Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/7/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!medin From: medin@ucbvax.ARPA (Milo Medin) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Politics, morals and nukes Message-ID: <2534@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Sun, 14-Oct-84 18:49:53 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.2534 Posted: Sun Oct 14 18:49:53 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 03:46:49 EDT References: <394@wucs.UUCP> <90@whuxk.UUCP> <2730@ucbcad.UUCP> <284@whuxl.UUCP> <2522@ucbvax.ARPA> <2740@ucbcad.UUCP> <2529@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 20 Steve, you have fallen into a common trap. That is of assuming that Soviet society and economy is similar to ours. As I said before, the US, if hit in a countervalue strike, would probably lose 90-94% of our population, because we are so urbanized. Our economy would be totally destroyed, all forms of transport from farms (some which would be intact) would be wiped out. All major financial institutions destroyed, and most communications shattered. For the US, we would cease to exist as a national entity. I dont claim the US could survive a Soviet countervalue strike. The question is if the USSR could,survive the US retaliatory strike and here I believe it has a good chance of doing so. I guess I am saying that for the US, a nuclear war is unwinnable unless we could prevent such a strike, which would be a very difficult thing to do indeed. Milo