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Pentagon Asks Industry for Technological Help
Friday, October 26, 2001
By Susanne M. Schafer / The Associated Press

Navy ordnance personnel move a 2,000-pound bomb on the deck of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt Thursday. The Roosevelt is currently operating in the Arabian Sea launching air strikes against targets in Afghanistan.
Photo Credit: David Longstreath
The Associated Press

In its request to private industry Thursday for new technologies for the war on terrorism, the Pentagon made clear it needs help both on the offensive and defensive sides of the problem.

WASHINGTON -- AP
Underscoring the difficulty of its fight against terrorism, the Pentagon on Thursday turned to private industry for solutions to problems such as determining whether a captured person has worked with germ or chemical agents.

The request to industry was announced on the 19th day of U.S. bombing in Afghanistan, which senior U.S. military officials said was hurting the Taliban’s ability to defend against opposition forces near Kabul, the capital.

U.S. planes unleashed the heaviest strikes on Kabul in several days and also hit Taliban troops north of Kabul and near the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

The Pentagon said 80 strike aircraft hit Taliban targets around Afghanistan on Wednesday, and a similar number were used Thursday.
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