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From: baba@spar.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Star Wars -> Nuclear war
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 20:38:59 EST
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> What I was saying is that shooting down cruise missiles is no big deal,
> all you need to do is beef up the air defense system with SAM's (we
> have none now) and the interceptor wings (we have about 300 planes in
> noth america, mostly ancient).  We used to have a large system,
> but ICBM's came along....  In short, its not a hard problem...
> 
> 
> 					Milo

The Soviets (as I'm sure you know) have maintained massive air defense
systems.  It must be pretty stupid for the US to invest in cruise 
missiles.

					Baba