From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!ucbvax!C70:arms-d Newsgroups: fa.arms-d Title: Arms-Discussion Digest V0 #151 Article-I.D.: ucb.1638 Posted: Fri Jul 30 02:34:29 1982 Received: Sat Jul 31 06:22:13 1982 >From HGA@MIT-MC Fri Jul 30 01:58:49 1982 Arms-Discussion Digest Volume 0 : Issue 151 Today's Topics: Effects of Nuclear War ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 29 Jul 1982 1142-PDT From: Paul DietzSubject: Re: Effects of Nuclear War / claimed refutation of Caldicott Your [REM's] argument about launching all the missiles at once is nonsense. First, such coordination is nearly impossible. Second, to have a high chance of killing a silo the russians must launch at least *two* warheads at it. There must be a considerable interval between these warheads. ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jul 1982 1223-PDT From: Paul Dietz Subject: Re: Effects of Nuclear War When Clayton refered to modern cities having little to burn, he probably meant in comparison to older cities that have a lot more wood. The reason people die in a hotel fire is not because there is a lot of flammable material, but because the smoke produced by plastic contains toxic chemicals like cyanide and phosgene. ------------------------------ End of Arms-D Digest ********************