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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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rshow55 - 06:39am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16446 of... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16451 of 17171)

For some reason this part did NOT get posted... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16452 of 17171)

Golden Rule Jones Mayor of .... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16453 of 17171)

rshow55 - 07:09am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16449 of... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16454 of 17171)

Cantabb you've been posting on the NYT for years... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16455 of 17171)

lchic - 07:56am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16455 of 16455)... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16456 of 17171)

'Start spreading the news .... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16457 of 17171)

lchic - 08:08am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16457 of 16457)... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16458 of 17171)

Nanny is smart ... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16459 of 17171)

MDCLXVI times by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16460 of 17171)

Bluestar23:Did you give your NAME, RANK and SERIAL... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16461 of 17171)

Just joking Cantabb .... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16462 of 17171)

Cantabb this is the deal You send your request... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16463 of 17171)

lchic - 08:17am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16460 of 16461)... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16464 of 17171)

"showalter will make a brand new start of it.." ... by bluestar23 - Nov 4, 03 (#16465 of 17171)

I'm starting to feel nostalgic for rshow... by bluestar23 - Nov 4, 03 (#16466 of 17171)

You could take either interpretation I offer in... by rshow55 - Nov 4, 03 (#16467 of 17171)

Hadn't read last from lchic ... by rshow55 - Nov 4, 03 (#16468 of 17171)

If Showalter's repeated himself on this thread at... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16469 of 17171)

lchic - 08:25am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16463 of 16464)... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16470 of 17171)

Cantabb ... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16471 of 17171)

On identities, and guesses, and swimming: ... by rshow55 - Nov 4, 03 (#16472 of 17171)

Hey 'True Blue' | Culture interlude is all of... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16473 of 17171)

rshow55 - 08:29am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16467 of... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16474 of 17171)

lchic - 08:36am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16471 of 16474)... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16475 of 17171)

[Middle English warderobe, from Old North French ... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16476 of 17171)

Cantabb .... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16477 of 17171)

Don't 'look' for the punch line -- you won't see... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16478 of 17171)

lchic - 09:01am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16477 of 16477)... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16479 of 17171)

lchic - 09:03am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16478 of 16479)... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16480 of 17171)

so what were you good at .... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16481 of 17171)

"Rote machine" Rote learning - memorization -... by rshow55 - Nov 4, 03 (#16482 of 17171)

Rupert Murdock's guys in The Australian seem to be... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16483 of 17171)

To preserve necessary fictions - tactful ... by rshow55 - Nov 4, 03 (#16484 of 17171)

Here's the conundrum Showalter ... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16485 of 17171)

chic - 09:08am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16481 of 16481) ... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16486 of 17171)

fredmoore , Shakespeare, and politics... by rshow55 - Nov 4, 03 (#16487 of 17171)

poems cited in... by rshow55 - Nov 4, 03 (#16488 of 17171)

Cantabb "am" afraid hummm ... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16489 of 17171)

Showalter "and lchic may be a tad indirect, in... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16490 of 17171)

There's a great scene in Gaily, Gaily (1969 )... by rshow55 - Nov 4, 03 (#16491 of 17171)

Krugman's been slogging away at the... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16492 of 17171)

Is it the hip-pocket nerve and pulling-in the... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16493 of 17171)

Cantabb throw a time factor into the logic .... by lchic - Nov 4, 03 (#16494 of 17171)

Re hip pocket nerves, and belt tightening... by rshow55 - Nov 4, 03 (#16495 of 17171)

rshow55 - 09:12am Nov 4, 2003 EST (# 16482 of... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16496 of 17171)

... by jorian319 - Nov 4, 03 (#16497 of 17171)

Showalter is going to talk to Howell Raines (who... by bluestar23 - Nov 4, 03 (#16498 of 17171)

Jorian, You will note the Palestinians came up... by bluestar23 - Nov 4, 03 (#16499 of 17171)

bluestar: Did you provide your name, rank, and... by cantabb - Nov 4, 03 (#16500 of 17171)

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