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Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 3 Nov 1998 12:59:38 GMT
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Once upon a time, "Jesse Long" <LongJR97@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
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 me the willies.
BTW, I notice the past tense in your description. Are you saying that
these capabilities no longer exist?
Steve
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 | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here?
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| Steve Bliss wrote in message <363efd9e.2257101@lu...et.com>... (...) To the best of my knowledge they decommissioned the auto-launch missile right before they declassified it (about five years ago), so it's not in use anymore. As for the rest of the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here?
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| Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote (...) Was it just "war games" or didn't they have a sub 50% launch rate from manned sites in trials? Like, half the time the boys would choose not to set the thing off? So there was some incentive to have (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Non-"Leading Brand"s here?
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| Steve Bliss wrote in message <363e0fa2.9016510@lu...et.com>... (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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