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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 6. Oktober 2005 / Time Line October 6, 2005
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10/06/2005
Yom Kippur krigen starter, 1973.
10/06/2005
Modtageren af årets the Right Livelihood
Award offentliggøres i Stockholm.
10/06/2005
Is it the "Abu Ghraib Protection Act?"
Senate Measure Could Restrict Access to Crucial Information About
Abu Ghraib Scandal in DIA Files
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2005 - After failing in 2000, the
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is again seeking an exception
from disclosure of vast quantities of important Defense Department
records currently available under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA). The exception would render records that document "the
conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence operations"
of the DIA Directorate of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) unreachable
to the public.
The provision currently is included in the Defense Authorization
Bill (S. 1042) and the Intelligence Authorization Bill (S. 1803).
The provision would allow the Director of the Defense Intelligence
Agency to place the DIA's "operational files" completely outside
the purview of the FOIA. "The DIA tried this before and failed
because it would protect records about death squads. Now it looks
like the DIA wants to cover up records about Abu Ghraib," commented
the Archive's director Thomas Blanton.
For more information, please visit our website at
http://www.nsarchive.org.
10/06/2005
Defence releases Network Centric Warfare Roadmap to manage ADF
transition to a seamless Information-age force
MOD Australia
(October 6, 2005) -- Chief of the Department of Defence Capability
Development Group, LTGEN David Hurley, today officially released
the updated Network Centric Warfare Roadmap which outlines the
steps to achieve the goal of a combined joint seamless NCW force by
2020.
Speaking at the at the Land Warfare Conference on the Gold Coast,
LTGEN Hurley said that Network Centric Warfare (NCW) is about
significantly enhancing the Australian Defence Force's (ADF)
warfighting capability. Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq continue
to demonstrate the operational benefits to be derived from the
enhanced information flows and consequent effects such as
agility.
"The NCW Roadmap provides the vision by which the ADF will become
further network enabled, and operationally more effective. It
encompasses the whole of Defence and outlines the key
responsibilities for NCW implementation by all NCW stakeholders
within Defence. The NCW Roadmap is a dynamic document that provides
an overview of the milestones that we view as critical to the
realisation of our vision for NCW," LTGEN Hurley said.
The NCW Roadmap will provide a framework to align the ADF's NCW
capability development and identifies four key actions to set the
ADF on the road to becoming a mature NCW force:
* Set the NCW related targets and milestones for the ADF;
* Establish the Network;
* Initiate changes in doctrine, and education and training,
and;
* Accelerate the process of change and innovation through
mechanisms such as RPDE in concert with industry.
The NCW Roadmap also provides both industry and the wider defence
audience with context of how Defence will implement the concept of
Network Centric Warfare. It will alert industry where opportunities
for future development exist.
"When in its mature state, NCW will improve the integration of the
Command and Control, Sensor and Engagement Systems to facilitate
enhanced situational awareness, collaboration and offensive
potential. Critical to achieving this potential are the networks we
establish. The implementation of NCW is about capitalising on
technology to be able to do things better.
Equally it is understood that the human dimension, the way our
troops interact and utilise the information, is just as important
in achieving maximum effectiveness. NCW will change the ADF's
training, education, organisation and culture.
The path from the first generation NCW to a mature state is a
complex and technological journey that will witness the most
significant change in the way we do business than any other 15 year
period in the history of the ADF," LTGEN Hurley said.
A copy of the NCW Roadmap can be found at:
www.defence.gov.au/publications.cfm
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