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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?
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Failure
to check fact(s) equates with an eventual... by lchic -
May 12, 03 (#11601 of 13311)
obsolescence
n : the property of being out of... by lchic - May 12,
03 (#11602 of 13311)
How's
daddy doing?.. by lchic - May 12, 03 (#11603
of 13311)
fred
asked Showalter to elaborate ... by lchic - May 12, 03
(#11604 of 13311)
Casey
had a big part... by rshow55 - May 12, 03
(#11605 of 13311)
Cassey
had 'ideals' ? by lchic - May 12, 03 (#11606
of 13311)
I
interpreted fred's request for elaboratation in ... by
rshow55 - May 12, 03 (#11607 of 13311)
Casey
had ideals - deeply felt ones - but also... by rshow55
- May 12, 03 (#11608 of 13311)
A
lot of those problems look soluble now... by rshow55 -
May 12, 03 (#11609 of 13311)
Ah!..
by lchic - May 12, 03 (#11610 of 13311)
Early
Tuesday my way .... by lchic - May 12, 03
(#11611 of 13311)
Rshow
... by fredmoore - May 12, 03 (#11612 of
13311)
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13311)
Rummy
- there's a call to 'Make 'em behave in... by lchic -
May 12, 03 (#11614 of 13311)
Rshow
... by fredmoore - May 12, 03 (#11615 of
13311)
Mainstream
has to be defined Implies it's a... by lchic - May 12,
03 (#11616 of 13311)
Mainstream
.... by fredmoore - May 12, 03 (#11617 of
13311)
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Crackpots: Nikolaus August Otto: Inventor of... by
lchic - May 13, 03 (#11618 of 13311)
Human
Combustion Engine ... by lchic - May 13, 03
(#11619 of 13311)
There's
a quote I heard so long ago that I can't... by rshow55
- May 13, 03 (#11620 of 13311)
I've
been as straight as I've known how to be -... by
rshow55 - May 13, 03 (#11621 of 13311)
Important
links from lchic... by rshow55 - May 13, 03
(#11622 of 13311)
MD1189...
by rshow55 - May 13, 03 (#11623 of 13311)
I
think Casey, cynical as he was, would have been... by
rshow55 - May 13, 03 (#11624 of 13311)
The
question "what would it look like,... by rshow55 - May
13, 03 (#11625 of 13311)
Gee
thanks... by jorian319 - May 13, 03 (#11626
of 13311)
Could
that be an implied threat?.. by rshow55 - May 13, 03
(#11627 of 13311)
Thanks
for posting the excerpt... by jorian319 - May 13, 03
(#11628 of 13311)
Rshow,
that would be an inferred threat... by jorian319 - May
13, 03 (#11629 of 13311)
Jorian
quote: 'I'd rather be in Singsing... by lchic - May 13,
03 (#11630 of 13311)
Kipling
believed that easterners and westerners... by lchic -
May 14, 03 (#11631 of 13311)
Lchic
... by fredmoore - May 14, 03 (#11632 of
13311)
Humans
kept like 'battery hens' Problems for... by lchic - May
14, 03 (#11633 of 13311)
The
guys who killed (9sept2001) were mainly from... by
lchic - May 14, 03 (#11634 of 13311)
The
GUARDIAN newspaper's secret of success ... by lchic -
May 14, 03 (#11635 of 13311)
GU
TALK - Clean-up the USA ... by lchic - May 14, 03
(#11636 of 13311)
A
posting that was 11633 last night is 11621... by
rshow55 - May 14, 03 (#11637 of 13311)
Ro_tten's
'vile' soliloqy ?! by lchic - May 14, 03
(#11638 of 13311)
In
Book Parcel for Fred's metal shed Jacobo... by lchic -
May 14, 03 (#11639 of 13311)
""
The attacks coincided with growing tension in... by
lchic - May 14, 03 (#11640 of 13311)
Neocons
Hawks Bush NK & Saudi ... by lchic - May 14, 03
(#11641 of 13311)
the
scholars in Saudi have 'uncommon' sense were... by
lchic - May 14, 03 (#11642 of 13311)
""
This century is marked by unparalleled human... by
lchic - May 14, 03 (#11643 of 13311)
Truth
LIES deaths & Stakeknife "" the case... by lchic -
May 14, 03 (#11644 of 13311)
Iraq
It seems the local populous are busy... by lchic - May
14, 03 (#11645 of 13311)
Russia
desires to regain presence in Iraq ... by lchic - May
14, 03 (#11646 of 13311)
19
Iraqis - victims of cluster bomb - have via... by lchic
- May 14, 03 (#11647 of 13311)
have
put claims for injury against the USA ... by lchic -
May 14, 03 (#11648 of 13311)
Best
Practice -- pity the 'trouble spots' of the... by lchic
- May 14, 03 (#11649 of 13311)
Unexploded
ordinance - where?.. by lchic - May 14, 03
(#11650 of 13311)
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