anticipating that the FY98 PEDS [aka RDDS] will start coming online in the March timeframe [16 February 1997]
• The FY1998 President's Budget Press Release for the BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION is now online. [06 February 1997]
• Added a number of items to our e-print archive, not least of which are the Nuclear Policy Review papers, and an estimable study on Understanding Information Power and Organizing for Victory in Joint Warfighting. [02 February 1997]

  January

• We now have a great steaming heap of Congressional Research Service reports and Issue Briefs online, covering both civil space and related issues, as well as special weapons [missiles, nukes, proliferation, etc]. [31 January 1996]
• Ballistic Missile Defense Organization FY1997 Program Element Descriptive Summaries now online in a more user friendly format [no small accomplishment, I might add -- 30 January 1997]
• Added some rather amusing Virtual Reality Modeling Language items to our As the Worlds Turn section [20 January 1997].
• Added more Surveillance System Open Source Data, describing the NRO hardware that will be used on the International Space Station Alpha [20 January 1997]
• Our Russian Space Industry Guide remains under continuous construction, with more material added all the time, so if you haven't checked it out lately, you should [17 January 1997]
• Pretty hefty all around update to the Military Space Launch Vehicle section [17 January 1997]
• Added the text of AIR FORCE DOCTRINE DOCUMENT 4 SPACE OPERATIONS DOCTRINE to the Military Space section of DoctrineLINK [13 January 1997]

  The Future of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces: Discussions and Arguments, E.V. Miasnikov , Center For Arms Control, Energy, and Environmental Studies at MPTI, Dolgoprudny, 1995.

  Appendix 1 - What is known about the character of noise created by submarines?
  Appendix 2 - Estimates of submarine detection ranges
  Appendix 3 - Organizing command and control systems in the NSNF

  December

  • Challenger Accident Memories - a guestbook where folks can recount their memories of the accident [created 27 December 1996].
  • Added testimony from the Intelligence Analysis on the Long-Range Missile Threat to the United States December 4, 1996 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearings on NIE95-19 to the Intelligence Reform Congressional Hearings section [11 December 1996]

    BMD-List - more or less daily email emission covering the full spectrum of special weapons [nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and missile delivery systems] issues. [10 December 1996]

    Space Policy Online Conference [08 December 1996]
    Special Weapons / Missile Defense Online Conference [08 December 1996]

    October

  • A modest update to the Life on Mars site. [29 October 1996]
  • Added guide to Space News on the Net [29 October 1996]
  • Added directory of Civil Space Agencies, Associations and Institutes [29 October 1996]
  • Added pretty massive inventory of Ballistic Missile Defense budget documents [these will take another week or so to get into a more usable format, but we have tossed our cap over the wall, so wish us luck, as we will be needing it] [28 October 1996]
  • Updated the worldwide Star Wars News Reports (23 October 1996)
  • Extensive additions of Clinton Administration documents (23 October 1996)
  • Started the Space Policy e-Print archive [contributions are encouraged!!] (22 October 1996)
  • Added guide to ballistic missile defense and related Office of Technology Assessment reports (22 October 1996)
  • Additional updates to Congressional Hearings (22 October 1996)
  • Another update to the Election 96 and Star Wars section. (22 October 1996)
  • Extensive additions of Reagan Administration documents (18 October 1996)
  • Extensive update to the Election 96 and Star Wars section. (17 October 1996)
  • A comprehensive online library of Military Space Doctrine, hosted at our site, provides ready access to doctrinal and related publications. This implementation is part of our DoctrineLINK initiative. [12 October 1996]
  • Star Wars--Clever Politics in the Service of Bad Policy September/October 1996 FAS Public Interest Report (2 October 1996)
  • Fairly extensive updates to Congressional Hearings, including both recent BMD hearings as well as older archival material. (2 October 1996)

    September

  • Various other updates across the site too numerous to enumerate -- if you haven't poked around our site lately, now is a good time to do so. (25 September 1996)
  • Updated the worldwide Star Wars News Reports (23 September 1996)
  • Added comprehensive situation report on Missile Proliferation to the Threat Assessment section (13 September 1996).
  • FOREIGN MISSILE THREATS: Analytic Soundness of certain National Intelligence Estimates (GAO Report, 08/30/96, GAO/NSIAD-96-255) (12 September 1996)
  • Added a number of resources to the Life on Mars site. (12 September 1996)
  • Added links to Missile Control A most excellent version of the venerable Missile Command, implemented in Shockwave. If you are not Shockwave-enabled, you should be, so download this plugin for Netscape 2.0 right now! (10 September 1996)
  • Online with Java-enhanced As the Worlds Turn -- rotating planets, satellites and asteroids demonstrate the strengths [and weaknesses] of Java animation -- a must see, but not for the timid. (8 September 1996)
  • Added even more material from Maxim and Ivan over at the Russian Institute of Space Policy to the Russian Space Industry guide. (8 September 1996)
  • Added a number of resources to the Life on Mars site. (4-7 September 1996)

