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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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cantabb - 03:23pm Oct 30, 2003 EST (# 15963 of 15983)

A few MD links/references : #1 & 5 (Groups of articles/websites); #2 thru 4 (recent MD news from Asia);

1. Council for a Living World: Missile Defense

A numbr of articles: http://www.clw.org/nmd.html

2. India test-fires Brahmos anti-ship missile (Daily Times, Pakistan: Oct 31, 2003)

NEW DELHI: India test-fired its Brahmos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile, which it jointly developed with Russia, on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said. The Brahmos has a target range of 290 kilometers and can carry up to 300 kilograms pounds of conventional warheads, Press Trust of India news agency reported. “The Brahmos was successfully test-fired Wednesday in a routine operation,” said Amitabha Chakrabarti, the Defense Ministry spokesman.

Brahmos, named after India’s Brahmaputra river and Russia’s Moscow river, is primarily an anti-ship missile but can be used against land targets as well.

The missile can be launched from land, sea and air and is expected to be ready for production by 2004.........

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_30-10-2003_pg7_7

3. Missile failure caused by technical glitch: sources

Technical problems were to blame for the failure of a recent test-firing of a domestically-developed surface-to-surface missile, defense sources said yesterday.

The test took place in late August at a top security military site in Chiupeng, Pingtung County, where the military regularly launches tests of weapon systems under development.......

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/10/30/2003073909 (Taipei Times, Oct 30, 2003)

4. NEW DELHI, Oct. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- The tests of the 3000 km range surface to surface missile, Agni III, have been delayed till January next year, according to India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Chief Dr. V. K. Atre. ...... (China View, Oct 30, 2003) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-10/29/content_1149993.htm

5. Missile Defense Agency: website http://www.acq.osd.mil/bmdo/bmdolink/html/bmdolink.html

bbbuck - 03:28pm Oct 30, 2003 EST (# 15964 of 15983)

To whom it may concern:

I will no longer be posting on any forums but this one.

Thank you, and have a good day.

ps. Does anybody have any links to those pictures on attrition.org/priceless/gallery?

I didn't copy one when the site was up and now they've closed the gallery?

cantabb - 03:42pm Oct 30, 2003 EST (# 15965 of 15983)

rshow55 - 03:07pm Oct 30, 2003 EST (# 15962 of 15963)

More of the same from 'The Count of Cliches' & 'Prince of Platitudes':

Some profound facts are very "routine"

Wow. Is it possible that "Some profound facts" may be NOT "very routine" ? Just a wild guess !

I don't have to be especially smart to sort out a lot.

No worry.

In some basic ways, we're all the same

Really. Are some more 'the same' than others ?

Some very powerful self-organization is going on. In essentially all people.

Really ? What a revelation !

People do have an excellent chance of finding truths that matter. Sometimes even new ones.

"An excellent chance" ?

But what does it take to find them ("truths," not 'THE' truth, for a change !]

And, how many are entrusted with the responsibility of finding these "truths." Or are ordained to do so ? Say, by Casey-Eisenhower ?

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