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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
- 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.
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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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