| URL | www.GlobalSecurity.org |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | News site |
| Registration | Only for forums |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Created by | John E. Pike |
| Launched | 2000 |
| Alexa rank | 21,625 (January 2012[update])[1] |
| Revenue | Advertisements |
| Current status | Active |
GlobalSecurity.org is a public policy organization focusing on the fields of defense, space exploration, intelligence, weapons of mass destruction and homeland security. The organization's office is located in Alexandria, Virginia. The organization was founded in 2000 by John E. Pike, who serves as its director.
The organization's website provides news and analysis on weapons systems and industry, as well as guides and directories of military and space related programs, entities, and facilities. GlobalSecurity.org also provides political documents, including legislative reports, political debates, hearings, and other materials, some of which is available online elsewhere, but which GlobalSecurity.org states that it processes and collates to make more accessible to its readers.
The website aims at news reporters, but also policymakers and the public. The website is behind a MyPressPlus paywall. Eight articles are free per month, beyond which a monthly subscription fee of $9.95 is charged.
The website is known for its "Where are the Carriers?" page, which gives status reports as to the whereabouts of U.S. aircraft carriers. Forbes.com reviewed the site as part of their "Best of the Web" directory. While praising GlobalSecurity for its "depth of military information" it criticized the basic graphics and that the site contained some dead links.[2]
GlobalSecurity.org, created in 2000, was originally a fork of http://www.fas.org, the website of the Federation of American Scientists, the former employer of GlobalSecurity.org's founder, John E. Pike. It uses some of Pike's content originally on the FAS site.[3]