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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?

lunarchick - 01:29am Jul 9, 2001 EST (#6783 of 6791)
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The Chinese Military, in common with the Indonesian Military, do pretty much what they like - ie they're 'out of control'. The Chinese this past weeks will deflect attention every this way and that .. to cover up ... regarding their outrageously shockingly low standards with respect of HUMAN RIGHTS.

To designate some citizens as 'other' try them and kill them ... harvest their body parts for sale $AUS15.000 .. is the main concern of that Liberation Army gang of goons ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL note today that China in round figures has over the past 3 months sentenced almost 3000 people to death, and 2000 people, in the last few months, have been 'murdered' by that government.

If China want 2008 Games - their only legitimate way would be to be made to stop using the 'death penatly' ... it only represents the corruption of the Liberation (!?!) army in the body parts trade! It would be excellent if China had to make HUMAN rights concessions prior to getting those games ... and the countries that levered them into a decent behavioural standard would be admired!

If China does get the games ... there will be more and more world discontent re human rights over the next years that i'd be surprised if the games could go ahead - in the Olympic Spirit. Additionally the water supply in Beijing is drying out! They don't have water to properly flush toilets even now.

lunarchick - 09:01am Jul 9, 2001 EST (#6784 of 6791)
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2008 !!

lunarchick - 09:09am Jul 9, 2001 EST (#6785 of 6791)
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Mars Hubble bbc

lunarchick - 09:14am Jul 9, 2001 EST (#6786 of 6791)
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Kyoto: Global warming

lunarchick - 09:50am Jul 9, 2001 EST (#6787 of 6791)
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Croatia's Western-leaning government found itself confronting collapse and potential civil unrest today after it decided this weekend to send two of its citizens to the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

The government, Croatia's first in 10 years not dominated by nationalists, made the decision after pressure mounted since Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav president, was transferred to the tribunal on June 28.

rshowalter - 10:33am Jul 9, 2001 EST (#6788 of 6791)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

MD6765 rshowalter 7/8/01 4:16pm

"It is technically easy to make missiles and warheads immune to lasar weapons -- even if the lasar weapons did achieve a chain of miracles related to optical resolution and control. See: Reflective Coatings http://www.phy.davidson.edu/jimn/Java/Coatings.htm

. . .

"The engineers asking for money for the program, and promising to make a contribution to US defense have to know this.

"I'm at a loss, myself, to understand how this cannot be treason.

MD6766 rshowalter 7/8/01 4:17pm ... MD6766 rshowalter 7/8/01 4:21pm

"Snell's law is pretty basic. The military-industrial complex acts as if nobody else knows it.

" . . . they are willing to sell obsolete " stealth " aircraft that are now sitting ducks ......"

MD6768 rshowalter 7/8/01 4:23pm ...

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