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Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 2 Nov 1998 21:54:28 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <363e0fa2.9016510@lugnet.com>...
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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.
Local is a very relative term. Local can be a hundred miles away, in terms
of what the Air Force was capable of doing. Actually, they had a lot of
redundant systems, and could launch many missiles from one place if
necessary. They actually had some missiles loaded with electronics that,
once the missile was fired (over our own airspace), it would launch the
rest. Consider that the whole concept of the "football" was that the
president could initiate launches from anywhere, and you begin to wonder if
local has anything to do with it at all.
Jesse
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| (...) I'm not sure if this makes me feel better or worse about America's nuclear capabilities. Technically, it sounds 'cool', assuming it would actually work right under field conditions. But any discussion of making it easier to launch nukes gives (...) (26 years ago, 3-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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