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jody

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Tue Jan-24-06 11:10 AM
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18. IMO we do need a missile defense program however the technology is

Edited on Tue Jan-24-06 11:12 AM by jody

not available to field one at this time. It's possible only directed energy weapons will be effective against ICBMs and it appears countermeasures can thwart our still primitive directed energy weapons.

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"Directed Energy Weapons" by the Federation of American Scientists.

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