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From: smeier@ihuxt.UUCP (S. Meier)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame
Subject: Re: Hart scares me to death!!
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Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 16:39:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  5 16:39:16 1984
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>When the B-52 G/H models that we are currently using wear out (they are
>literally falling apart right now) what are we going to use as the
>Airborn leg of our Nuclear defense (that's another thing that we have
>to thank the Democrats for, MAD)  and what are we going to do about the
>fact that the MM3 Missiles are also nearing the end of their usefull
>lives?

Do nuclear weapons have any ``useful'' lives at all?  As long as the
enemy believes that such a weapon can be used, the weapon is serving its
purpose.  If we ever reach the point of actually having to launch such a
weapon, it is already too late for it to accomplish any useful goal
(unless you think revenge is useful).  So why not just make do with our
not-so-useful MM3s, as long as we can make *them* think that the
missiles just might still work?

Just a thought.
Steve Meier                     ihnp4!ihuxt!smeier