Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rabbit.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!eagle!allegra!alice!rabbit!jj From: jj@rabbit.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics Subject: Replace MAD with MAF Message-ID: <2221@rabbit.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-Nov-83 11:41:20 EST Article-I.D.: rabbit.2221 Posted: Mon Nov 21 11:41:20 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 23-Nov-83 02:28:35 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 35 With all this talk of the Nuclear Winter going around, I have the following suggestion. 1) Reduce/increase/{whatever is necessary} the amount of ICBM's in hardened silo's to the point that the tonnage of Russian missles required to have a 75% kill ratio is also the tonnage of "russian" missles necessary to bring about 2 times the "nuclear winter". That way, everybody "wins" even if we DON'T shoot back. 2) The "russians", being aware of this, will not shoot unless they want to commit suicide. This has a number of advantages, the "best" being that it will come about regardless of the decision of the leaders of the US to launch on warning, and likewise for the USSR, if they take the same approach. In other words, launch on warning becomes unnecessary. Hmmmm, come to think of it, just set all the ICBM's to go off in their silo's when attacked? That will ensure that winter comes about. Just how well thought out is this winter idea, anyhow? Only half seriously... -- -Diogenes stopped here- (allegra,harpo,ulysses)!rabbit!jj