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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
- 11:55pm Nov 9, 2003 EST (#
17057 of 17083)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has
to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
Bluey - 2%+ of the UK population died in WWI ... and that
percentage for the most part fell within the slot of young
adults ... creating a statistical imbalance in the population
- leaving many women eternally 'single'. A large-family of
siblings aged between 14 and 28 at the beginning of the war,
and 18 and 32 at the end ... would find the numbers of males
depleted - if called to war service.
Trace it through the National demographics.
bluestar23
- 11:57pm Nov 9, 2003 EST (#
17058 of 17083)
Missile Defense Agency Booster Rocket Program
The Department of Defense announced today (Nov. 7) the
results of an assessement of two separate manufacturing
process-related accidents in August and September 2003 at
Pratt & Whitney’s missile propellant mixing facility in
San Jose, Calif. These incidents affected three key components
of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) missile defense
development effort, as well as other DoD programs. MDA is
currently finalizing its evaluation of potential impacts to
the overall missile defense development program, but for the
near-term, the program most affected is a booster rocket for
the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the
Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).
bluestar23
- 11:58pm Nov 9, 2003 EST (#
17059 of 17083)
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2003/nr20031107-0626.html
The link....
bluestar23
- 12:00am Nov 10, 2003 EST (#
17060 of 17083)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20031108a8.htm
Japan's new MD snafus....
bluestar23
- 12:02am Nov 10, 2003 EST (#
17061 of 17083)
From the above article:
By NAO SHIMOYACHI
Staff writer
Preoccupation with the Iraq issue, the Diet election and a
lack of consensus within the Defense Agency are delaying the
process for formal government approval of the missile defense
system. In late August, the agency said it would seek 142.3
billion yen for a missile defense system in its fiscal 2004
budget request. Agency officials promised, however, that a
series of National Security Council meetings would be held
before the request is formally adopted.
But there is no indication that these meetings will be held
anytime soon, and the yearend deadline for the government to
finalize the draft budget for the next fiscal year is fast
approaching.
bluestar23
- 12:09am Nov 10, 2003 EST (#
17062 of 17083)
"seek 142.3 billion yen for a missile defense system in its
fiscal 2004"
Which bears out my much earlier point about the
"internationalization" of Missile Defense.....Bush's critics
can complain all they want; it won't change that the world,
everyone under threat who can afford it, is seeking some kind
of Missile Defense, and spending vast sums to get it...
lchic
- 12:13am Nov 10, 2003 EST (#
17063 of 17083)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has
to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
WAR DEAD - debate Uk - current - demands that the dead be
shown - dead
War Dead - debate USA
bluestar23
- 12:13am Nov 10, 2003 EST (#
17064 of 17083)
My major complaint about Bush's arms policy critics is that
they seem stuck in the Cold War mentality, MAD and all that,
when back then, they said MAD, etc., was exactly what they
were trying to get away from...you can't have it both
ways....attempts at non-proliferation have proven impossible
to enforce....
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