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From: medin@ucbvax.ARPA (Milo Medin)
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Subject: Re: Re: Star Wars -> Nuclear war
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Date: Sat, 13-Apr-85 19:26:23 EST
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> > 
> Not a hard problem in theory, in practice knocking down several thousand (or
> tens of thousands) of cruise missles within a few hours or days is quite 
> another matter indeed.  Particularly when every one that gets through destroys
> another city....

Not if you prject your air defenses to hit bombers before they
launch.  Then you need only a residual force to clean up
misses, and exotic technologies hold great promise here too.

A laser beam can rip open a bomber's skin like a can opener.

						Milo