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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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rshow55 - 06:48pm Feb 2, 2003 EST (# 8501 of 8536)
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://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@167.abnJaYcKQY8^4031938@.f28e622/4270

2764 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@167.abnJaYcKQY8^4031938@.f28e622/3445

Scott Turow would be an ideal lawyer to solve some problems for me - in ways that might serve the public interest. http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@93.P1r0aocp0Ie^675418@.f28e622/9267

My guess is that he'd be a hard man to fool.

Rick Bragg would be hard to fool, too. 4581 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@93.cihBa3JK2TS.555141@.f28e622/5785

lchic - 09:44pm Feb 2, 2003 EST (# 8502 of 8536)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

OIL PRICE

"" 'A war could drive crude oil prices up by an additional $10-$15, or 30 to 50 per cent [to $46],' says Goldman's report

http://www.observer.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,886866,00.html

a rapid drop in prices as soon as US air strikes on Iraq began in 1991. But Goldman points out that there is less excess production capacity now, and that the market is overconfident in the capacity of strategic reserves to bring oil prices down. Use of strategic reserves may dampen near-term prices but will 'prolong price pressures', says the report.

Low global oil stocks and reduced exports from strike-torn Venezuela have boosted prices by more than 30 per cent since late November. ""

see || GU Business special: the economics of war

02.02.2003: War 'would mean biggest oil shock ever' 02.02.2003: What happens when markets go to war? 02.02.2003: Economy: The high price of toppling Saddam 02.02.2003: Savers: Don't panic - take cover 02.02.2003: Forecasters: Recovery 'could take two decades' 02.02.2003: Vincent Cable: The economic consequences of war

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