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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 - 07:54am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15867 of 15884)

fredmoore - 07:48am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15866 of 15866)

YAWN

Bsrnyard time !

I suppose he can't help it. Sad really.

YOU can't help it: can't get out of the barnyard/schoolyard, can't get out of the hole you dug for yourself, can't make poor rationalizations work (as with Mme Lafarge/Defarge).

"Sad really" : Pathetic as it can get!

cantabb - 07:56am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15868 of 15884)

Want another shovel, Fred !

fredmoore - 08:00am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15869 of 15884)

Wnat to go for the 20,000 post milestone before Xmas?

Bwa ha ha !

Welcome to my schoolyard! You may end up KFC!

cantabb - 08:14am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15870 of 15884)

fredmoore - 08:00am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15869 of 15869)

Wnat to go for the 20,000 post milestone before Xmas?

Up to you, IF you can work yourself out of the hole !

Others have been doing already for most of the 25,000 so far !

Bwa ha ha !

Calling Uncle !

Welcome to my schoolyard! You may end up KFC!

Thanks, No thanks. You look pretty good there by yourself.

Want another shovel ?

bluestar23 - 09:19am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15871 of 15884)

DELHI, Oct. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- The tests of the 3000 km range surface to surface missile, Agni III, have been delayed till January next year, according to India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Chief Dr. V. K. Atre.

¡¡¡¡"The preparations are in full swing, but the tests would be carried out early next year" he told newsmen here Wednesday.

¡¡¡¡Though the Government had given no time frame for carrying out the tests of the intermediate range ballistic missiles, the Defence Minister George Fernandes had indicated that it would be done by the end of this year.

¡¡¡¡Affirming that the process of induction of the 700-km shorter range Agni I and 1,500 to 2,000 km range Agni II had begun, Atre said full user trials of the surface to surface Akash missiles would be carried out by the yearend.

¡¡¡¡He also indicated that after user trials of the Akash, DRDO wasplanning to revive the shelved surface to surface multi-target capable Trishul missile.

¡¡¡¡The DRDO has carried out a series of Trishul tests recently, with defense scientists saying that though the missile had been put on backburner, some critical sub-systems were being tested. Enditem

bluestar23 - 09:21am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15872 of 15884)

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=X&oi=news&start=0&num=1&q=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-10/29/content_1149993.htm

the link..

bluestar23 - 09:24am Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15873 of 15884)

No missile defense for Canadian reactors

OTTAWA, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Canada's Nuclear Safety Commission has reportedly rejected a plan to defend nuclear facilities with surface-to-air missile systems.

The Ottawa Citizen said the commission considered the option after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but it was not included in proposed new security regulations published Monday.

Instead, regulations will force operators of two nuclear facilities near Toronto to increase the number of armed guards at reactor sites and construct buildings to house the nuclear response force.

Commission spokesman Michel Cleroux said there was concern mistakes could be made, and a non-threatening aircraft might be shot down.

Said Cleroux: "Planes fly all the time over (the facilities). It's a major air route ... so it's not a very practical or workable solution."

Cleroux said a proposed no-fly zone was also considered unworkable. Instead, planes are required to fly at least 1,000 feet above a facility.

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