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    Quote Originally Posted by BENESSE View Post
    That's nothing to sneeze at.
    Maybe not, but I have one helluva' head cold at the moment. Headache for 2 days and ALL STUFFED UP. Everyone's telling me it's allergies. Maybe. Pollen count is wicked around here right now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken View Post
    Maybe not, but I have one helluva' head cold at the moment. Headache for 2 days and ALL STUFFED UP. Everyone's telling me it's allergies. Maybe. Pollen count is wicked around here right now.
    Same here. It's much worse at night.

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    A point of interest on the numbers indicated in the article. They do not include the number of weapons that our government has been destroying for the Former Soviet Union (FSU). For many years now, our government has been purchasing their old nukes transporting them to the U.S. and destroying them. The FSU is in such a sad economic state that they fear theft and sales of the weapons. In fact there are several storage areas in the FSU that are under the security cognizance of the US Military. The same is true of many of their naval vessels that were nuclear powered. These were literally sinking at the docks due to lack of care . So my point is, the numbers given may be accurate, but there is much more to the story than those numbers . If you have a keen interest in the subject and have some time, go to the online version of the Air Force Times and search the archives and you will see some interesting "bits and pieces" on the subject.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    Remember "Reagans Star Wars" ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strateg...nse_Initiative

    I'll bet its a reality
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    Where do you think you current capabilities were born?
    I think its up and operational , I dont think it ever got scrubbed..?

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    The logic is scary Ken.

    It's a bit like saying we need 5000 more oil tankers, and to be ready to ship them half way around the world to intercept somebody else's oil tankers when we have, and can more cheaply build, far more maneuverable and practical speed boats.

    i certainly agree with the rationale in maintaining a nuclear arsenal, but to a point.
    there are other solutions as well. i know this, because we are a smart enough nation, which spends enough on defense to pursue many of them at once.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    I think its up and operational , I dont think it ever got scrubbed..?
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    Oh - and the day after (might have been the same day) that this was announced, GE and Russia announce a big wind turbine deal. Yep that GE, with Jeff Immelt at the helm - a huuuuuuge campaign contributer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    The purpose of that is to put pressure on the Israelis to not go after Iran's facilities BEFORE they finish a bomb.

    I doubt that Israel is dumb enough to count on this administration for anything.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    I am Talking about the Satellite that uses Laser Beams to shoot enemy ICBM's out of the sky, http://www.atomicarchive.com/History...r/page20.shtml

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    That technology exists.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    That technology exists.
    Yes, Thats what I mean,, Ronald Regan's Star Wars conceived in the 80's, I believe DOES exist even though its said to have been scrapped in its early conception,, In Other words, If Its up there in Space, And can shoot down incoming ICBM's , We are still pretty safe with the whole reduction plan on the ground,,,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    Yes, Thats what I mean,, Ronald Regan's Star Wars conceived in the 80's, I believe DOES exist even though its said to have been scrapped in its early conception,, In Other words, If Its up there in Space, And can shoot down incoming ICBM's , We are still pretty safe with the whole reduction plan on the ground,,,
    No. I said the technology exists, not that the system had been deployed.
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    exactly: those technologies exist, but that is not the same as to say they are 'there yet'.

    we would be equally silly to trust in a technology that is probably not fully developed, much less implemented.
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    Dont forget,, we only know what they Want us to know,, I think we have weapons in space right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    Dont forget,, we only know what they Want us to know,, I think we have weapons in space right now.
    Don't forget.....some of us were involved with testing of new systems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    Don't forget.....some of us were involved with testing of new systems.
    all of them ?

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    Nope.............
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    it's two different things to feel sure that we have greater defensive technologies than are publicly disclosed, and to assume we have a given hypothetical measure in place and trust that assumption.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Case View Post
    Dont forget,, we only know what they Want us to know,, I think we have weapons in space right now.
    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    Don't forget.....some of us were involved with testing of new systems.
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    Of course we have weapons in space.

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