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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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Put up the War-dead-UK figures for both wars -... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17051 of 17171)

WW1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/ WW2... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17052 of 17171)

"" The most pernicious use of propaganda is to... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17053 of 17171)

WarDead figures 1900-1995 Nations A-Z ... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17054 of 17171)

United Kingdom lost a million soldiers WWI +... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17055 of 17171)

The population of Great Britain and Ireland a... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17056 of 17171)

Bluey - 2%+ of the UK population died in WWI ... by lchic - Nov 9, 03 (#17057 of 17171)

Missile Defense Agency Booster Rocket Program The... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17058 of 17171)

... by bluestar23 - Nov 9, 03 (#17059 of 17171)

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From the above article: By NAO SHIMOYACHI Staff... by bluestar23 - Nov 10, 03 (#17061 of 17171)

"seek 142.3 billion yen for a missile defense... by bluestar23 - Nov 10, 03 (#17062 of 17171)

WAR DEAD - debate Uk - current - demands that the... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17063 of 17171)

My major complaint about Bush's arms policy... by bluestar23 - Nov 10, 03 (#17064 of 17171)

Blue-y it's changed MIND-SETS that ensure peace! by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17065 of 17171)

lchic: You are confused and can't argue normally... by bluestar23 - Nov 10, 03 (#17066 of 17171)

A series of shocking pictures revealing US... by almarst2003 - Nov 10, 03 (#17067 of 17171)

Iraq under occupation -... by almarst2003 - Nov 10, 03 (#17068 of 17171)

A successful branding operation preceded the... by almarst2003 - Nov 10, 03 (#17069 of 17171)

A child, aged around six, watches nervously as US... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17070 of 17171)

Goal of USA foreign policy - Bush speech in full... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17071 of 17171)

UK Muddle At the heart of the problem lies what... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17072 of 17171)

Well, goodnight, lchic, we'll see you tommorrow... by bluestar23 - Nov 10, 03 (#17073 of 17171)

Blue-y 7pm+ Monday Evening my way by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17074 of 17171)

Showalter - how was 'Media Reform' Madison ? by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17075 of 17171)

lchic - 10:25pm Nov 9, 2003 EST (# 17042 of 17075)... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17076 of 17171)

Nobody reads the Cantabbulator's gibberish - save... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17077 of 17171)

Common Provision - the need for - USA ... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17078 of 17171)

ECHO e c h o echo ECHO "" But while visitors... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17079 of 17171)

"This place is wretched enough - a villainous... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17080 of 17171)

http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?14@13.7bvTbZ5zWOE.2570739@.f28e622/18796 by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17081 of 17171)

http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?14@13.7bvTbZ5zWOE.2570739@.f28e622/18797 by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17082 of 17171)

"" The bombing provoked near-universal outrage... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17083 of 17171)

I'm groggy - didn't get much sleep last night... by rshow55 - Nov 10, 03 (#17084 of 17171)

lchic - 06:38am Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17077 of... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17085 of 17171)

lchic - 06:39am Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17078 of... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17086 of 17171)

rshow55 - 09:45am Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17084 of... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17087 of 17171)

"enough to produce systems " Showalter's... by bluestar23 - Nov 10, 03 (#17088 of 17171)

Blue, you touch on the very thing that brings on... by jorian319 - Nov 10, 03 (#17089 of 17171)

Bluestar: History is a complex collection of... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17090 of 17171)

Hey cnttub and bluey are beginning to sound like... by bbbuck - Nov 10, 03 (#17091 of 17171)

"When we attempt to ask the question 'What is... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17092 of 17171)

lchic - 01:35pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17092 of... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17093 of 17171)

That was the nineteenth century perspective What... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17094 of 17171)

bbbuck - 01:32pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17091 of... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17095 of 17171)

The 'facts' are interpretations of fact. by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17096 of 17171)

... by lchic - Nov 10, 03 (#17097 of 17171)

"Facts" and interpretation (often more than one)... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17098 of 17171)

lchic - 01:47pm Nov 10, 2003 EST (# 17097 of... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17099 of 17171)

Speaking Rshowalter [:)], when he's up from his... by cantabb - Nov 10, 03 (#17100 of 17171)

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