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From: matthews@harvard.ARPA (Jim Matthews)
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Subject: Re: Euromissiles (reply to Kuperberg)
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Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 09:05:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  9 09:05:16 1985
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> > >If you find 100 American missile warheads in Europe (that is, other than
> > >the Pershing II's), I'll give you a cigar.  My source, which is the New
> > >State of the World Atlas (by Michael Kildron and Ronald Segal, says that
> > >there aren't that many warheads deployed in Europe by the U.S.
> > >			Greg Kuperberg
> > >		     harvard!talcott!gjk
> > >
>  
> In fact we had over 100 nuclear missiles deployed in Europe at the time
> we began deploying the second round of Pershing II's.
> Here is a table from Strobe Talbott's "Deadly Gambits" which deals
> with the question of missiles in Europe at great length:
>    
> U.S. Pershing I missiles in W. Germany       108
> W. German Pershing I's                        72
> ("Deadly Gambits", p.88)
>  
>                  tim sevener    whuxl!orb

	The Pershing I is a battlefield weapon -- it doesn't have the  
range to reach the Soviet Union, though I can't remember exactly what
it's range is.  It bears no similarity with the purpose or function of
its successor.  Furthermore, it is next-to obsolete, and will be replaced
soon.
	Yesterday's USA Today reported that we now have 138 missles in
Europe, and since that includes 108 Pershing IIs, I think Greg will keep
his cigar.  It also reported that there are 414 SS-20s, giving the
Soviets almost a 10-1 advantage in land-based warheads.

Jim Matthews
matthews@harvard