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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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-"...I provided links to reports detailing... by
gisterme - Oct 16, 03 (#15151 of 15369)
give
him an e-address to expediate the... by lchic - Oct 16,
03 (#15152 of 15369)
Jorian
-Bluestar asked what are those fundamental... by
gisterme - Oct 16, 03 (#15153 of 15369)
In
re: ... by wrcooper - Oct 16, 03 (#15154 of
15369)
CONCLUDED
So far as I know of the flight tests,... by wrcooper -
Oct 16, 03 (#15155 of 15369)
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the US has is even close to working in... by rshow55 -
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"...Without
a firm knowledge of exactly how any... by gisterme -
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NK
is set to test a nuclear bomb! by lchic - Oct 16, 03
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rshow
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- Oct 16, 03 (#15160 of 15369)
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Gisterme
asks a key question: Do you... by rshow55 - Oct 16, 03
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Asis
have 'taken the market' for many products ... by lchic
- Oct 16, 03 (#15163 of 15369)
Is
the proposed (already decided upon?) Missile... by
jorian319 - Oct 16, 03 (#15164 of 15369)
rshow55
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gisterme
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Cantabb:
Your situation, current and past, and... by rshow55 -
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Hey
Jimbob!.. by jorian319 - Oct 16, 03 (#15173
of 15369)
Message
showed up on the wrong thread!.. by jorian319 - Oct 16,
03 (#15174 of 15369)
Jorian319
- some things do deteriorate (or get... by rshow55 -
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rshow55
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Cantabb
, re... by rshow55 - Oct 16, 03 (#15177 of
15369)
If
the average reader of The New York... by rshow55 - Oct
16, 03 (#15178 of 15369)
Will
-You responded to: 'When the scale of the... by
gisterme - Oct 16, 03 (#15179 of 15369)
rshow55
- 01:30pm Oct 16, 2003 EST (# 15177 of... by cantabb -
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rshow55:
"But the grammer of the situation would... by
bluestar23 - Oct 16, 03 (#15181 of 15369)
Sorry,
Bluestar... by rshow55 - Oct 16, 03 (#15182
of 15369)
WRC.:
I think it's a fallacy that if I just read... by
bluestar23 - Oct 16, 03 (#15183 of 15369)
Bluestar
- you're exactly right (modifying your... by rshow55 -
Oct 16, 03 (#15184 of 15369)
The
cantabbulator sets itself up as an ultimate... by lchic
- Oct 16, 03 (#15185 of 15369)
The
ghost of Thomas Gradgrind lives on through the... by
lchic - Oct 16, 03 (#15186 of 15369)
Gee,
cantabb, looks like you're starting to effect... by
jorian319 - Oct 16, 03 (#15187 of 15369)
A
lot of postings on this thread - not... by rshow55 -
Oct 16, 03 (#15188 of 15369)
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would be interesting to collect Jorians 'wager'... by
lchic - Oct 16, 03 (#15189 of 15369)
Jorian319
proposed a wager - and I suggested the ... by rshow55 -
Oct 16, 03 (#15190 of 15369)
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would be interesting to collect Jorians... by gisterme
- Oct 16, 03 (#15191 of 15369)
Poor
... by lchic - Oct 16, 03 (#15192 of
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mob The more you watch, the more you'll... by lchic -
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Putin
RU --- 20m muslims live in Russia Putin... by lchic -
Oct 17, 03 (#15194 of 15369)
NK
SK talks - stalemate ... by lchic - Oct 17, 03
(#15195 of 15369)
Rupert
- backs down at AGM ... by lchic - Oct 17, 03
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Rshow
-"...some things do deteriorate (or get... by gisterme
- Oct 17, 03 (#15197 of 15369)
Linked
below is a pro-missile defense analysis... by wrcooper
- Oct 17, 03 (#15198 of 15369)
It
is incumbent on me to provide a link to a... by
wrcooper - Oct 17, 03 (#15199 of 15369)
October
1 _ and 1000 posts ago ... by rshow55 - Oct 17, 03
(#15200 of 15369)
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