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New York Times on the Web Forums Science

Missile Defense

Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

Read Debates, a new Web-only feature culled from Readers' Opinions, published every Thursday.

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Fred... by gisterme - Jul 27, 03 (#13166 of 13311)

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To do things I've promised to do, and feel I have... by rshow55 - Jul 30, 03 (#13183 of 13311)

rshowYou wrote: I'd be enormously grateful if... by wrcooper - Jul 30, 03 (#13184 of 13311)

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Uranium that never was -... by almarst2002 - Jul 31, 03 (#13188 of 13311)

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"...Since WMDs were not the real reason for... by gisterme - Jul 31, 03 (#13198 of 13311)

I don't want to hear almarst's "tune" all the... by rshow55 - Aug 1, 03 (#13199 of 13311)

Annan Warns of World 'Crisis' By FELICITY... by rshow55 - Aug 1, 03 (#13200 of 13311)

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