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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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cantabb - 04:43pm Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15831 of 15842)

rshow55 - 04:27pm Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15828 of 15830)

Your paranoia run wild ... Same poster ID obsession !

Cantabb , will you deny again, for the record, as you have before, that you work for The New York Times ?

Asked and answered !

Not a "nondenial denial" - a real repetition of your previous statement that you don't work for The New York Times.

Asked and answered !

[Repetitious like reposting the same links over and over, isn't it ?]

If some who make references indicating that they are NYT staffers actually are - questions of abuse of power make sense to consider. " What did he know, and when did he know it?" and " What did he say, and when did he say it? are good questions - that apply to me, to Nixon, and to other people as well. Assessing Watergate 30 Years Later By RICHARD REEVES

Suggestion: "News and the culture of lying" is an interesting search - that links to a lot of discussions, going way back - that become particularly interesting if any of several posters on this thread are NYT reporters or corporate officers.

Makes NO sense ! No relevance. Did you tell this to Sulzberger (NYT) ?

Cantabb , will you deny again, for the record, as you have before, that you work for The New York Times ?

Asked and answered. [What it is in these three simple words that you don't understand ?]

rshow55 - 04:31pm Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15829 of 15830)

I think that there is a public interest in getting that clear. The New York Time expects trust - and has something it prints regularly and asks people to remember. " All the news that's fit to print." If the standard of performance on show here is the standard of the people who decide what's "fit to print" - that's a matter of importance. The New York Times very often spends a lot of time telling other people to behave decently. It should set an example - and not a bad one.

What's that got to do with you or your personal situation ?

Anything on MD ?

bluestar23 - 04:46pm Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15832 of 15842)

"The link also included prominent links to the Union of Concerned Scientists and the critical report "Pushing the Limit". Therefore, I am surprised you liked it so much. Basically, it was not a pro-NMD site."

I didn't see the link to the UCS, but the site contains the most information that you'd need to know to understand the basics of the MD in a well-laid-out format...

bluestar23 - 04:52pm Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15833 of 15842)

Space and Missile Defense Command:

SMDC MISSION

As the Army Service Component Command to the U.S. Strategic Command, SMDC will see an increase in responsibilities from its current three mission areas - commanding and controlling Army space forces, integrated missile defense and computer network operations - to five mission areas. The new mission areas are global in nature and include global strike, space operations, integrated missile defense, strategic information operations, with Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) as the enabler.

bluestar23 - 04:53pm Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15834 of 15842)

http://www.smdc.army.mil/

The link...

jorian319 - 05:37pm Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15835 of 15842)
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

Jorian , will you deny again, for the record, as you have before, that you work for The New York Times ?

Sure.

I do not work for, have no affiliation with and no obligation to The New York Times.

Will that suffice? ***sheesh!*** You didn't believe me the first time - what's different?

I've been tempted to find a pay phone and call your a$$ up and give you a lecture you'd not soon forget, with the above information featuring prominently in the subject matter. If I can remember to do so when I'm on the road somewhere far from home, it may happen yet.

Meanwhile, I still do no know what SPECIFIC problem is begging for solutions that are themselves problems... no wonder you can't solve the problem.

bluestar23 - 05:41pm Oct 28, 2003 EST (# 15836 of 15842)

Cantabb:

Why don't you just be nice and do what Jorian did for some peace and quiet ....

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