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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?

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bluestar23 - 11:32pm Oct 5, 2003 EST (# 14381 of 14398)

Ground-Based Midcourse Defense is also referred to as "Tier Two" defense...while it is good to see apparent progress here (similar to Arrow II....?) for Tier Three what progress has been made....?

cantabb - 11:50pm Oct 5, 2003 EST (# 14382 of 14398)

bluestar23 - 11:27pm Oct 5, 2003 EST (# 14380 of 14381)

Now you know whay it's so much easier to talk about Eisenhower-Casey-CIA, conspiracy theories poster ID, personal angst, "checking," and everything else (non-science), published or not, under the sun.

I hope you stay around and help wrest the forum out of the continuing abuse.

"It got understood and exposed," finally.

:)

bluestar23 - 12:03am Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14383 of 14398)

Oh, I'll be around.....rshow55 is too good a parade to miss....

lchic - 12:29am Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14384 of 14398)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Don't rain on His parade - over which he reigneth

bluestar23 - 12:33am Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14385 of 14398)

guardiantalk:

rshowalter - 02:14pm Aug 19, 2003 BST (#139 of 162)

"Ann Coulter worked on the Missile Defense thread - to high probability."

what kind of Nutty Professor says these kind of things.....? would the University of Wisconsin be pleased to hear that one of their staff is practicing his "psychic" powers in public...

bluestar23 - 12:35am Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14386 of 14398)

"Don't rain on His parade - over which he reigneth"

That should make you a Saint, or at least a Cardinal....

bbbuck - 12:37am Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14387 of 14398)

I think he's retired.

as opposed to loopeychic, who is just tired.

bluestar23 - 12:41am Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14388 of 14398)

bbuck:

a sane person on the thread.....welcome....you are rare....

bluestar23 - 01:05am Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14389 of 14398)

Showalter's conception of this Forum:

"Me, Robert Showalter, rshow55 (click rshowalter )

"almarst - almarst2001 - almarst2002 , who I've sometimes mistaken for a ranking personage, though he's assured me I'm wrong about that."

"gisterme , who I've also sometimes mistaken for a ranking personage, though he's assured me I'm wrong about that, and sometimes I believe him - I switch back and forth. If gisterme does not have high government connections -- and is not speaking with authority --- gisterme has often written to convey a sense that those connections."

"manjumicha ( and manjumicha2001) sometimes speaks with authority, as if he had rank at the NYT."

"fredmoore , sometimes posts so perceptively that I should know he's with the NYT."

"mazza9 - who I've talked to over the phone - comes across as an astronaut and reflexive defender of militarist positions."

"jorian319 speaks authoritatively, from time to time - and seems to have known some journalists at one time or another."

"An important enough cast of characters to merit Anne Coulter's time? I think the posters are well connected indeed, and think that Coulter's involvement tends to support that."

An important enough case of delusional behaviour to call the psychiatrist...? why, yes....

Note the complete illogicality and circularity of these last two sentences....

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