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    Missile Defense

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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rshow55 - 10:55pm Oct 19, 2002 EST (# 5072 of 5081) Delete Message
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/350 includes this:

Lchic and I have been proceeding with our work on the NYT MD forum on the assumption (or fiction) that it is monitored by staffed organizations - and I'm posting this selection of links on the basis of that assumption. (for details, click rshow55 ). At a time when basic patterns of international law are being renegotiated, the discourse may be of interest to specialists - and the channel it represents may be of international use. If we're proceeding on the basis of a fiction, it is a fiction that may protype patterns that are not fictional at some later time.

Recalling efforts by many high status people in 2000 - efforts that have gone before, and reasons our NYT- MD thread effort was undertaken - concentrating on a new approach 4490-95 rshow55 9/23/02 8:10pm

4501 rshow55 9/24/02 10:46am I often ask what I ought to do - how I can do my duty - in ways that Bill Casey would approve of - placed as I am, knowing what I know, with the skills I have, and concerned as I am that the United States government is making serious mistakes, recklessly endangering the security and the prosperity of this nation - and imposing grave risks and costs on the world, as well.

I have a duty to warn 4508-11 rshow55 9/24/02 12:00pm

technical and moral issues: 4516 lchic 9/24/02 10:23pm

A key point about stability, and a story connected to Nash's background, mine, and Psychwar, Casablanca . . . and terror 4530-4531 rshow55 9/25/02 4:06pm

. . .

Well, if staffed organizations haven't paid any attention - we've guessed wrong.

But if we've guessed wrong - - what are mercenaries like you doing here? rshow55 10/19/02 10:26pm

Johnson, you can post as much filler as you want - -and it may distract casual readers - - but staff people won't be distracted.

And if there are no staff people - - well, I've just guessed wrong. Folks do that sort of thing.

out.

bbbuck - 10:58pm Oct 19, 2002 EST (# 5073 of 5081)
'The scoops are on the way'....

Go back to the guardian clown.

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