[fa.arms-d] Arms-Discussion Digest V0 #151

C70:arms-d (07/30/82)

>From HGA@MIT-MC Fri Jul 30 01:58:49 1982

Arms-Discussion Digest                            Volume 0 : Issue 151

Today's Topics:
                        Effects of Nuclear War
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Date: 29 Jul 1982 1142-PDT
From: Paul Dietz <DIETZ at USC-ECL>
Subject: Re: Effects of Nuclear War / claimed refutation of Caldicott

Your [REM's] argument about launching all the missiles at once is
nonsense.  First, such coordination is nearly impossible.  Second, to
have a high chance of killing a silo the russians must launch at least
*two* warheads at it.  There must be a considerable interval between
these warheads.

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Date: 29 Jul 1982 1223-PDT
From: Paul Dietz <DIETZ at USC-ECL>
Subject: Re: Effects of Nuclear War

When Clayton refered to modern cities having little to burn, he
probably meant in comparison to older cities that have a lot more
wood.

The reason people die in a hotel fire is not because there is a lot of
flammable material, but because the smoke produced by plastic contains
toxic chemicals like cyanide and phosgene.

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