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adc_defense.article_title[0] = 'Boston Journal: Mircowave Directed Energy Weapon Readied' ;
adc_defense.article_date[0] = 1;
adc_defense.article_url[0] = 'http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2004/08/02/daily40.html';
adc_defense.article_summary[0] = 'In the stuff of science fiction, Raytheon Co. is readying a "directed-energy" weapon that makes one's skin feel as though it is on fire....';
adc_defense.article_title[1] = 'WNEP: Special NBC Guard Units Formed and Deployed' ;
adc_defense.article_date[1] = 1;
adc_defense.article_url[1] = 'http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2137668';
adc_defense.article_summary[1] = 'WESTOVER, W.Va. West Virginia has another weapon in the war on terror: A new 200-member National Guard unit has been trained to help handle a nuclear, biological or chemical attack on the homeland....';
adc_defense.article_title[2] = 'SpaceWar: Russia & Georgia are on a 'War Footing'' ;
adc_defense.article_date[2] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[2] = 'http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040804153511.slrzijgi.html';
adc_defense.article_summary[2] = 'MOSCOW (AFP) Aug 04, 2004 - Russia and Georgia were on a war footing Wednesday after Moscow hinted it could resort to military action in response to a Tbilisi threat to open fire on vessels that "illegally" entered the waters of its breakaway region of Ab...';
adc_defense.article_title[3] = 'Heritage: Nuclear EMP Might Defeat our Military Forces' ;
adc_defense.article_date[3] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[3] = 'http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg1784.cfm';
adc_defense.article_summary[3] = 'A nuclear-generated electromagnetic pulse "is one of a small number of threats that has the potential to hold our society seriously at risk and might result in defeat of our military forces." The Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from E...';
adc_defense.article_title[4] = 'Defense Talk: N.Korea Nuclear Missile 'Could Reach the US'' ;
adc_defense.article_date[4] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[4] = 'http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_001673.shtml';
adc_defense.article_summary[4] = 'North Korea is deploying a new missile which may be able to strike the US mainland with a nuclear warhead, a report in Jane's Defence Weekly says today....';
adc_defense.article_title[5] = 'AP Photo: X45A Unmanned Jet in Flight, with F-18 Escort' ;
adc_defense.article_date[5] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[5] = 'http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040804/480/ny11708040523';
adc_defense.article_summary[5] = 'An X-45A unmanned jet, bottom, is shown flying in formation with an F-18 chase aircraft during a GPS-guided weapons demonstration flight on April 18, 2004. Two X-45As made a coordinated flight under the control of a single pilot-operator, Boeing researche...';
adc_defense.article_title[6] = 'NewScientist: US Army Orders a New Super Computer' ;
adc_defense.article_date[6] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[6] = 'http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996235';
adc_defense.article_summary[6] = 'The US army has commissioned a new supercomputer to simulate complex weapons systems. Once built, it will rank as one of the top 20 most powerful computers on the planet....';
adc_defense.article_title[7] = 'SpaceWar: Militants Warn Saudi on Sending Troops to Iraq' ;
adc_defense.article_date[7] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[7] = 'http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040803154913.csiyw1kk.html';
adc_defense.article_summary[7] = 'DUBAI (AFP) Aug 03, 2004 - A shadowy Islamic group warned Saudi Arabia Tuesday not to bend to "Crusader" requests for Arab and Muslim forces to be sent to Iraq to replace US-led forces in the troubled country....';
adc_defense.article_title[8] = 'Reuters: New N.Korean Sea & Land Based Missiles Can Hit US' ;
adc_defense.article_date[8] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[8] = 'http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5860277';
adc_defense.article_summary[8] = 'BERLIN (Reuters) - North Korea is deploying new land- and sea-based ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads and may have sufficient range to hit the United States, according to the authoritative Jane's Defense Weekly....';
adc_defense.article_title[9] = 'WP: Pentagon Looks to Directed Energy Weapons' ;
adc_defense.article_date[9] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[9] = 'http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32247-2004Aug1.html';
adc_defense.article_summary[9] = 'A few months from now, Peter Anthony Schlesinger hopes to zap a laser beam at a couple of chickens or other animals in a cage a few dozen yards away. If all goes as planned, the chickens will be frozen in mid-cluck, their leg and wing muscles paralyzed by...';
adc_defense.article_title[10] = 'Strategy Page: How to Fight a War in 2034' ;
