Israel's Defense Ministry was said to have censored the lectures of scientists on missile defense. Industry sources said a major conference controlled by the Defense Ministry rejected the lectures of at least three scientists deemed critical of Israeli policy. The three had presented papers critical of the ministry's missile defense policy, particularly its refusal to develop laser-based interceptors. "The defense establishment has in recent years adopted a policy of censoring scientific and technological facts that everyone already knows, along with disseminating selective information about the missile defense systems," said Oded Amichai, a former scientist at the state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense...