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Missile Defense

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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rshow55 - 08:14am Jun 17, 2002 EST (#2580 of 2592)

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rshow55 - 08:14am Jun 17, 2002 EST (#2581 of 2592)

Postings by gisterme prior to March 1, 2002 are no longer on the web, but are of comparable quality to current ones.

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rshow55 - 08:14am Jun 17, 2002 EST (#2582 of 2592)

Postings by gisterme prior to March 1, 2002 are no longer on the web, but are of comparable quality to current ones.

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