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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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bluestar23 - 12:44pm Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16120 of 16228)

from above:

North tests a missile, defense ministry says

North Korea test-fired a ground-to-ship missile toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) around noon yesterday, South Korea¡¯s Ministry of National Defense said.

¡°The missile launch is suspected as part of a test to develop modified versions of anti-ship missiles,¡± a senior defense ministry official said. ¡°North Korea¡¯s missile test is part of its annual military activities. They have test-fired missiles multiple times during the first half of this year.¡±

Pyeongyang has imposed a self-moratorium on its long-range missile tests, but conducted short-range missile tests earlier this year. The missile was fired from the North¡¯s northeastern coast, but it was not yet confirmed whether the test was a success or not, the official added.

Officials declined to further identify the type of the missile, but military experts believed that the North tested its Seersucker, a version of the Chinese-built Silkworm. The North already test-fired the 160-kilometer (100-mile) range missiles in February and March this year into the waters off the peninsula¡¯s east coast.

cantabb - 12:57pm Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16121 of 16228)

Seersucker, a version of the Chinese-built Silkworm.

Really ? :)

bluestar23 - 01:16pm Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16122 of 16228)

Well, rshow is gone for now....the forum is more like normal...

bluestar23 - 01:22pm Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16123 of 16228)

On GuardianTalk, lchic is a poet:

"blinked" :

Halloween had been

I blinked

Halloween had gone

I blinked

Waited a whole year to wear a pumkin on my head

lchic - 03:06pm Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16124 of 16228)
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Yeah .... poor me .... fending the rough end of the pineapple on the board with Ghouls while RS is out 'trick-o'-treating' in suburban Chicargo with mini-kinders ....

lchic - 03:11pm Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16125 of 16228)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Sydney Peace Prize 2003 --- Dr Hannan Ashrawi

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lchic - 03:16pm Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16126 of 16228)
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Book : The British nuclear weapons programme 1952-2002 ( a series of essays) ISBN 0714683175

lchic - 03:24pm Nov 1, 2003 EST (# 16127 of 16228)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Back in 1997, the influential German journal Der Spiegel observed that: "Never before in modern history has a country dominated the Earth so totally as the United States does today. America is now the Schwarzenegger of international politics, showing off muscles, obtrusive, intimidating."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,7682854%5E12272,00.html

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