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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] JK: [i]Why, out of curiousity, did you capitalize Russia?[/i] Emphasis. Russia, as opposed to the American people. I keep forgetting about italics. Lee: [i]In the end, they could either attack before the US became invulnerable, or they could just give up.[/i] Funny thing, though. I seem to recall that we offered to share the frikin' thing with them, and they refused. [i]no wonder a common feature in WWIII fiction is America's abandonment by her allies. . .[/i] You ought to read more Clancy. "Red Storm Rising" rocks. And we (NATO) kick the snot out of Soviet Russia. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] Read "The Sum of All Fears" while you're at it. Good insight into MAD. I also notice something about the concept of a dummy rocket: if the rocket was going to hit the US, it would have to be headed here in the first place. Thus it would have to be installed on an ICBM. The problem there is that ICBM maintanence is one of the most expensive components of any arms race. Those Russian weapons probably wouldn't even fire if they wanted them to, due to lack of maintanence funding. Yes, building the nuke in the first place would cost a large amount of money, but getting that many decoys ready, and keeping them so, would cost [i]far[/i] more. Their economy would colapse before they could launch. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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