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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 - 08:31am Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16102 of 16223)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

No, Nation States will cease (Rotblat) as the belief systems of people move from the local to a more unified global concept of 'boundary'.

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Bluey Rotblat was down in Texas in WWII making the BIG ones used in Japan.

He thought there must be a better way,

(as did the Isreal Army Chief this week - there must be a better way than total repression of Palestinians - as in - Sharon has it wrong!)

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lchic - 08:40am Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16103 of 16223)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/03.08/0819krieger_nuclear-fire.htm

<http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/03.10/1006krieger_911.htm>

<http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/03.07/0722pugwash-statment.htm>

lchic - 08:48am Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16104 of 16223)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

"" The Bush administration, by withdrawing from the ABM Treaty and proceeding with deployment of regional and national missile defenses, has provoked China to further develop its offensive nuclear arsenal in order to maintain a minimally effective deterrent force. China’s plans to further its nuclear program may in turn spark further developments in the South Asia nuclear impasse.

Under the military and nuclear policies of the Bush administration, the United States is leading the world into an even more dangerous era, with the effect of pouring fuel on the nuclear fire. Current Bush administration nuclear policies pose an enormous threat to US and global security. These policies must be reversed and brought into line with US obligations to international non-proliferation and disarmament agreements. Since the Bush administration is unlikely to initiate such change, the challenge to reverse these policies and bring the US into compliance with international commitments lies with the US public and the international community.

--David Krieger is president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (www.wagingpeace.org). His recent books include Choose Hope, Your Role in Waging Peace in the Nuclear Age (Middleway Press, 2002) and Hope in a Dark Time, Reflections on Humanity’s Future (Capra Press, 2003).

© 2002 by Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/03.08/0819krieger_nuclear-fire.htm

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