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New York Times on the Web Forums Science

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?

Read Debates, a new Web-only feature culled from Readers' Opinions, published every Thursday.

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Just crossed 17,000 posts. by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17001 of 17171)

fm: "there are 6 billion highly intelligent and... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17002 of 17171)

"Just crossed 17,000 posts." And Thank Christ it... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17003 of 17171)

How can you exclude him, bluestar, when he had... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17004 of 17171)

I liked it better when this was the standard... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17005 of 17171)

It's the High Intellectual Content of fredmoore's... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17006 of 17171)

It's the High Intellectual Content of fredmoore's... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17007 of 17171)

Sorry..ditto posts... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17008 of 17171)

I knew right from my first debate with His... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17009 of 17171)

What will you three Klan members do after the... by fredmoore - Nov 9, 03 (#17010 of 17171)

Cantathink's 'Free Speech American Style' is No... by fredmoore - Nov 9, 03 (#17011 of 17171)

cantabb to fm: "Your references to KKK: You know... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17012 of 17171)

fredmoore - 01:41pm Nov 9, 2003 EST (# 17010 of... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17013 of 17171)

bluestar23 - 02:09pm Nov 9, 2003 EST (# 17012 of... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17014 of 17171)

"But trying to imply "klsanford" (also referred to... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17015 of 17171)

Also NOTE his comment: "What will you three ... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17016 of 17171)

Actually, what Showalter does after the 14th is... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17017 of 17171)

Bluestar: I think rshow will be around... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17018 of 17171)

"" The wangkeROOS may be the literary mob... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17019 of 17171)

Case for war confected, say top US officials -... by almarst2003 - Nov 9, 03 (#17020 of 17171)

" This is not the end... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17021 of 17171)

In 1942 Churchill said " This is not the end... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17022 of 17171)

A former chief of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence... by almarst2003 - Nov 9, 03 (#17023 of 17171)

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (AFP) - The leader of US Senate... by almarst2003 - Nov 9, 03 (#17024 of 17171)

WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled House of... by almarst2003 - Nov 9, 03 (#17025 of 17171)

lchic: "In 1942 Churchill said " This is not... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17026 of 17171)

The Bush NMD program is wrong-headed and... by wrcooper - Nov 9, 03 (#17027 of 17171)

Bluestar: " ....we shall fight in the fields... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17028 of 17171)

Bluestar: I thought Churchill lost to Clement... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17029 of 17171)

Cantabb: I read some of the Science....Forum you... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17030 of 17171)

I'm sure you are right, but Bevan then must have... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17031 of 17171)

Bluestar: "to the Labour Party of Bevan..." ... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17032 of 17171)

Strictly speaking, this sentence construction... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17033 of 17171)

Wondering if the over-worked Link-machine is just... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17034 of 17171)

It's interesting, isn't it, how easy it is to have... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17035 of 17171)

Does Putin have any real Iraq policy?.. by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17036 of 17171)

I don't really liked te way we went in Iraq... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17037 of 17171)

Noticed several typos etc: Nothing critical;... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17038 of 17171)

"Since we are already there," Yes, I generally... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17039 of 17171)

Terrorism is insidious, and would be difficult to... by cantabb - Nov 9, 03 (#17040 of 17171)

"However, I am not as sure about Al-Qaeda's... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17041 of 17171)

Alex-Almarst-ru, if you read the thread, was... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17042 of 17171)

'real effort' - that's what lchic & Showalter... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17043 of 17171)

WARS call on everybody - especially the... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17044 of 17171)

Australia - PM no longer to have 'say-so' re going... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17045 of 17171)

Defamation reform UK ... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17046 of 17171)

UK Prime Ministers ... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17047 of 17171)

"WWI left many women 'single'" With millions of... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17048 of 17171)

"WWII took many but fewer men." No, the WWII has... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17049 of 17171)

Maybe one day women, whose apparent "concern" is... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17050 of 17171)

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