Aucbvax.1511 fa.arms-d utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!RMS@MIT-AI Wed Jun 3 02:45:08 1981 RMS@MIT-AI 06/03/81 05:39:17 To: arms-d at MIT-MC The idea of using first strike weapons against a weak power is somewhat plausible, but in that case we would only need a handful of them -- because against a power for which we would need more than a handful, it would be too late/too risky. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.