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From: g-hollin@rocky.cs.wisc.edu.CS.WISC.EDU (Jeff Hollingsworth)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Secondary launch systems
Message-ID: <6332@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 27 Sep 88 14:34:02 GMT
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Reply-To: hollings@rocky.CS.WISC.EDU (Jeff Hollingsworth)
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In article <364@asuvax.UUCP> system@asuvax.UUCP (Marc Lesure) writes:
>With the recent passage of the INF tready, I was wondering if it would be
>possible to destroy the warheads and recycle the delivery systems to be
>used as a low level satellite launch system?  I don't know the details of

Good idea, except the conditions of the INF tready call for the dectruction
of the delivery systems, NOT the missiles.  Each side can do anything they
want with the warheads!  Also the onsite inspection involves inspecting
the plants to make sure both sides are not building new rockets of the same
class.  So we can't even reuse the technology.

Jeff Hollingsworth
hollings@rocky.CS.WISC.EDU