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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 - 09:00pm Dec 15, 2002 EST (# 6687 of 6716)

Pakistan

90m people living outside countries of their birth
http://www.dawn.com/2002/12/15/nat20.htm

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Pakistan has to take steps to protect women!

A widowed mother of 7 children was stripped naked and humiliated for hours in Pakistan recently ... by the LANDlord and his ilk. She refused to vote for HIM in an election.

Why don't people have voting privacy?

If a LANDlord behaves in the manner above - then all his LAND should be removed and his victims compensated -- he certainly isn't fit to hold public office!

lunarchick - 09:06pm Dec 15, 2002 EST (# 6688 of 6716)

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Would the people's choice be you, you or you?

Well actually, it's Ben AFFLECK!

Democrats looking for a new VP candidate - look no further ... you have 'Ben' .... and the great thing is, just like Bushy he's made moves on a Latino Woman .... what a potential replacement duo for the White House !

The vogue is for mini-me dolls ... as artists cum cultural icons BenJen may media savvy things to say ... !

lunarchick - 09:19pm Dec 15, 2002 EST (# 6689 of 6716)

MOON

http://www.guardian.co.uk/spacedocumentary/story/0,2763,860813,00.html

lunarchick - 09:23pm Dec 15, 2002 EST (# 6690 of 6716)

MOON

""... Nasa stopped reaching for the moon long ago. To be precise, it gave up the fight after Richard Nixon put a stranglehold on funding for space exploration, rightly judging that an America in recession and at war with Vietnam would scoff at lavishing money on astronauts bouncing about in micro-gravity and nibbling thousand-dollar space snacks. ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/spacedocumentary/story/0,2763,860813,00.html

manjumicha - 09:38pm Dec 15, 2002 EST (# 6691 of 6716)

Btw, mazza, I actually read the link you provided to, supposedly, prove how inadequate NK naval capability is. And the site happen to start with the below quoted disclaimer:

"The North Korean Navy is the most secretive navy in the world. Determining the state of their fleet is exceptionally difficult. This list is built using the best publicly available information, although this information is sketchy, at best. Names, numbers, and bases are not known, and quantities in service are uncertain."

So is this the best support you can provide to discredit my previous postings?

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