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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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klsanford0 - 03:41pm Oct 12, 2003 EST (# 14828 of 14863)

Loopeychic:

"in the end : truth has to be morally forcing : build on truth it's a stong foundation"

"Morally forcing" is ridiculous wording...it means nothing. Can't you at least re-visit your "personal preferences" and figure out how to spell "strong"....it has an "r" in it, you know...

klsanford0 - 03:42pm Oct 12, 2003 EST (# 14829 of 14863)

Thanks for the interesting posts, WRC....

lchic - 03:43pm Oct 12, 2003 EST (# 14830 of 14863)
Truth outs in the end : truth has to be morally forcing : build on truth it's a strong foundation

Other nations may be given cash from the USA to research the matter.

Can someone post a detailed breakdown regarding defense expenditure please.

rshow55 - 03:49pm Oct 12, 2003 EST (# 14831 of 14863)
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.

Apparently we say that Israel's nukes are not a "threat" - and that's an interesting word.

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rshowalter - 02:05pm Feb 17, 2001 EST (#699 of 700) http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md00100s/md697_700b.htm

Lunarchick (Dawn Riley) - searched the dictionary of military terms http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/ under threat , and got 36 entries. Each a http citation, not a clear definiton.

Anybody who thinks we and the Russians communicate clearly, or can predict each other SHOULD LOOK AT THIS and THINK ABOUT IT .........

This is the situation after nearly half a century of negotiation - gross ambiguity, inconventiently packaged, concerning a key word

I hope that, because of increased communication - things are somewhat better now.

lchic - 03:51pm Oct 12, 2003 EST (# 14832 of 14863)
Truth outs in the end : truth has to be morally forcing : build on truth it's a strong foundation

Statistically there's an extremely high probablilty that these three monikers are 'the same' poster.

klsanford0 bluestar23 bbbuck

lchic - 03:53pm Oct 12, 2003 EST (# 14833 of 14863)
Truth outs in the end : truth has to be morally forcing : build on truth it's a strong foundation

That detailed breakdown on defense expenditure seems to be a 'no show' ... it's tax money ... how so?

lchic - 03:56pm Oct 12, 2003 EST (# 14834 of 14863)
Truth outs in the end : truth has to be morally forcing : build on truth it's a strong foundation

Showalter - some time back - you asked for an indication from your former employer (the USA government) that you were employed by them.

And you're still waiting?

I've been watching the way the US works ... it's called 'the leak system' ...

I'm watching for your name to come up

:)

klsanford0 - 04:04pm Oct 12, 2003 EST (# 14835 of 14863)

loopeychic:

"klsanford0 bluestar23 bbbuck"

And we're all really President Bush....you know it's true...

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