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Superbelt · 10-22-2003, 05:29 AM

They didn't completely ignore it, they did make a political stink about it but they did not change military strategy or make any substantial budgetary expendatures based on such a system.

I don't know the exact number, but the Soviet Union already had between 10 and 25,000 nuclear warheads throughout the 1980's. Their height of warhead posession was 35,000 in the 1960's for reference- So that shows that the 10 - 25K itself was not a result of Star Wars.

Star Wars didn't matter, they did not accelerate their warhead production because they knew they had enough as it is to get past any missile shield if we could ever get something like that working.

How effective do you think a missile shield can be? Hypothetically, if possible (real Physicists say it isn't) a missile shield can only target so many incoming warheads at once, fire off 20 at different locations simultaneously and some get through. A missile shield would NOT diminish their military preparedness in the slightest.

Now, feel free to attack these statements. But this time, if you are going to continue down the line, reference exact actions taken by the Soviet Union, and dollar amounts to counteract our Star Wars program. And some statements by Soviets attesting to Star Wars accelerating the downfall of the Union by more than 2 or 3 days.

And a working Star Wars would be more of a hinderance and weakness for us anyway. It ensured OUR destruction in the event of a nuclear detonation in SR. The Sr wouldn't just launch one back in retaliation, they would fire off hundreds, maybe thousands to ensure enough got through to defeat us.
Star Wars would have made the USA, Coast to Coast, a wasteland.

10-22-2003, 05:29 AM	#25 (permalink)
Superbelt This vexes me. I am terribly vexed. Location: Grantville, Pa	They didn't completely ignore it, they did make a political stink about it but they did not change military strategy or make any substantial budgetary expendatures based on such a system. I don't know the exact number, but the Soviet Union already had between 10 and 25,000 nuclear warheads throughout the 1980's. Their height of warhead posession was 35,000 in the 1960's for reference- So that shows that the 10 - 25K itself was not a result of Star Wars. Star Wars didn't matter, they did not accelerate their warhead production because they knew they had enough as it is to get past any missile shield if we could ever get something like that working. How effective do you think a missile shield can be? Hypothetically, if possible (real Physicists say it isn't) a missile shield can only target so many incoming warheads at once, fire off 20 at different locations simultaneously and some get through. A missile shield would NOT diminish their military preparedness in the slightest. Now, feel free to attack these statements. But this time, if you are going to continue down the line, reference exact actions taken by the Soviet Union, and dollar amounts to counteract our Star Wars program. And some statements by Soviets attesting to Star Wars accelerating the downfall of the Union by more than 2 or 3 days. And a working Star Wars would be more of a hinderance and weakness for us anyway. It ensured OUR destruction in the event of a nuclear detonation in SR. The Sr wouldn't just launch one back in retaliation, they would fire off hundreds, maybe thousands to ensure enough got through to defeat us. Star Wars would have made the USA, Coast to Coast, a wasteland. Last edited by Superbelt; 10-22-2003 at 05:36 AM..