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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 - 07:24pm Nov 8, 2003 EST (# 16954 of 16986)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Turkey has decided not to send peacekeeping troops to Iraq, government officials have said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3250933.stm

lchic - 07:26pm Nov 8, 2003 EST (# 16955 of 16986)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Iraq -- the problem for the Americans is that they cannot make themselves invulnerable http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3250081.stm

MD not much help here

lchic - 07:34pm Nov 8, 2003 EST (# 16956 of 16986)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

The long history of missile defense - star wars

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/woodhead-star-wars.shtml

lchic - 07:36pm Nov 8, 2003 EST (# 16957 of 16986)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/star-wars-dreams.shtml

lchic - 07:38pm Nov 8, 2003 EST (# 16958 of 16986)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Star Wars - how it 'might' work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/americas/2001/us_missile_defence/default.stm

lchic - 07:40pm Nov 8, 2003 EST (# 16959 of 16986)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

slides 4 and 5 above are problematic - right ?

lchic - 07:43pm Nov 8, 2003 EST (# 16960 of 16986)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Q & A http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/696028.stm

jorian319 - 07:43pm Nov 8, 2003 EST (# 16961 of 16986)

Question: lchick, why couldn't you put all that into one post, like rottenburger does?

lchic - 07:51pm Nov 8, 2003 EST (# 16962 of 16986)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

"Are your days unnumbered?

Is your December really yours?

Was your laughter even once

As clear as water?"

He writes the songs the whole (of his) world sings

http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2003/11/06/003.html

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