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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: MX Missile Vote
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Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 08:58:20 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 22 08:58:20 1985
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> 
> I wonder which arms "balance" he could be referring to.  Is it the
> 7,000 ICBM warheads the USSR ADMITS to having compared to the 2,000
> we will have IF all 100 MX missisles are deployed?  Or could it be the
> hundreds of Soviet IRBM warheads in Europe compared to our few recently
> installed Cruise/Pershing missiles?  For the last three years, every
> Soviet leader has claimed a "balance" exists while they have been
> deploying new IRBMs at a rate of about one per week.  It has been 
> claimed that a lie repeated often enough will be believed.  Apparently
> Mr. Sevener and those of his ilk are the proof.  Fortunately for the
> USA, these dupes are a minority.
>  

I do not have the tables at hand to dispute your contention that the
Soviets have 7,000 ICBM warheads to our 2,000 ICBM warheads.
However I do know that in fact the missiles currently being deployed
in Europe are partially in addition to and partially substitutes
for weapons we already have deployed in Europe.  In fact for
some time we have had approximately 5,000 nuclear warheads in Europe.
If you wish to confirm these figures if you don't believe me, why
don't you call your own Department of Defense and ask them?
You might also like to read "Deadly Gambits" by Strobe Talbott of
Time magazine which talks extensively about the whole issue of the
deployment of *new* and *additional* weapons in Europe.
There is another publication, "Arsenal of Democracy" which catalogs
every major American weapon system.
Please check your facts before calling anyone a "dupe".
OK?
Would you do me a favor and check out these facts on your own?
"Deadly Gambits" is in every bookstore.  Simply browse through it
and confirm what I have said.  I am serious, please do this.
thanks!          tim sevener   whuxl!orb