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From: pur-ee!ts@cb.ecn.purdue.edu (Thomas Ruschak)
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Subject: Re: Thirty Seconds over Tripoli
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Date: 7 Aug 89 01:14:41 GMT
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From: pur-ee!ts@cb.ecn.purdue.edu (Thomas Ruschak)

From: att!dptg!ulysses!smb 
> My suspicion is that the Soviet Air Defense Ministry would not hesitate to 
> fire a nuke over Soviet water, at the very least, and might not worry too 
> hard about a high-altitude (say 55,000 - B-2 cruising altitude?) air-burst
> over the landmass itself.

     I also think that you have to consider this from the point of view of
the Politiburo, who are unlikely to release nuclear warheads to every Ivan,
Evgeny and Pavl SAM officer. Turn it around. If the Russians had such a 
stealth aircraft, do you think they'd give nukes to all the Roland batteries?

                                Thomas Ruschak
                                pur-ee!pc!ts

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