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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?

rshowalter - 11:47am Oct 6, 2001 EST (#10152 of 10155)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

MD1294 rshowalter 3/22/01 8:11am ... MD1295 rshowalter 3/22/01 8:22am

NEWS AND THE CULTURE OF LYING: How Journalism Really Works by Paul H. Weaver --- Free Press, 1994.

rshowalter - 11:52am Oct 6, 2001 EST (#10153 of 10155)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

I'd very much like to do a thorough checking of missile defense technology, in terms of what can be shown in the open literature -- at least on lasar weapons, and see if it can be dealt with in ways that illuminate how corrupt much of our military and political decision making is, and how completely "in the dark" that has left the voters on whom our democracy depends.

Don't see anything I could possibly do of more service to the national interest. Though some journalists might squirm a bit, it would be worthwhile work.

gisterme?

kangdawai?

rshowalter - 11:53am Oct 6, 2001 EST (#10154 of 10155)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Out for a while -- to do some napping, and maybe some studying. (will delete).

jorian_s - 11:54am Oct 6, 2001 EST (#10155 of 10155)

Robert, how do you find time to read all the documents you reference, given that you generate a virtually nonstop series of posts in this forum?

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