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From: carroll@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Aviation Week on Star Wars
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 11:14:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 24 11:14:00 1986
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/* Written 12:16 pm  Jan 17, 1986 by orb@whuts.UUCP in uiucdcsb:net.space */
 
funny thing then, that the Reagan administration is planning on deploying
18,000 more offensive nuclear weapons!  Indeed Reagan while smiling all
the while is deploying 5 new nuclear weapons *every day*!
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    tim sevener   whuxn!orb
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	You are confused. While it is true that about 5 nukes/day are
built, about that many are taken out of service too. Nuclear weapons wear
out over time, through (surprise!) radioactive processes and need to be
replaced. How many of these news bombs are REALLY new I don't know, but
not all of them are, in fact my guess is that most (if not all) are
replacement devices.