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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Who can launch antisats? (was Re: DoD launcher use)
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:25:41 GMT
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- In <1993Jan4.165523.11040@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
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- >Technically possible, but militarily dangerous. You've just escalated
- >a brushfire conventional war into a nuclear exchange.
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- Oh? So what are you going to do about it? MAD -- the aptly named
- legacy of Robert McNamara -- is still in effect. If you retaliate
- by launching a nuclear strike against your enemy's territory, he can
- do the same to you. Are you prepared to sacrifice millions of your
- citizens to avenge the loss of one spy satellite?
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- I didn't think so.
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- You might retaliate by attacking your enemy's satellites, but if
- he started the ASAT battle, it's because he decided he has less
- to lose than you do. (And if you're the United States, he's almost
- certainly right.)
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