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missile,
50-pound TN warhead, 150-mile max range, ramjet engine,
active-passive radar/IR guidance, max speed Mach 5
    AGM-177 Wolverine cruise missile, turbojet-powered, 50-mile max range, 3 weapon bays, IIR or MMW radar terminal guidance
    ABM-3 Lancelot air-launched anti-ballistic-missile weapon,
200-mile max range, plasma-yield or conventional warheads

Real-World News Excerpts
    C AMPAIGN P ROVES T HE L ENGTH OF U.S. M ILITARY A RM — I NTERNATIONAL H ERALD T RIBUNE , N OVEMBER 19, 2001—The first phase of the Afghan War so far proves that American military might, including its devastating firepower, can be delivered against targets thousands of miles from the nearest friendly military base. This U.S. military capability is the main lesson being delivered by analysts after last week’s campaign destroyed the Taliban’s hold on power. . . .
    F IGHTING B ACK WITH S CIENCE AND T ECHNOLOGY — E VAN T HOMAS , W ASHINGTON P OST , N OVEMBER 21, 2001—America faces a new kind of arms race. We must marshal all our scientific and technological expertise to combat those forces that seek America’s destruction. . . .
    TURKMENISTAN— D EFENSE & F OREIGN A FFAIRS H ANDBOOK (ISSA, A LEXANDRIA , V A ., 2001)— . . . The U.S. Trade and Development Agency on April 23, 1998, agreed to finance a feasibility study of a natural gas pipeline that would run beneath the Caspian Sea, giving Turkmenistan access to the Turkish natural gas market without transiting either Russia or Iran. President Niyazov was guest of honor at the White House in Washington during the signing. . . .
    . . . Defense Minister Khikmatulla Tursunov on September 22, 1998, echoed statements by President Karimov warning of a threat from Afghanistan caused by increased terrorism, religious extremism and worldwide drug trafficking which could spill over into neighboring states. . . .
    H IGH -T ECH W EAPONS C HANGE THE D YNAMICS AND THE S COPE OF B ATTLE — I NTERNATIONAL H ERALD T RIBUNE , D ECEMBER 28, 2001—The main battlefield lesson learned from the Afghan War is that small U.S. combat teams on the ground and high-performance aircraft with precision-guided weapons can be coordinated under almost any circumstance. The devastating aerial attacks on Taliban and al Qaeda targets give testimony to the effectiveness of high-tech warfare practiced by U.S. forces. . . .
    T HE P OSITION OF T URKMENISTAN IN THE L IGHT OF AN I NTERNATIONAL C OALITION A GAINST T ERRORISM — M AYSA M AMEDOVA—WWW.GUNDOGAR.COM , 1/26/2002— . . . The U.S. Department of State admitted that a high level U.S. delegation led by the Under Secretary of State John Bolton traveled to Central Asia, while the U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell met Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister and communicated via telephone with the Presidents of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. These efforts resulted in the following agreement: all of the concerned states, except Turkmenistan, would provide assistance to the U.S., from the use of their ground bases for humanitarian operations only to the use of their airspace and additional facilities on the ground. . . .
    J AMES R OCHE , S ECRETARY OF THE U.S. A IR F ORCE — B USINESSWEEK , F EBRUARY 11, 2002—USAF Secretary James Roche has shown flashes of inspiration during the war on terrorism. He electronically linked AC-130 gunships with unmanned Predator drones and created an even more devastating weapon. His ultimate goals include creating an Air Force capable of locating and tracking a single moving target, such as a tank, and instantly destroying it with precision bombing. That would help keep down the number of civilian casualties that occur during war. . . .
    U.S. U NDERTAKING G ENERATIONAL W EAPONS S HIFT — S TRATFOR, WWW.STRATFOR.COM , 3 M AY 2002—A recent Defense Department decision to kill a costly artillery system program