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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?

rshowalter - 07:42pm Oct 8, 2001 EST (#10179 of 10188)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

RECENT MISSILE DEFENSE ARTICLES IN THE NYT

Date: October 7, 2001 Text of Prime Minister Tony Blairs Remarks ... By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Date: October 7, 2001 U.S. and Britain Clearing Way for Relentless Campaign, Bush Says ... By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN and JACQUES STEINBERG

Date: October 7, 2001 A New Kind of War Plan ... By MICHAEL R. GORDON

Date: October 7, 2001 Ukrainians Shift Stance on the Cause of Air Crash ...By SABRINA TAVERNISE

Date: October 7, 2001 From Russia, With Realism .... Editorial

Date: October 7, 2001 Universal Protection . . .To the Editor:.

Date: October 7, 2001 Orangeburg: From Big Army Base to Residential Hub ... By CHERYL PLATZMAN WEINSTOCK

Date: October 7, 2001 To Fight in the Shadows, Get Better Eyes ... By TIM WEINER

Date: October 6, 2001 Raising Munich, Sharon Reveals Israeli Qualms . . . By SERGE SCHMEMANN

Date: October 6, 2001 Accident Suspected in Black Sea Crash . . .By SABRINA TAVERNISE with MICHAEL WINES

rshowalter - 07:44pm Oct 8, 2001 EST (#10180 of 10188)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

RECENT MISSILE DEFENSE ARTICLES IN THE NYT

Date: October 6, 2001 U.S. Military Exercise in Egypt Could Serve as Staging Ground . . .By JAMES DAO

Date: October 5, 2001 Russian Jet, Flying From Israel, Explodes and Crashes . . . By MICHAEL WINES

Date: October 4, 2001 Russian Plane From Tel Aviv Crashes Into Black Sea . . . By MICHAEL WINES

Date: October 4, 2001 Rumsfeld: Terror Fight Like Cold War . . .By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Date: October 4, 2001 Report Finds Substantial Lapses in Security for Shipments of Missiles Within the U.S. . . . By KURT EICHENWALD

Date: October 3, 2001 Rumsfeld: Intelligence Is Key to Ending Terrorism . . . By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Date: October 3, 2001 Democracy in Wartime . . . By ARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR.

Date: October 3, 2001 Senate Approves $345B Defense Bill . . . By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Date: October 2, 2001 New Fears, New Alliances . . . By EDWARD N. LUTTWAK

Date: October 2, 2001 "Senator Byrd Scolds Colleagues for Lack of Debate After Attack . . .By ADAM CLYMER

rshowalter - 07:44pm Oct 8, 2001 EST (#10181 of 10188)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

RECENT MISSILE DEFENSE ARTICLES IN THE NYT

Date: October 2, 2001 Defenses in Alaska ... . To the Editor:.

Date: October 1, 2001 Defense Secretary Warns of Unconventional Attacks . . . By JAMES DAO

Date: September 30, 2001 Antiterror Coalition Will Be Shifting, Loose and Anything but Grand . . . By DOUGLAS JEHL

Date: September 30, 2001 U.S. Pursued Secret Efforts to Catch or Kill bin Laden ...By JAMES RISEN

Date: September 30, 2001 Large U.S. Force in Afghan Area Gives the Option to Strike at Will . . . By STEVEN LEE MYERS and THOM SHANKER

Date: September 30, 2001 Remaking the Military

Date: September 30, 2001 An Act of Terror Reshapes the Globe . . . By MICHAEL WINES

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