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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans
for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be
limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI
all over again?
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cookiess0
- 12:01pm Apr 30, 2001 EST (#2785
of 2786)
Who has this missile technology with the range to hit the US?
Technology is nothing more then applied knowledge. It
proliferates over time. It is natural. One need only examine the
proliferation of nuclear weapons from 45 till present.
rshowalter
- 12:01pm Apr 30, 2001 EST (#2786
of 2786) 
Robert Showalter
showalte@macc.wisc.edu
Especially when missile defense is only a bluff- without any
reasonable technical substance at the system level at all, and we
are using it to dismantle all the treaties we have on nuclear
weapons.
I don't think there are any credible explanations for what
is happening. We are looking at a fraud -- and a grossly
irresponsible one.
But perhaps someone else sees it differently? It seems to me a
crucial issue is
-- CAN the system work?
There's no reason to believe it will, except trust in
people who have perpetrated fraud after fraud in this area -- and
who now seem to be pushing ahead because the project is a
lie, and the only way to keep that from coming out is to escalate
and continue the lying.
Perhaps I've missed something?
  
 
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