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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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lchic - 03:00pm Feb 24, 2003 EST (# 9267 of 9284)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

GU Talk - reader opinion critique of NYT

http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.3ba7a0a1/5

lchic - 03:02pm Feb 24, 2003 EST (# 9268 of 9284)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

One on one - days of yore!

http://www.iranian.com/Arts/2002/January/Sohrab/

lchic - 03:15pm Feb 24, 2003 EST (# 9269 of 9284)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

NK 'can be solved if CHINA comes on side' Powell

gisterme - 07:09pm Feb 24, 2003 EST (# 9270 of 9284)

"...(I admit that I just lost my temper - and am sorry that I did so.)..."

No problem, Robert. 'Happens to us all from time to time.

mazza9 - 07:22pm Feb 24, 2003 EST (# 9271 of 9284)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

gisterme Thanks for the Robert redux. Periodically I'm curious but as you point out he continues his obtuse ways. It's usually the show offs who spout technical jargon to "impress" the "ignorant masses", except that the true intellects will know them for what they are.

I'll bet lchic blows a gasket when she reads this post!

It appears that the Missile Defense operations date is being moved up to '04. Get those lasers hummin'. Zap, they're (missiles) dead!!

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