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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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lunarchick - 03:42am Nov 25, 2002 EST (# 6258 of 6267)

Major Disarmament Conferences During 2002
http://www.dfa.gov.za/events/disarm.htm
http://www.dfa.gov.za/index.html

lunarchick - 03:45am Nov 25, 2002 EST (# 6259 of 6267)

"" Historically, periods of very rapid technological advance combined with old concepts of strategy have always been dangerous.

Missile Defense, Nuclear Disarmament and International Stability
Lessons from the Cold War
Jürgen Scheffran

This article refers to some results of a study by the author completed ten years ago, shortly before the Berlin Wall came down.[1] The analysis is to be re-examined in the context of the current missile defense debate.

http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/ze/ianus/inesap/bulletin17/bul17art16.htm

lunarchick - 03:51am Nov 25, 2002 EST (# 6260 of 6267)

Norway on RU 2000

Norway also puts great emphasis on an active and constructive policy towards Russia. Relations with Russia will be decisive for long-term stability and peace in our part of the world. The main goal is to integrate Russia into European cooperation. This is of great importance not only for our own security, but for Europe as a whole. My aim is to develop a broad-based partnership with Russia.

But Russia’s present situation also makes this a considerable challenge. It is more important than ever to take advantage of the opportunities available for improving relations and cooperation, and to draw Russia into the political and economic developments currently taking place in the rest of Europe.

In this perspective, the cooperation between Russia and NATO is particularly important. I am pleased that we are now back on track in NATO-Russia cooperation. But there is still much to be done, in Kosovo and elsewhere in building peace, and with regard to arms control, the environment and our common goal to prevent proliferation.

http://odin.dep.no/odinarkiv/norsk/dep/ud/2002/eng/index-b-n-a.html

lunarchick - 04:00am Nov 25, 2002 EST (# 6261 of 6267)

tactical nuclear weapons- Letter to Ed nyt http://www.princeton.edu/~jhandler/CV/NYTltr17May02TNWJH.html http://www.princeton.edu/~jhandler/

lunarchick - 04:03am Nov 25, 2002 EST (# 6262 of 6267)

1945-1964 uk Nuclear History Database

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/pro/p-cab129.htm

lunarchick - 04:07am Nov 25, 2002 EST (# 6263 of 6267)

Non-Proliferation Project is an internationally recognized source of information and analysis on weapons of mass destruction. In Washington and Moscow, Carnegie experts conduct an ongoing program of research, analysis, conferences, and comment

http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/npp_home.ASP
http://www.ceip.org/

lunarchick - 04:11am Nov 25, 2002 EST (# 6264 of 6267)

An arms race between missiles, anti-missile systems and space weapons would move the world closer towards annihilation. http://www.mbmd.org/missilefreezepetition.html

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