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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 2. Oktober 2002 / Time Line October 2, 2002
Version 3.51. Oktober 2002, 3. Oktober 2002
10/02/2002
Arms Factories, California
By Kurt Singer
These are official figures: 50.000 people work in Southern's
California's armament industry during the month of October 2002.
According to the
Pentagon these are only 25% of all weapon contracts issued by
the Departmen of Defense. These products would probably play a role
in a war against Iraq.
Here are the important producers for a super power's military
might:
LOCKHEED MARTIN:
Works out of Palmdale on classified design in advanced aircraft at
its famed Skunk Plant facility. Their engineers upgraded equipment
for F-117 stealth fighters and U-2 spy planes.
RAYTHEON: Creates in El Segundo sensors for spy planes, radar
jamming equipent and missile guidance systems.The Pentagn also
ordered an increase in the production of "Little Buddys" which is
designed as a decoy to electronically fool an aircraft missile to
hit it instead of the airplane. It's produced at the Goleta plant
outside of Santa Barbara. Raytheon is also upgrading the Tomahawk
missile.
AEROSPACE CORP: Government sponsored research center that assists
and supervises major government defense programs.
TRW: Produces battlefield command and control systems in Rodondo
Beach and Carson. Received a giant order to install an
international battlefield computer system. The firm also builds
military communication satellites.
BOEING: Branch located in Long Beach received an order for 60 large
transport aircrafts to transport heavy military equiment and troop
transports. Their branches in Seal Beach and Anaheim design and
develop a new generation of spy satellites and communication
systems. The Pentagon also asked to double the production of kits
that turn so called dumb bombs into much more accurate guided
bombs.
NORTHROP GRUMAN CORPORATION: Their El Segundo plant which developed
the B-2 Steallh bomber is designing the latest in manned aircraft
and airborne surveillance equipment.
While the American stockmarket lost over 95 billion dollars
Raytheon's stock advanced 30% and TRW shares maximized with 75%.
But most engineers working in California's weapon industry had to
postpone their vacations.
America's armed forces are now located all over the world and the
super power has more troops stationed over seas than the British
Empire had sent into a territory where the sun never sank.
10/02/2002
Repræsentanterens hus i USA giver den
amerikanske
præsident Bush lov til at gå i krig mod Irak.
En resolution fastslår, at 'Saddam Hussein har
masseødelæggelsesvåben'.
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