From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.politics
Title: Re: MX decision
Article-I.D.: alice.1200
Posted: Fri Nov 26 20:15:02 1982
Received: Sat Nov 27 02:55:07 1982
References: ixlpc.134

The idea behind the dense pack decision is this:  To destroy
all the missiles, the enemy would have to launch multiple
missiles of their own.  Since they would be aimed so close
together, they would blow each other up (or so the theory
states; I am unsure exactly what the reason is behind it)
before they hit.  Of course, not all would be blown up beforehand,
and some would hit the silos, so it's not foolproof.  But
since the enemy has the missiles and has to launch them
anyway, doesn't it make better sense to lose a few missiles
rather than all of them and also have the main area of
destruction in one relatively small place rather than all
around the country?