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Missile Defense.(Brief Article)
About half the public told Harris interviewers last summer that they knew the Pentagon was developing a missile defense system; 48 percent did not. Fully 58 percent believe we already have such a system in place. Given low levels of information and knowledge about missile defense, responses to pollsters' questions about such a system need to be interpreted carefully. The data suggest that Americans generally favor building a missile shield, even when told about objections some have raised.
Question: Have you seen, heard, or read anything about the missile defense system which the Pentagon has been developing for testing or not?
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Question: From what you know, do you think ...?
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Question: As far as you know, was the most recent test of whether or not the interceptor rocket could hit an incoming missile ...?
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- Magazine article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Evans, Nicole C. September 1, 2004 700+ words
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- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony August 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Defense Daily Gildea, Kerry August 7, 2001 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Defense Daily September 6, 2001 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: National Review MILLER, JOHN J. October 15, 2001 700+ words
...seeing a quote from America's leading missile- defense critic. "The whole thing is a fraud...Times rewarded his loyal trashing of missile defense with a loving profile. ("As a scientist...everywhere, and liberals who have hated missile defense ever since Ronald Reagan first ...
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- Magazine article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists November 1, 2001 700+ words
MISSILE DEFENSE For Russia, little loss, little gain By Pavel Podvig...reevaluation is the U.S. intention to build a ballistic missile defense to protect its territory. The missile defense system that the United States is planning to build...
- European Missile Defense Sites Expand Deterrence, Obering Says.
- Newspaper article from: Defense Daily International September 21, 2007 700+ words
Emplacing European missile defense sites in Europe would add to...according to the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). "We think...transatlantic cooperation on missile defense, in Washington, D.C. If...
