Belarus / Greenland / Saudi Arabia / Latvia / Kazakhstan / Norway / Russia / Pakistan / United States / Soviet Union / Canada / United Kingdom / China / Lithuania / Israel / Ukraine / India / /
Alternate National Military Command Center / Moscow Institute of Physics / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / /
IndustryTerm
detection systems / early-warning systems / well-developed high-tech industries / space-based early-warning systems / early-warning satellite programs / infrared-sensitive missile launch detection satellite / inadequate early-warning satellite system / machinery / early-warning satellite system / satellite system / nuclear warning systems / long-range early-warning systems / missile detection systems / satellite passes / communications satellites / dedicated telephone line / important applications / /
MusicGroup
U2 / /
NaturalFeature
Norwegian coast / North Sea / Andoya Island / Pechora / Cheyenne Mountain / /
Organization
U.S. government / Bush administration / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Joint Data Exchange Center / Russia’s military / Alternate National Military Command Center / U.S. Department of Defense / U.S. DSP / Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology / Clinton administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / North American Aerospace Defense Command / Pentagon’s National Military Command Center / /
Person
Boris Yeltsin / Stanislav Petrov / Paul Podvig / /
Position
president / Lt. Col. / officer / Author / spy / /
Product
scud / early-warning satellite system / /
ProvinceOrState
Maryland / Massachusetts / Krasnoyarsk / /
Region
northern Europe / North Atlantic / former Soviet Union / /
NoMay 3, 2001 Reducing a Common Danger Improving Russia’s Early-Warning System