    August

  • Hot Document Alert! ACDA 1995 ANNUAL REPORT including chapters on Controlling Nuclear Weapons and Controlling Missiles and Space Weapons
  • Added Steven Hildreth's Congressional Research Service testimony to the 1992 hearings on lessons learned from Patriot in Desert Storm and the Star Wars Doctrine, Exercise, Tests and Operations section covering lessons learned from Patriot in Desert Storm. (25 August 1996)
  • Started construction of the archive of 1993 Congressional Record - material on BMD and related topics. (25 August 1996)
  • Updated the worldwide Star Wars News Reports (25 August 1996)
  • Added some more material from Maxim and Ivan over at the Russian Institute of Space Policy to the Russian Space Industry guide. (24 August 1996)
  • Updated the Life on Mars page. (22 August 1996)
  • Added a number of additional items to the Star Wars Doctrine, Exercise, Tests and Operations section covering lessons learned from Patriot in Desert Storm. (10 August 1996)
  • Added documentation on the Congressional lawsuit against President Clinton on theater missile defense plans. (10 August 1996)
  • Added party platform information to the Election 96 and Star Wars section. (9 August 1996)
  • Completed initial construction of the Life on Mars page. (9 August 1996)
  • Added transcripts of the NASA newsconference to the Life on Mars page along with many other updates. (8 August 1996)
  • Added sections of Storming the Heavens to the Life on Mars page along with numerous other updates. (7 August 1996)
  • Started construction of the Life on Mars page. (6 August 1996)
  • Pretty much finished Joe Cirincione's landmark 1992 hearings on lessons learned from Patriot in Desert Storm. (5 August 1996)
  • Added July 26, 1996 Congressional Budget Office - Potential Costs of Operating and Supporting the defenses included in the Defend America Act of 1996 (S. 1635) (5 August 1996)
  • Removed excessively buggy interactive Missile Commando from the Fun and Games section, pending release of the new and improved version. (4 August 1996)
  • Added a number of additional items to the Star Wars Doctrine, Exercise, Tests and Operations section covering lessons learned from Patriot in Desert Storm. (2 August 1996)
  • Fun and Games with Star Wars, including online interactive Missile Commando [rather buggy Java]. (2 August 1996)
  • Maxim and Ivan over at the Russian Institute of Space Policy are really starting to crank out the profiles of the components of the Russian aerospace complex for the Russian Space Industry guide. (1 August 1996)

    July 1996

  • Significant upgrade to the Star Wars Analysis and Advocates sections. (30 July 1996)
  • Lots of other minor upgrades more or less all across the Stop Star Wars site. Pretty much the entire site is now more or less up and running, apart from the Programs section, which is still under construction. We are adding stuff to the Official Documents and Congressional sections on a pretty continuous basis, so we are not going to note each and every item as it is added, as they are too numerous to enumerate. (30 July 1996)
  • Updated coverage and links in the Election 96 and Star Wars section. (28 July 1996)
  • Added the Compilation of editorials and other items on Ballistic Missile Defense by the National Security News Service to the Hot Documents section. (28 July 1996)
  • Started serious construction of the Russian Space Industry guide, which provides detailed profiles of the components of the Russian aerospace complex. The project is being conducted in conjunction with the Russian Institute of Space Policy. (28 July 1996)
  • Completed the initial build of the Star Wars News Reports section, with links to numerous USIA news stories, and guides to current news resources. (28 July 1996).
  • Added a number of items to the Star Wars Doctrine, Exercise, Tests and Operations section, mainly material covering lessons learned from Patriot in Desert Storm [there is more where this came from, and we will be rolling it out in the next couple of days]. (24 July 1996)
  • Expanded the worldwide Star Wars News Reports section to include links to USIA news stories and related resources. This will take a bit of time to complete [and the USIA gopher server is a bit unreliable], but when completed it will provide a nice roundup of news reports on ballistic missile defense and related topics dating back to 1992. (23 July 1996)
  • Completed a major upgrade of the Executive Branch Documents including a number of additional Clinton and Bush Administration documents and statements. (22 July 1996)
  • Started construction of the Military Missile Warning Programs program guide with data on current and planned programs. (13 July 1996)
  • Added 1995 Congressional hearing testimony from ballistic missile defense related hearings. (13 July 1996)
  • Added 1993 Congressional hearing testimony from ballistic missile defense related hearings. (13 July 1996)
  • Expanded Military Space Doctrine documentation. (13 July 1996)
  • Added new Congressional Record - material covering final passage of the Senate Defense Authorization bill. (11 July 1996)
  • Clinton Administration Documents - updated with additional executive branch documents and statements. (11 July 1996)
  • Added a couple of new 1996 Congressional hearing testimony from ballistic missile defense related hearings. (11 July 1996)

