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From: dcn@ihuxl.UUCP (Dave Newkirk)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: More Space Weapons Discussion
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Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 10:36:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  7 10:36:41 1984
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	Any reduction in number of warheads that could reach us seems to
	be a good idea to me.  The other delivery methods the Soviets
	have are a small fraction of their total capability, and there are
	known countermeasures for bombers & subs.  The cruise missiles are
	only dangerous because they are hard to detect, and a recent
	AW&ST articles describes a satellite planned to find and track them.

	As for the gigawatt lasers mentioned before, a few miles of atmosphere
	should provide enough protection against them or particle beam weapons.

	If anyone wishes to continue this discussion, please reply by mail or
	suggest a better newsgroup, such as fa.arms-d.

					Dave Newkirk, ihnp4!ihuxl!dcn