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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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bluestar23 - 11:38pm Sep 25, 2003 EST (# 13985 of 14001)

Ichic:

"Looking for your points and opinions on MD ..... waiting .... still waiting ..."

You have zero value on this thread, as you have not even passing layman's knowledge of MD, and wear a tin-foil hat.... like Showalter, you need help....

bluestar23 - 11:43pm Sep 25, 2003 EST (# 13986 of 14001)

Emissary from Jupiter Showalter has also now hijacked and taken over other threads on UK newspapers' Forums....How many threads has this Freakazoid hijacked...and is running.......

bluestar23 - 11:46pm Sep 25, 2003 EST (# 13987 of 14001)

I guess you've all noticed that all the thousands of Showalter's links all refer to nothing, just a self-reference. There is no "there" there....

gisterme - 12:09am Sep 26, 2003 EST (# 13988 of 14001)

lchic -

Missile Defense

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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts.

"...American foreign policy figures here..."

It does, but domestic policy is even more important. The Constitutional prime directive of the United States Government is to defend its citizens.

"...Taxes collected are redistributed TO -----> Who gets commissions?..."

When you buy a jalopy you pay the previous owner some money to make the car yours. What does it matter to you who gets the "commisions" so long as you get the car you're willing to pay for?

From a strictly "economics" point of view, the "commission" continues to turn within the economy. It's not gone. The guy who sold you the car might use the money to buy a surfboard and the guy from the surfboard shop may come to your market to buy your tomatoes and bread and then go to your neighbor's shop to buy clothes. The point is it's the same money.

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Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful?

"...LOL..."

You obviously don't have any idea if all you can say is "LOL", lchic. I believe the technology has advanced fantastically. If you don't belive that, then just take a look around you as has been suggested before.

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Can such an application of science be successful?

"...Science .... where do people figure? Go figure!..."

Science is people. Without them science isn't. Go figure.

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Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

"....Prioritisation -- there may be more important issues -- the ozone layer depletion over the antartic sees a vortex of circling winds that are pulling regular rains south .... leaving southern continents with drought in the 20-35 latitudes

Whatever you mean by all that, protecting ourselves from being nuked is a higher priority for me. Whatever we can do about the ozone layer we'll do anyway. That's probably not much. However, maybe some new technology that will come out of this round of the missile defense program will offer a solution.

gisterme - 12:11am Sep 26, 2003 EST (# 13989 of 14001)

bluestar -

"...There is no "there" there...."

That's right. That's why I'd bet that nobody bothers to look at them.

gisterme - 12:12am Sep 26, 2003 EST (# 13990 of 14001)

"...Do these new cultural 'dots' have to be 'right' from all perspectives? "

What new cultural dots, lchic????

gisterme - 12:20am Sep 26, 2003 EST (# 13991 of 14001)

lchic -

"...How much 'science' is there in NOT pressing a button?..."

All of it. The science that put the button there exists whether the button is pressed or not. So are the beneficial spinoffs of that science for our cultures.

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