thill@ssc-bee.UUCP (Tom Hill) (11/20/85)
> Some elementary facts: > U.S. U.S.S.R. > strategic nuclear warheads 10,000+ 7400 > all nuclear warheads 29,100 17,140 How about some more detailed facts: From the Seattle Times Monday November 18 paper. *********************************************************************** *********************************************************************** ESTIMATED WORLD NUCLEAR STOCKPILE Weapons Classification | United States | Soviet Union ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long-Range, Strategic | Launchers Warheads | Launchers Warheads Weapons | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land-based missiles | 1,030 | 2,355 | 1,398 | 6,540 - 13,080 ** Submarine launched | 616 | 6,300 | 978 | 1,626 - 4,202 Bombers | 325 | 5,093 | 300 | 866 - 1,832 Total | 1,971 | 13,748 | 2,676 | 9,032 - 19,144 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intermediate-Range | Launchers Warheads | Launchers Warheads Weapons | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Missiles | 168 | 213 | 602 | 2,492 Non-strategic bombers | 2,900 | 3,800 | 3,380 | 4,041 Total | 3,068 | 4,013 | 3,982 | 6,533 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tactical or Battlefield| 5,260 | 7,150 | 4,322 | 7,122 Weapons | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL | 10,299 | 24,911 | 10,980 | 22,677 - 32,759 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** The exact composition of the Soviet stockpile is unclear, especially the nonstrategic warheads. These figures, on strategic warheads, represent the low and high estimates of system loads. Counting nuclear weapons is complicated by secrecy, lack of information and by disagreement on what to count and how to count it. Sources: "Nuclear Battlefields, Global Links in the Arms Race," William M. Arkin and Richard W. Fieldhouse, Ballinger Publishing Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1985; "America's War Machine, The Pursuit of Global Dominance," Tom Gervasi, Grove Press, New York, 1984 and The Boston Globe. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* > Kruschev *never* said "we will bury you." What he said was > "we will survive you." This has an entirely different meaning. In the context of "I am going to dance on your grave" both of the above mean the same thing to me. > If the Soviet Union is so set upon "world conquest" why is it that > they haven't invaded the small Communist countries of > Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Albania for the past 40 years? We will note that Tim omitted Hungary from his list. > Why did the Soviets agree to allow Austria to return to sovereignty > decades ago? Awfully generous people aren't they :-) I mean giving people their freedom and all :-) . > "Peace in the World, > or the World in Pieces!" > tim sevener whuxn!orb YES, Tom Hill