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 [F] New York Times on the Web Forums  / Science  /

    Missile Defense

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 - 10:24pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15376 of 15389)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Directions:

Decide which of you will be the target missile and which will be the interceptor.

--The person who is the target missile throws her or his ball into the air in an arch (as if it is a missile following the curve of the Earth) toward the other person with the interceptor ball.

--The person with the interceptor ball then needs to try and hit the target ball with the interceptor ball, knocking it away before the target ball is able to hit him or her.

--The person throwing the target ball may throw more than one target ball, additional objects such as confetti, or may throw objects directly at the head of the person throwing the interceptor ball to throw off his aim.

--You can practice as many times as you want with other people, but you can only play the real game once, and only with a person and a ball you have never practiced with before.

http://www.muskratnews.com/nmd.html (see illustrations)

jorian319 - 10:26pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15377 of 15389)
The earth spin rate is slowing 2 msc/day as evidenced by the additon of a leap second every 500 days - James "I failed math" Nienhuis

I'm looking for a reasonable way that I can leave this thread without having been mangled.

The thread title is Missile Defense, not Dismissal Defense, rs.

I don't think it's reasonable for you to be mangled. Only you know why you say what you say. You can bow out gracefully at your own whim.

lchic - 10:33pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15378 of 15389)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

'Spun dry'

'mangled'

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