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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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rshow55 - 07:06am Aug 26, 2003 EST (# 13395 of 13402)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

"...As so often on this thread, gisterme , you... by gisterme - Feb 24, 03 (#9262 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10788

"...(I admit that I just lost my temper - and am... by gisterme - Feb 24, 03 (#9271 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10797

rshow55 - 07:36pm Feb 24, 2003 EST (# 9273 of ...)... by gisterme - Feb 26, 03 (#9284 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10818

rshow55 - 10:05pm Feb 24, 2003 EST (# 9274 of ...)... by gisterme - Feb 26, 03 (#9285 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10819

9301-9600 - Feb 26 - March 7 http://www.mrshowalter.net/9301_9600.htm

rshow55 - 07:11pm Feb 26, 2003 EST (# 9314 of ...)... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9313 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10849

mazza9 - 11:44am Feb 26, 2003 EST (# 9302 of ...)... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9314 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10850

lchic - 07:30am Feb 27, 2003 EST (# 9318 of ...)... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9324 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10860

Will - I hope you'll reconsider your decision to... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9325 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10861

lchic - 04:01pm Feb 27, 2003 EST (# 9328 of ...)... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9335 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10871

rshow55 - 04:12pm Feb 27, 2003 EST (# 9332...)... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9339 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10875

lchic - 04:18pm Feb 27, 2003 EST (# 9335 ...)... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9341 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10877

rshow55 - 04:26pm Feb 27, 2003 EST (# 9338 of ...)... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9342 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10878

rshow55 - 04:16pm Feb 27, 2003 EST (# 9332 of ...)... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9343 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10880

Seeking to Deploy Missiles Before Full Testing By... by gisterme - Feb 27, 03 (#9344 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/10881

lchic - 06:41am Mar 2, 2003 EST (# 9404 of ...)... by gisterme - Mar 7, 03 (#9562 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11102

Lou and Fred...here's one: A young lady in... by gisterme - Mar 7, 03 (#9563 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11103

lchic - 05:17pm Mar 6, 2003 EST (# 9532 of ...) ... by gisterme - Mar 7, 03 (#9565 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11105

"...But I believe that the man [President... by gisterme - Mar 7, 03 (#9566 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11106

lchic - 01:28am Mar 7, 2003 EST (# 9565 of ...) ... by gisterme - Mar 7, 03 (#9567 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11107

Robert - Here's another dot to connect WRT French... by gisterme - Mar 7, 03 (#9568 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11108

9600-9900 - March 7-13, 2003 http://www.mrshowalter.net/9601_9900.htm

rshow55 - 04:43pm Mar 7, 2003 EST (# 9595 of ...) ... by gisterme - Mar 8, 03 (#9684 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11225

almarst2003 - 05:15pm Mar 7, 2003 EST (# 9599 of... by gisterme - Mar 8, 03 (#9685 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11226

almarst2003 - 08:32pm Mar 7, 2003 EST (# 9623 of... by gisterme - Mar 8, 03 (#9686 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11227

rshow55 - 05:01pm Mar 8, 2003 EST (# 9669 of ...) ... by gisterme - Mar 8, 03 (#9688 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11229

I heard a commentator on TV today say that "Going... by gisterme - Mar 8, 03 (#9689 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11230

mazza9 - 11:31pm Mar 8, 2003 EST (# 9687 of... by gisterme - Mar 9, 03 (#9690 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.8IXabb4JBgY.5551110@.f28e622/11231

rshow55 - 10:08am Mar 9, 2003 EST (# 9696 of ...)... by gisterme - Mar 9, 03 (#9723 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/

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