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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 - 05:16pm Sep 16, 2001 EST (#9197 of 9204)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

Bush Aides Say Attacks Don't Recast Shield Debate by PATRICK E. TYLER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/international/europe/12MISS.html A top Pentagon official said President Bush's missile defense shield could not prevent the kind of assaults that occurred on Tuesday.

Russian Aide Emphasizes Opposition to ABM Plan by PATRICK E. TYLER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/international/europe/11RUSS.html Defense Minister Sergei B. Ivanov expressed Moscow's resolve to oppose America's missile defense plans.

Europeans Pledge to Mount a Joint Battle on Terrorism http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/international/europe/11CND-WORLD.html European governments expressed solidarity with the U.S. as a democratic ally under attack.

Biden Gives a Tough Critique of Missile Shield http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/international/11DEMS.html Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. said that plans for missile defense sacrifice national security for the sake of a "theological" belief — and that the effort to make such a system work would cost astronomical amounts of money.

World Briefing http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/international/11BRIE.html?searchpv=past7days ASIA/PACIFIC.

Thousands Feared Dead as World Trade Center Is Toppled By JAMES BARRON http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/national/11WIRE-PLAN.html In coordinated attacks, unknown terrorists crashed hijacked jetliners into both towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Iraq Says Spy Plane Downed; U.S. Craft Loses Contact By REUTERS http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iraq-usa-plane.html BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said Tuesday its air defenses had shot down a U.S. reconnaissance plane.

Jimmy That `Lockbox' By WILLIAM SAFIRE http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/opinion/10SAFI.html In the fog of economic war, one incontrovertible truth is clear: the budget projections of Congress and the White House will

The Bush Merry-Go-Round http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/08/opinion/08SAT3.html Washington is aflutter with speculation about the rising and falling fortunes of President Bush's quartet of top national sec

Senate Committee Cuts Money From Missile Defense Plan By THOM SHANKER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/08/politics/08MILI.html The Senate Armed Services Committee cut $1.3 billion from President Bush's proposal for missile defense today and adopted language requiring any test that would violate the Antiballistic Missile Treaty to gain Congressional approval.

rshowalter - 05:19pm Sep 16, 2001 EST (#9198 of 9204)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Previous discussions, for continuity:

MD9187 almarst-2001 9/16/01 4:05pm

MD9188 almarst-2001 9/16/01 4:08pm

MD9189 almarst-2001 9/16/01 4:14pm

MD9190-9191 rshowalter 9/16/01 4:51pm

lunarchick - 05:29pm Sep 16, 2001 EST (#9199 of 9204)
lunarchick@www.com

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lunarchick - 05:39pm Sep 16, 2001 EST (#9200 of 9204)
lunarchick@www.com

President CraWfud, dressed in shooting jacket, is looking excited!

"Daddy this is war" he says ... thinking 'Gee if only i had a photograph of young W actually attending the corps i supposedly enrolled in'

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