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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?

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lchic - 01:39pm Mar 22, 2003 EST (# 10334 of 10338)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Sapphire

The ancients from the land of Persia believed very strongly that our planet Earth; a rotund ball has its resting place on a giant sapphire. The prized ones among the gemstone Sapphire are deep blue in colour and it was this colour, which led the ancients to believe that vast sky above us its colour.

Benefits of Sapphire :

• It's said to give peace of mind, tranquillity, happiness and spiritual enlightenment

• A ring with a sapphire stone was alleged to bring wisdom and compassion to its owner. When disaster was near, the stone took on a chalky appearance, which lasted until the danger passed.

http://hydepages.com/articles/19_1.html

almarst2003 - 04:13pm Mar 22, 2003 EST (# 10335 of 10338)

Robert,

One of us is terribly wrong.

Talk to you when/if that become clear. At least for me.

almarst2003 - 05:50pm Mar 22, 2003 EST (# 10336 of 10338)

Into a fearful future - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,918829,00.html

"it is certain that the American and British offensive will shape the future not just of Iraq and the Arab world, but of all nations and all peoples now living, all across the globe, whether they are directly engaged in this war or not."

"it is also a moment when the whole world will be reordered, for good or ill, perhaps for our lifetime. None of us is unaffected. All of us will be marked by the blood and battle in the Iraqi desert. "

almarst2003 - 05:52pm Mar 22, 2003 EST (# 10337 of 10338)

Richard Perle - "Thank God for the death of the UN" - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,918812,00.html

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