ARMS-D-Request@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU (Moderator) (02/13/86)
Arms-Discussion Digest Thursday, February 13, 1986 3:28PM
Volume 6, Issue 46
Today's Topics:
A hard rain is gonna fall
Military Contracting
Advanced Light Source & SDI
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Date: Friday, 7 February 1986 14:45-EST
From: wolit%mhuxd.UUCP at harvard.HARVARD.EDU
To: harvard!arms-d-request
Re: A hard rain is gonna fall
> From: Herb Lin <LIN@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU>
>
>> From: Marc Vilain <MVILAIN at G.BBN.COM>
>>
>> This brings up a similar issue with the Strategic Defense
>> Initiative.
>>
>> If that radioactive debris were distributed
>> uniformly, there would be one lethal dose for every 25 square metres
>> of the northern hemisphere.
>
> Bad assumption. Most of boost-phase intercept occurs over the Soviet Union.
Oh, really? I thought we were gonna share our SDI research with the Soviets.
That would mean that half of the boost-phase intercepts will occur over the
U.S. Besides, the debris from Soviet warheads intercepted in the *TERMINAL*
phase -- which is a much more mature technology -- falls on the U.S. anyway.
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Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; mhuxd!wolit
(Affiliation given for identification purposes only)
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Date: Thursday, 6 February 1986 00:27-EST
From: Dave Benson <benson%wsu.csnet at CSNET-RELAY.ARPA>
To: arms-d@xx
Re: a hard rain is going to fall...
I recall that irrespective of its radioactive properties, Pu is a
highly toxic chemical poison. If right, large quantities of
Pu in the high atmosphere seems rather poor planning.
Does anyone on arms-d have accurate information on this?
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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 86 17:57:44 PST
From: wild%oscar@SUN.ARPA (Will Doherty)
Subject: Military Contracting
This is from a leaflet advertising an upcoming event.
Speaking Out on
Military Contracting
in the Computer Industry
A discussion for Programmers, Technical Writers,
Technicians, and Computer Scientists
7pm
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1986
Trinity United Methodist Church
2320 Dana St (at Ellsworth), Berkeley
The "Living Room" -- Basement Level
-- is your time being sold to the Star Wars initiative?
-- are you concerned about the increasing influence of
military contracts on the computer industry?
-- do you wonder if there's anything you can do without
losing your job ? [:-)]
Let's talk about how we can take action:
-- educational forums
-- petitions
-- other responses
We will circulate a draft statement for discussion at
the meeting.
This meeting is co-sponsored by Computer Professionals
for Social Responsibility (CPSR). People interested in
reviving the Berkeley chapter of CPSR are encouraged
to attend. For more information, contact:
Gary Chapman 415-322-3778
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Date: Wednesday, 12 February 1986 19:45-EST
From: michael%ucbiris at BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Slone [(415)486-5954])
To: arms-d@xx
Re: Advanced Light Source & SDI
President Reagan's latest budget has on it $100 million for an Advanced Light
Source (ALS) machine at Lawrence-Berkeley Labs. The ALS will use intense X-rays
to give unprecedented images of living cells and computer chips. Lawrence-
Berkeley Labs, my employer has no classified work, and is essentially non-
military. There have been many lay-offs here over the past few years and it
seems peculiar to me for the President to be asking specifically for this
apparently non-military equipment, especially when X-ray lasers are part of SDI.
Is there a connection between the ALS and SDI's X-ray lasers? More
specifically, will ALS further the development of SDI?
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