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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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almarst2003 - 09:24pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15714 of 15733)

"An expensive system that does NOT work for the intended purpose is just foolishness..."

It better not to work... giving the intended purpose as I see it.

cantabb - 09:33pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15715 of 15733)

almarst2003 - 09:24pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15714 of 15714)

It better not to work... giving the intended purpose as I see it.

Can you explain what you mean ?

almarst2003 - 09:38pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15716 of 15733)

cantabb - 09:33pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15715 of 15715)

"Can you explain what you mean ? "

I will have to go back a couple of years of my posts here. Sorry if its not clear enough.

cantabb - 09:46pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15717 of 15733)

almarst2003 - 09:38pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15716 of 15716)

I will have to go back a couple of years of my posts here. Sorry if its not clear enough.

Don't understand why for a simple clarification? We've already seen a lot of re-hash.

You think "It better not to work... giving the intended purpose as I see it" is CLEAR enough ?

bluestar23 - 10:53pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15718 of 15733)

Well, it looks like another nice day on the Forum has ended. I'll see you-all tomorrow, when perhaps Mr. Showalter will have the answer for us that the New York Times has given him...

bbbuck - 10:54pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15719 of 15733)

Alarmist200x is from slovokia.

His grammatical syntax is a couple of points better than wangtang's.

Joan Fontaine's just been attacked by a herd of killer sheep.

Watch out Joan!

fredmoore - 11:50pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15720 of 15733)

Uh .. 'scuse me Mr. BBBenny ..

Can I get your Autograph

and the T-shirt and the bumper sticker

... for me sister ... what a laff.

PS I really liked your killer Sheep

but most of all I liked,

that dumb rooster

from the Cantabbury plains

The barnyards. What a hoot!

cantabb - 12:48am Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15721 of 15733)

fredmoore - 11:50pm Oct 26, 2003 EST (# 15720 of 15720)

.........most of all I liked, that dumb rooster from the Cantabbury plains The barnyards. What a hoot!

Barnyard Freddie

"Irregardless" of his rhyme

Trying to be witty,

a juvenile mime !

lchic - 03:11am Oct 27, 2003 EST (# 15722 of 15733)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Cantabulator ... Alex is saying there's a culture to this board ... you're a newby here ... that's why you're raking the ashes to parse together the dots and the dashes.

What he said was ... Let the NUKES fail - GOOD!

If they succeed the world will be blown to pieces ... if those in control ... aren't whole!

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