Because of the damage that a single nuclear weapon can do, an overlapping defense capability is required against a nuclear attack.

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While some of these weapon and sensor systems like the Electromagnetic Railgun or the Free Electron Laser are at least a decade away, the Laser Weapon System and Air and Missile Defense Radar systems are almost ready for prime time deployment today.

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But Surayudh has a secret weapon - the country's first civilian defense minister, PM Chuan Leekpai himself ( see interview).

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This kind of LEMP weapon could be theoretically deployed as an air defense system to neutralize conventional (IR guided or radar guided) missiles, but could also be used to neutralize UAVs, which are dependent on electronic systems.

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Speaking at Israel's most high profile strategic conference, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz warned Iran against pursuing a nuclear weapon.

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Blank-check preferred is usually used as a takeover defense and hedge-fund managers typically want to take this weapon away.

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For a brief period after the Gulf War, the legions of defense critics who have long maintained that U.S. weapon systems would not work were shamed into silence.

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But as the 1990s wore on and Pentagon weapon spending showed no sign of recovery, GM executives in Detroit became less enchanted with their sprawling defense business.

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Just last month, the Defense Department reported on the critical role played by this and other semiconductor technologies in present and future weapon systems.

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