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From: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Canadian participation in Star Wars.
Message-ID: <916@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 08:32:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 08:32:11 1985
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In <524@alberta.UUCP>, Ken Hruday writes,
> Actually, the consensus seems to be that the system can be easily
> overwhelmed by increasing the number of ICBMs without resorting to
> different delivery schemes. This would likely result in an escalation
> in armaments since this "counter Star Wars stategy" is the simplest
> and most cost effective of all. The Russians don't need to do anything 
> different than what they're doing now - they just do more of it.
> But additional delivery methods are an alternative, with a cruise
> missle type of approach being the most likely - if and when they 
> develop the appropriate technology.

Don't look now, but they already have the appropriate technology.  In fact,
they have already flight tested a cruise missile prototype.  Perhaps
not quite as advanced, but with a nuclear warhead, does it *really* matter?

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Regards,

George Hart, Computer X Canada Ltd.
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