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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 09:27pm Sep 30, 2001 EST (#10032 of 10048)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

kangdawei 9/30/01 9:00pm

Let me expand with details - - that you should have read before, and that are very basic technical issues - in the morning. I've had a long day, have eaten, had a couple of beers, and would like to finish a "housekeeping chore" just now. You'll see details in the morning. Details that are repeated because you have NOT responded to them before. Just now, let me do keep up some continuity.

rshowalter - 09:28pm Sep 30, 2001 EST (#10033 of 10048)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

The New York Times is a major source of information about missile defense. Articles from that corpus are listed here periodically, with links.

MD7006 rshowalter 7/13/01 1:02pm ... MD7647 rshowalter 7/31/01 11:42am
discuss the corpus, and the complexity, richness, and challenge of it, and link to many articles on missile defense that have been discussed on this thread.

Listings of missile defense articles in the Times , for week periods, with links, are set out in

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Links to most of the articles related to missile defense in the Times since September 9 follow.

kangdawei - 09:29pm Sep 30, 2001 EST (#10034 of 10048)

And what will be the proper response when the next hit comes?

Bin Laden prepares new attacks

Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden is preparing to launch new terrorist attacks over next few weeks, according to information obtained by western intelligence.

Officials said Bin Laden is believed to have ordered his agents in both Europe and the United States to scan targets and prepare spectacular strikes that could resemble those of the Islamic suicide attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11.

Perhaps its appropriate in this thread to start talking about "missle offence".

When the next hit comes --- perhaps far worse than the Manhattan Massacre --- it will be time to start thinking of options that will truly take them --- and their start-sponsors --- out. For good. Forever.

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