From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!gwyn.BRL-VLD@BRL Newsgroups: net.physics Title: Re: Warhead Question? - (nf) Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4874 Posted: Fri Dec 17 01:20:51 1982 Received: Wed Dec 22 00:36:09 1982 From: Doug Gwyn It is ridiculous to argue that a few hundred megatons of nuclear weaponry could destroy either the US or the USSR. The "as we know them" qualifier is vague; certainly a major war would change the countries "as we know them" but then so does runaway inflation, etc. An excellent coverage of the subject of nuclear arms was given in "The Intellectual Activist", a newsletter with relatively small circulation. You can obtain the two issues "Vol. III Nr. 1" and "Vol. III Nr. 2" at $2.50 each from The Intellectual Activist, 131 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003. [This information is provided just to be helpful. No endorsement by the Army is implied.] One refreshing aspect of these two articles is an analysis of what the "nuclear freeze" movement's motivations are; there are also several seldom-heard counterarguments spelled out in detail.