adc_defense.article_date[10] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[10] = 'http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/200473123.asp';
adc_defense.article_summary[10] = 'How will warfare change in the next 30 years? Military leaders, and the people they protect, are always trying to figure this out. There’s an easy way to get a good insight on the future. Simply go back to 1884 and note the state of warfare and military t...';
adc_defense.article_title[11] = 'Missoula News: Gimme Shelter' ;
adc_defense.article_date[11] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[11] = 'http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=4199';
adc_defense.article_summary[11] = 'Earlier this month, while exploring the gallery’s new digs on the Dixon-Duncan block of Higgins, Dana Gallery employees uncovered a cache of unusual items apparently left behind by the building’s former occupants:...';
adc_defense.article_title[12] = 'Globe & Mail: Israel Deploys New Weapon' ;
adc_defense.article_date[12] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[12] = 'http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040722.gtrifle0722/BNStory/Technology/';
adc_defense.article_summary[12] = 'TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli troops in Gaza are using a new weapon — a rifle mounted on a tower attached to an armoured vehicle, for firing at Palestinian fighters not visible from the ground, an Israeli publication reported Thursday....';
adc_defense.article_title[13] = 'ScienceDaily: Silicon Photo Detector Senses UV Light' ;
adc_defense.article_date[13] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[13] = 'http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/07/040720085737.htm';
adc_defense.article_summary[13] = 'CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By depositing thin films of silicon nanoparticles on silicon substrates, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have fabricated a photodetector sensitive to ultraviolet light. Silicon-based ultraviolet sensors cou...';
adc_defense.article_title[14] = 'Financial Times: Bush Reasserts Pre-Emptive Strike Policy' ;
adc_defense.article_date[14] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[14] = 'http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1087373665868';
adc_defense.article_summary[14] = 'President George W. Bush said on Monday his administration would maintain its policy of pre-empting potential security threats despite growing doubts over the adequacy of US intelligence to assess such dangers....';
adc_defense.article_title[15] = 'SpaceWar: China Use War Games to show Air Superiority' ;
adc_defense.article_date[15] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[15] = 'http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040712085743.ef5duwrd.html';
adc_defense.article_summary[15] = 'BEIJING (AFP) Jul 12, 2004 -- China will use military drills this month to demonstrate its ability to dominate air space over Taiwan, an essential element in any invasion of the island, state media and analysts said Monday....';
adc_defense.article_title[16] = 'The Ledger: America's Army Video Game is a Run away Hit' ;
adc_defense.article_date[16] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[16] = 'http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-6/108952322887990.xml';
adc_defense.article_summary[16] = 'The game is called "America's Army" and was developed two years ago by the Army for public relations and recruiting. The Army believed that expensive TV advertising was not working, and wanted to get potential young recruits where they live: on the comput...';
adc_defense.article_title[17] = 'SpaceWar: US General: Iraq & Afghanistan Stretch US Thin' ;
adc_defense.article_date[17] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[17] = 'http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040707214223.c7w5ftw6.html';
adc_defense.article_summary[17] = 'WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 07, 2004 - US forces have been severely strained by military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a top Pentagon official testified before a congressional committee Wednesday....';
adc_defense.article_title[18] = 'Norwich Bulletin: Small Business & US Submarine Construction' ;
adc_defense.article_date[18] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[18] = 'http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/stories/20040707/localnews/792175.html';
adc_defense.article_summary[18] = 'GROTON -- Frederick Lucci doesn't have a lot of time to spend attending forums and seminars....';
adc_defense.article_title[19] = 'SpaceWar: Australia to Sign Missile Defense Deal with US' ;
adc_defense.article_date[19] = 0;
adc_defense.article_url[19] = 'http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040706212451.stukltn2.html';
adc_defense.article_summary[19] = 'UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Jul 06, 2004 - Australian Defence Minister Robert Hill will be in Washington on Wednesday to sign an agreement with the United States to help develop a controversial missile defence shield....';
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