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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 - 08:15am Jun 17, 2002 EST (#2583 of 2592)

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rshow55 - 08:16am Jun 17, 2002 EST (#2584 of 2592)

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