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Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here?
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Sun, 1 Nov 1998 23:17:01 GMT
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Aren't missile silos underground to protect them from attack? So an
ICBM might not even do much damage to the underground compound, right?
Jeff
Mike Stanley wrote:
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> Matt Marshall <Matt@rapturesoft.hypermart.net> wrote:
> > 1)The Russians first wave was targeted at the Silos not at the prez because
> > he would be long gone and they knew that
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> So you're not saying that they couldn't have nailed us, you're just
> saying that they could have only nailed missile silos. I guess you'd
> consider any number of nuclear explosions over missile silos and the
> damage that would cause to the surrounding areas unimportant?
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| Jeff Stembel wrote in message <363CEBED.B9E133F9@aol.com>... (...) A ground impact would destroy it, if it landed close enough. Not all atomic weapons are programmed to be air bursts. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) My understanding (consider me the opposite of an expert) is that the silos require local human initiation of launches. So an attack doesn't have to destroy the missile in the silo, it just has to cook the operators in the bunker. Seems like if (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) So you're not saying that they couldn't have nailed us, you're just saying that they could have only nailed missile silos. I guess you'd consider any number of nuclear explosions over missile silos and the damage that would cause to the (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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