Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!judd From: judd@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Orbital Artillery Message-ID: <5577@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 12:18:37 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.5577 Posted: Thu Mar 1 12:18:37 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 07:39:53 EST References: <16648@sri-arpa.UUCP> <164@ames-lm.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 15 . The old problem arises again. If you ban weapons from space how do you verify compliance?? This is even harder in space since many usefull tools are also weapons (eg. small rocket engines). An uninforcable treaty is rather usless especialy if *you* are willing to play by the rules but the others are not (specificly the SU, a very paranoid lot). Judd Rogers -- Spoken: Judd Rogers Arpa: judd.umcp-cs@CSNet-relay Uucp:...{allegra,seismo}!umcp-cs!judd