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From: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey)
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Subject: Re: ASAT
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Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 20:22:29 EDT
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In article <595@petrus.UUCP> karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) writes:
>I'd like to suggest to the Pentagon that for their next ASAT test (I'm sure
>that they won't consider just one test to be sufficient) they use Ronald
>Reagan as their target. Clearly, HE has outlived HIS usefulness, and HE
>will likely "die of old age" pretty soon anyway. Further, his brain is
>already somewhere in outer space, so they'll save the launching costs
>(but they may have some trouble finding something that small and far away
>on radar).
>
>He's also so good at evading questions at press conferences that it should
>be an excellent test of the ASAT weapon's maneuvering capabilities.

Thank you for that intelligent discussion of Reagan's attributes.  Why don't
you send the Pentagon a letter discussing your plan that will no doubt be
of tremendous value to our strategic initiative.  It's good to see people
on the net present discussions based on careful thought and scientific
method.  Keep up the good work.


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