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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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possumdag
- 11:16pm Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5742
of 5770) Possumdag@excite.com
George Johnstone LouMazza Lou Mazza Mazza9 et al .. the midmoon
must be out in Dallas .. Nite!
possumdag
- 11:29pm Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5743
of 5770) Possumdag@excite.com
Sheild
fits here in the world mind
possumdag
- 11:31pm Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5744
of 5770) Possumdag@excite.com
When a communicator attempts to convince you that a particular
action will lead to disaster or to utopia, it may be helpful to ask
the following questions:
Is there enough data to support the speaker's predictions about
the future?
Can I think of other ways that things might turn out?
If there are many different ways that things could turn out, why
is the speaker painting such an extreme picture?
possumdag
- 11:32pm Jun 21, 2001 EST (#5745
of 5770) Possumdag@excite.com
Answer to last point .. because some faction may become
'extremely' rich - perhaps
lunarchick
- 02:46am Jun 22, 2001 EST (#5746
of 5770) lunarchick@www.com
Whatever happened to ..... can't even remember the name ...
lunarchick
- 08:59am Jun 22, 2001 EST (#5747
of 5770) lunarchick@www.com
Pop
lunarchick
- 09:15am Jun 22, 2001 EST (#5748
of 5770) lunarchick@www.com
Mr Putin repeated Russian scepticism that the US faced any
real missile threat from so-called rogue states. They were armed, he
said, with old Soviet rocketry based on German technology from the
last world war. For such countries to develop modern rocketry
capable of threatening the US would take decades, he said.
ft.com
lunarchick
- 09:18am Jun 22, 2001 EST (#5749
of 5770) lunarchick@www.com
Denials
rshowalter
- 09:19am Jun 22, 2001 EST (#5750
of 5770) Robert Showalter
showalte@macc.wisc.edu
Much is being said on this forum, from many points of view.
I I believe the following piece deserves special attention, and
puts the situation is a very concise perspective, showing something
both of the administration's position, and objections to it.
I'm bolding sections that I feel are particularly enlightening,
and add a comment-question.
Skeptical Senators Question Rumsfeld on Missile Defense By
JAMES DAO http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/22/politics/22MILI.html
"WASHINGTON, June 21 — Senate Democrats sharply questioned
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld today about the high cost
and unproven effectiveness of a national missile defense system, and
they raised deep concerns about the administration's threats to
withdraw from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty if the Russians
refused to amend it.
"During his first hearing before the Senate Armed Services
Committee since his confirmation, Mr. Rumsfeld met a surprisingly
unified skepticism from liberal and centrist Democrats regarding
missile defense, signaling the difficulties President Bush is likely
to face when he tries to sell a plan to Congress later this
year.
"In one exchange, Senator Max Cleland, Democrat of Georgia,
questioned Mr. Rumsfeld's suggestion that the Pentagon would
consider deploying an antimissile system before it had finished
testing if the threat of an attack seemed imminent.
"Noting that the Pentagon had failed in several recent tests
to shoot down ballistic missiles, Mr. Cleland said, "I have serious
doubts and reservations that the issue of national missile defense
has been given too great a priority in your calculations.
""National missile defense is an uncertain trumpet at this
point," he continued, "and we ought not to blow it before we test it
and fully make sure it is deployable. It doesn't make sense to
deploy this system without that guarantee."
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lunarchick
- 09:20am Jun 22, 2001 EST (#5751
of 5770) lunarchick@www.com
Putin drew a parallel between Nazism and the contemporary threats
of
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