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From: GA.CJJ@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU (Clifford Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Cost Reduction and the Nuclear Deterrence
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Date: 21 Feb 90 02:31:17 GMT
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From:      "Clifford Johnson" <GA.CJJ@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
> From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
> The land-based missiles are relatively vulnerable if you assume
> highly accurate Soviet missiles.  Their main strength is their
> numbers, but those can be cut down fast if you don't assume
> launch-on-warning (l-o-w is supposedly not US policy)

It's important to note that the Pentagon categorically denies
having a "policy not to launch on warning."
(HASC, DOD Appropriations FY 1981, p.113-114.)

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