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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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almarst2002 - 11:19pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6451 of 6462)

For some from the former USSR, you may remember the infamous question to "Armenian Radio" - "Will there be a war?" and the answer was "No. But no stone will survive a fight for the Peace"

almarst2002 - 11:21pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6452 of 6462)

mazza9 12/10/02 10:53pm

You forgot to mention those Scads where capable opf reaching the US from Yemen.

Pathetic?

lunarchick - 12:02am Dec 11, 2002 EST (# 6453 of 6462)

World Government urgently required

'We're on the Eve of Destruction'

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From 'The Economist'

"" DESPITE the patience which the administration of George Bush maintains it is showing towards Iraq, America has moved swiftly to take charge of analysing and distributing copies of Saddam Hussein’s declaration of facilities that could be used to make weapons of mass destruction. This has angered some members of the United Nations Security Council, in particular the only Arab representative, Syria. The original idea was that the UN would keep the documents under wraps until sensitive information which could be used to help build weapons of mass destruction was deleted. That could have taken a week or more.

America saw no reason to wait. It persuaded the four other permanent members of the Security Council—Britain, China, France and Russia—to insist on seeing the documents immediately. ... ""

http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1489078

lunarchick - 10:50am Dec 11, 2002 EST (# 6454 of 6462)

<sup>BASQUEing in PAELLA
Spain stopped
the Yemen Fella
Who's hopping mad
- well just a tad
So full of scud
and concrete - just
desserts?</sup>

lchic2002
http://www.yementimes.com/

mazza9 - 11:27am Dec 11, 2002 EST (# 6455 of 6462)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Yemen is the home of Al Quida and a tribal system of law and rulers which is right out of the 12th Century, (sorry 12th Century!). This was a pre boost phase interdiction which is the best type of defense.

Let'm have the cement. Place the Scuds next to the spent shuttle external tanks which are at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

Say to Yemen, "You want them go get them!"

almarst2002 - 11:33am Dec 11, 2002 EST (# 6456 of 6462)

"a classified version of the strategy, reported in The Washington Post, goes even further: it breaks with 50 years of American counter-proliferation efforts by authorising pre-emptive strikes on states and terrorist groups that are close to acquiring weapons of mass destruction, or the long-range missiles capable of delivering them. The policy aims to prevent the transfer of weapons components, or to destroy them before they can be assembled." - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/11/1039379885382.html

almarst2002 - 11:36am Dec 11, 2002 EST (# 6457 of 6462)

mazza9 12/11/02 11:27am

Nice speech.

Too bad it is delivered here instead of before your grand children.

Or do you confuse other nations with your grand-children?

almarst2002 - 11:40am Dec 11, 2002 EST (# 6458 of 6462)

Angelika Beer said allowing US forces to use German airspace or bases in Germany would be a violation of the constitution, unless the war had the blessing of the UN. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,857773,00.html

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