    June 1996

  • Started section on Congressional reports on ballistic missile defense related issues. (26 June 1996)
  • Added new 1996 Congressional hearing testimony from ballistic missile defense related hearings. (26 June 1996)
  • Completed [no kidding this time, we missed a couple the first time around] 1995 Congressional Record coverage of floor debates on ballistic missile defense related hearings. (26 June 1996)
  • Added new Congressional Record - material covering recent floor statements. (26 June 1996)
  • Clinton Administration Documents - updated with additional executive branch documents and statements. (24 June 1996)
  • World Media Coverage of Star Wars - updated construction of review of media coverage. (24 June 1996)
  • Updated Challenger Accident homepage, adding a few new resources and dropping some that had gone bad. (22 June 1996)
  • Military Communications Satellites - continued construction of program guide with data on communications satellites. (20 June 1996)
  • Aircraft Proliferation - partially updated study on the proliferation of advanced combat aircraft. (15 June 1996)
  • Clinton Administration Documents - updated with additional executive branch documents and statements. (6 June 1996)

    May 1996

  • Analysis of the Dole Defend America Act. (24 May 1996)
  • Clinton Administration Documents - updated with additional executive branch documents and statements. (22 May 1996)
  • Initial guide to Star Wars Programs, initially focusing on other web resources. (21 May 1996)
  • Military Space Program Guide - started rollout of program guide with data on imaging intellitence and wide area surveillance. (15 May 1996)
  • Moved the old Campaign to Stop Star Wars to the new site to reflect transfer to new and improved virtual server (10 May 1996)
  • World Media Coverage of Star Wars - updated construction of review of media coverage. (9 May 1996)
  • Added new Congressional hearing testimony from ballistic missile defense related hearings. (8 May 1996)
  • Updated guide to Star Wars Advocate web resources. (5 May 1996)
  • Completely reorganized the entire Space Policy Project Site (5 May 1996) to divide our content into major thematic areas: civil space, military space, star wars and advanced aircraft.
  • Updated compilation of General Accounting Office Reports related to ballistic missile defense. (4 May 1996)

    April 1996

  • Clinton Administration Documents - updated with additional executive branch documents and statements. (2 April 1996)
  • Added new Congressional Record - material covering recent floor statements. (2 April 1996)
  • Added new Congressional hearing testimony from ballistic missile defense related hearings. (1 April 1996)

    March 1996

  • World Media Coverage of Star Wars - started construction of review of media coverage. (22 March 1996)
  • Clinton Administration Documents - updated with additional executive branch documents and statements. (22 March 1996)
  • Added new Congressional Record - material covering recent floor statements. (22 March 1996)
  • Added new Congressional hearing testimony from ballistic missile defense related hearings. (22 March 1996)

    February1996

  • Added new Congressional Record - material covering recent floor statements. (21 February 1996)
  • Aircraft Proliferation added study on the proliferation of advanced combat aircraft. (15 February 1996)
  • Clinton Administration Documents - updated with additional executive branch documents and statements. (12 February 1996)

    January 1996

  • Added new Congressional Record - material covering recent floor statements. (21 January 1996)
  • Garcia Letter on Shuttle Safety -- 19 January 1996
  • Challenger Accident -- 17 January 1996
  • Clinton Administration Documents - updated with additional executive branch documents and statements. (16 January 1996)
  • Completed 1995 Congressional Record coverage of floor debates on ballistic missile defense related hearings. (16 January 1996)
  • Initial guide to Star Wars Advocate web resources. (16 January 1996)
  • What's New activated [finally!!] -- 15 January 1996

    December 1995

  • Updated 1995 Congressional Record coverage of floor debates on ballistic missile defense. (22 December 1995)
  • Updated 1995 Congressional Record coverage of floor debates on ballistic missile defense. (1 December 1995)

    November 1995

  • Major redesign of Campaign to Stop Star Wars under Military Spending Working Group -- 27 November 1995
  • Added Moscow Summit Agreed Statement on ballistic missile defense and the ABM Treaty. (10 November 1995)

    October 1995

  • National Security Space Agencies on the Web -- 31 October 1995
  • Started compilation of General Accounting Office Reports related to ballistic missile defense. (15 October 1995)

    September 1995

  • Updated compilation of Clinton Administration documents on ballistic missile defense. (12 September 1995)
  • Updated compilation of 1995 Congressional Record coverage of floor debates on ballistic missile defense. (9 September 1995)

    August 1995

  • Updated compilation of 1995 Congressional Record coverage of floor debates on ballistic missile defense. (15 August 1995)
  • Updated compilation of Clinton Administration documents on ballistic missile defense. (15 August 1995)
  • Annotated analysis of the Senate Compromise Language of the Missile Defense Act August 1995

    July 1995

  • Annotated analysis of the Senate Missile Defense Act July 1995
  • Added compilation of Primary Documents on ballistic missile defense, including text of ABM Treaty, Agreed Statements, and various summit statements. (7 July 1995)

    June 1995

  • Started compilation of 1995 Congressional Record coverage of floor debates on ballistic missile defense. (5 June 1995)
  • Started compilation of Clinton Administration documents on ballistic missile defense. (1 June 1995)

    May 1995

    FAS website now online -- 1 May 1995
  
  

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