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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 - 02:24pm Sep 18, 2002 EST (# 4381 of 4385)

MiddleEast in the making "" As the most powerful leader in the Islamic world, the conqueror of Constantinople, and a great general, Mehmet's personal position was unassailable.... Opposing Mehmet meant opposing the Sword of Islam. http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/ottoman/rulers.htm

wrcooper - 02:29pm Sep 18, 2002 EST (# 4382 of 4385)

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lchic - 02:33pm Sep 18, 2002 EST (# 4383 of 4385)

Rumsfeld heckled at Congress meeting

""As I listened to those comments, it struck me what a wonderful thing free speech is," Mr Rumsfeld observed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,794460,00.html

More Free Speech for the USA ?!

lchic - 03:39pm Sep 18, 2002 EST (# 4384 of 4385)

Think-think http://faculty.washington.edu/wcalvin/bk8/img/levels.jpg

bbbuck - 03:48pm Sep 18, 2002 EST (# 4385 of 4385)
Trivia Question What was Sonia Darrin referring to when she asked ..'What do those look like, grapefruit?'

What would we do without l(ooney)chic?

to wrcooper:
yes they spent billions on the CIA and have nothing to show for it. (Well unless you call installing and proping up puppet governments something).
It's doubtful any research money or current program will help us stop an idiot from nuking us.
But it gives them something to talk about instead of the failures of our 'espionage' agencies.

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