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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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rshow55 - 06:09pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15750 of... by cantabb - Oct 27, 03 (#15751 of 17168)

Cantabb prototyping and modelling enable... by lchic - Oct 27, 03 (#15752 of 17168)

Fights Poster Bluey way back was commenting on... by lchic - Oct 27, 03 (#15753 of 17168)

Here Roger Ailes of Fox describes phone call with... by bluestar23 - Oct 27, 03 (#15754 of 17168)

lchic - 08:18pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15752 of... by cantabb - Oct 27, 03 (#15755 of 17168)

lchic - 08:27pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15753 of... by cantabb - Oct 27, 03 (#15756 of 17168)

A typo in the post above ["fascinating"]. by cantabb - Oct 27, 03 (#15757 of 17168)

I know I was making a point about social... by lchic - Oct 27, 03 (#15758 of 17168)

:) "Facts, facts, facts," Mr Gradgrind... by lchic - Oct 27, 03 (#15759 of 17168)

The two posts above are linked .... by lchic - Oct 27, 03 (#15760 of 17168)

lchic - 11:00pm Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15758 of... by cantabb - Oct 27, 03 (#15761 of 17168)

bluestar23Did you happen to notice that the site... by wrcooper - Oct 27, 03 (#15762 of 17168)

Cantabbulator - re dots .... by lchic - Oct 28, 03 (#15763 of 17168)

lchic - 12:57am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15763 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15764 of 17168)

The dots were joined by the gu Author BLAKE as per... by lchic - Oct 28, 03 (#15765 of 17168)

jorian319 - 09:48am Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15736 of... by fredmoore - Oct 28, 03 (#15766 of 17168)

lchic - 05:19am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15765 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15767 of 17168)

fredmoore - 07:31am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15766 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15768 of 17168)

In applied math and lots of pure math connected to... by rshow55 - Oct 28, 03 (#15769 of 17168)

rshow55 - 08:18am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15769 of... by jorian319 - Oct 28, 03 (#15770 of 17168)

rshow55 - 08:18am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15769 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15771 of 17168)

If you have a complicated mess - if the facts that... by rshow55 - Oct 28, 03 (#15772 of 17168)

Maybe these links are windy, but I tried to make... by rshow55 - Oct 28, 03 (#15773 of 17168)

Cantabb, I am intrigued but not obsessed with... by fredmoore - Oct 28, 03 (#15774 of 17168)

I object to the use of "barnyard" as a derogatory... by jorian319 - Oct 28, 03 (#15775 of 17168)

Negotation links from the Missile Defense thread... by rshow55 - Oct 28, 03 (#15776 of 17168)

fredmoore - 08:38am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15774 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15777 of 17168)

Here's part of an undelivered speech by Franklin... by rshow55 - Oct 28, 03 (#15778 of 17168)

rshow55 - 08:36am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15772 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15779 of 17168)

rshow55 - 09:00am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15778 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15780 of 17168)

Negotation links from the Missile Defense thread... by rshow55 - Oct 28, 03 (#15781 of 17168)

jorian319 - 08:40am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15775... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15782 of 17168)

Does anybody doubt that I'd bend over backwards to... by rshow55 - Oct 28, 03 (#15783 of 17168)

Cantabb, I've touched a raw nerve again eh?.. by fredmoore - Oct 28, 03 (#15784 of 17168)

I think that many "average readers of the New... by rshow55 - Oct 28, 03 (#15785 of 17168)

fredmoore - 09:13am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15784 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15786 of 17168)

rshow55 - 09:09am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15781 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15787 of 17168)

Cantabb, I am delighted that you think you own... by fredmoore - Oct 28, 03 (#15788 of 17168)

rshow55 - 09:12am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15783 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15789 of 17168)

fredmoore - 09:47am Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15788 of... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15790 of 17168)

"If you want to feel useful, ask some sensible... by bluestar23 - Oct 28, 03 (#15791 of 17168)

Showalter's "product" has declined significantly... by bluestar23 - Oct 28, 03 (#15792 of 17168)

Oh, the killing pressure!.. by jorian319 - Oct 28, 03 (#15793 of 17168)

Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 19,... by bluestar23 - Oct 28, 03 (#15794 of 17168)

... by bluestar23 - Oct 28, 03 (#15795 of 17168)

Jorian: "Imagine - a handful of complete... by bluestar23 - Oct 28, 03 (#15796 of 17168)

Jorian: "unless there is some beneficial techno... by bluestar23 - Oct 28, 03 (#15797 of 17168)

At least ONE of the basic things we learned from... by cantabb - Oct 28, 03 (#15798 of 17168)

Yes, Blue... by jorian319 - Oct 28, 03 (#15799 of 17168)

Cantabb says - "But it would be unreasonable of... by rshow55 - Oct 28, 03 (#15800 of 17168)

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New York Times on the Web Forums Science Missile Defense