Re: [CTRL] Need for Missile Defense Is Increasing

2001-07-18 Thread Bill Howard
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 7/17/01 10:56:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The problem is that all it takes is one missile getting through to destroy a city. The 'enemies' would just make more missiles and use some as decoys. Yes, it would be a matter of degree. Do we want one city

Re: [CTRL] Need for Missile Defense Is Increasing

2001-07-18 Thread Bill Howard
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 7/17/01 10:56:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And if my aunt had wheels, she'd be a wagon. You need to work on this with a licensed counselor. This is really serious, thinking that your aunt is a wagon. WOW! My aunt the wagon. Does she know about this

[CTRL] Need for Missile Defense Is Increasing

2001-07-17 Thread Bill Richer
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Need for Missile Defense Is Increasing Capt. G. Russell Evans, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.) Sunday, July 15, 2001 Fortunately, Senate naysayers and media nitpickers are not going to have the last

Re: [CTRL] Need for Missile Defense Is Increasing

2001-07-17 Thread Nessie
-Caveat Lector- People are waking up to our vulnerability to rogue nations with missile capability and a grudge against Uncle Sam – plus a rapidly arming Communist China and some 31 other nations – all with missiles and all with potential for an accidental or grudge launching. This is Maginot

Re: [CTRL] Need for Missile Defense Is Increasing

2001-07-17 Thread Bill Howard
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 7/17/01 6:35:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is Maginot Line thinking. Nobody needs a missile to deliver a nuke or the far more likely CBW. All they need is a suitcase and a drug smuggler's Cessna. What you say here is true, except for the part

Re: [CTRL] Need for Missile Defense Is Increasing

2001-07-17 Thread Steve
-Caveat Lector- On 17 Jul 01, at 21:44, Bill Howard wrote: But what about those nations have missile capablity and want to use it? It is nice to know that we would have the capability to stop at least some of the incoming. The problem is that all it takes is one missile getting through to

Re: [CTRL] Need for Missile Defense Is Increasing

2001-07-17 Thread Nessie
-Caveat Lector- What you say here is true, except for the part about the Maginot Line. If the Germans had respected Belgium's borders, the Maginot line would have worked. And if my aunt had wheels, she'd be a wagon. But what about those nations have missile capablity and want to use it?