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From: eklhad@ihnet.UUCP (K. A. Dahlke)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Dangerous Military Myth
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Date: Wed, 12-Mar-86 10:04:05 EST
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> >More is never "better" forever.  The economic law of diminishing
> >returns applies to *everything* from riffles to nuclear weapons.
> 
> The USSR (or the US) _could_ use all the strategic nukes in their arsenal.
> ... We aren't talking about 
> imbalanced weapons systems (all nukes can fly to target if so ordered),
> Guy

I see.  You have 26,000 targets in mind?  Or perhaps you wish
to distribute the 26,000 warheads among 100 strategic targets? 
That makes sense.  Some people like to see the rubble bounce 260 times.
You can rationalize all day, but economic and military laws of
diminishing returns still hold.

Enough of economics;  there are more important issues.
I simply don't have the time to refute *every* argument in Guy's articles.   
If nuclear excess were just another wasteful defense program, I probably
wouldn't bother to post these articles.  I have been distracted long enough.
In future articles, I will address the risks associated with our
immense nuclear arsenal.
Coming soon to a terminal near you.

-- 
	The moon is more important than the sun, because
	the moon gives us light at night; when we really need it!
			Karl Dahlke    ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad