russ (04/23/83)
#R:pur-phy:-72900:kirk:25300002:000:532 kirk!russ Apr 21 10:38:00 1983 There is (or was) an article on fa.arms-d which blows a hole in any consideration of "limited" nuclear war. Even one nuclear blast above the US would cripple the military's C^3 (Command, Communications, and Control). The EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) caused by the blast would ruin most, if not all, of the pentagon's computers. This would prevent the waging of further war on our part. The only practical option is to fire everything as soon as we see the first missiles coming over the pole. Russ Nelson...hp-pcd!hp-cvd!russ