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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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rshow55 - 05:02pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15701 of 15733)
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.

2000 posts ago . . On Sept 16th http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.ZvgobL3pSmc.5076822@.f28e622/15391 including a nice pair 13702-3 by fredmoore .

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jorian319 - 05:11pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15702 of 15733)
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

Oh, I totally agree, bluestar - I was trying to put myself into the shoes of any threatening entity I could think of, and just couldn't think of one that would intentionally bring down certain annihilation upon themselves, whether or not we had NMD in place.

bluestar23 - 05:12pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15703 of 15733)

Doctor Strangelove to Russian Ambassador re. Doomsday Machine:

"But why did you hide it away, eh..? The whole concept of the Doomsday Machine is utterly USELESS if you don't tell the World, eh..?"

Dr. Strangelove was right....you see my point...

rshow55 - 05:16pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15704 of 15733)
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.

Fredmoore asked a great question - I tried to produce an interesting answer

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bluestar23 - 05:27pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15705 of 15733)

People who expect counter-proliferation regimes can inhibit nuclear programmes, even of the most dangerous kind, should be taking a long, hard look at the nature of their Iranian Policy now. the Iranians are, in my view, considering themselves so clever (their long civilization gives the Iranian leaders the confidence that they can trick the World, believe me) that they feel they can continue full blast with weapons development of both Bomb and Missile. and continue to hoodwink us.

So for those advocates of counter-proliferation such as Mr. Cooper, what is your plan now..? The European Union deal is fake all the way. So would be the next "deal". The Iranian nuclear plants are well-dispersed, camouflaged, or undergound or supposed benign institutes of research. How to attack...military success of the strike not likely. Diplomacy no go. Economic attacks on the Regime unite the people to the Regime...and don't slow down the atom advances. Looks like the Iranian nut is a very hard one to crack and I don't know what I'd do, but, the Israelis talked about a strike earlier on...it hasn't been ruled out...

bluestar23 - 05:44pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15706 of 15733)

The 64,000 Dollar Question:

Will the world sit back and let the Mad Mullahs build their Bomb...

lchic - 06:42pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15707 of 15733)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

wrt NYT an intellectual power house

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