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From: john@gcc-bill.ARPA (John Allred)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: ASAT Test
Message-ID: <348@gcc-bill.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 09:15:01 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  5 09:15:01 1985
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Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (Home of the HyperDrive)
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In article <649@decwrl.UUCP> fisher@dvinci.DEC (Burns Fisher, MRO3-1/E13, DTN 231-4108.) writes:
>
>Since when do two wrongs make a right?  Since we depend far more heavily on
>military satellites than they do, how will our having an ASAT offset the fact
>that they have one?
>
>Burns
>

Is it acceptable for the Soviets to have the capability to kill our birds, 
while we do not?  I don't think so.

The so-called "ban on space weapon testing" the Soviets put in place is a 
crock:  they've had years to test their own weapon.  If they could stifle 
development of our ASAT, they win big.



-- 
John Allred
General Computer Company 
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