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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 07:37am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5337 of 5339)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

almarst's points are important ones. They shouldn't be deflected -- they need to be adressed.

It seems to me that doing so will take some staffing. Not too much. Not much compared to the stakes, and the benefits to be gained. But human effort.

For that to happen, at the level of quality really justified, there would have to be moderate but real committments, at the level of people (who would have to be supported) and at the level of status committments.

rshowalter - 07:40am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5338 of 5339)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Dawn, what is the name of China's flagship newspaper? -- I don't remember just now, and I'd like to search the thread for it -- there was an article where the principles that would be needed to solve a lot of things (for CHINA, too) were clearly stated.

possumdag - 07:46am Jun 18, 2001 EST (#5339 of 5339)
Possumdag@excite.com

NATO

Making Modern War Retired General Wesley Clark talks about his new book, Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Future of Combat.
see http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html

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