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Article: Rumsfeld warns of threat posed by cruise missiles
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- August 18, 2002
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WAR ON TERROR
Rumsfeld warns of threat posed by cruise missiles
Memo urges efforts to shore up defenses against hard-to-detect
weapons
By BRADLEY GRAHAM Washington Post
Sunday, August 18, 2002
Washington -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has sent the White
House a classified memo warning of the spread of cruise missiles
among hostile nations and urging an intensified effort to defend
against them.
The memo, delivered last month, reflects heightened concern by
Rumsfeld and senior aides about the ready availability around the
world of cruise missile technology and the continued vulnerability of
U.S. troops and population centers to attack by the low-flying, hard-
to-detect weapons, ...