[net.politics] 50% effective

colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (01/20/86)

> > A 50% effective SDI protecting our missiles would mean that we need
> > 50% fewer missiles for "defensive" purposes.
> 
> Alternately, we could launch a first strike against the USSR, knock out
> 50% or more of their missles, and stop the other 50% with SDI.

One way to implement this is to knock out the odd-numbered missiles with
a first strike and stop the even-numbered ones with Star Wars.  That
way there's no risk of duplication.  |-P
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