Re: Nuclear Autumn and Weather

[Bill Garmer <bgarmer@tsc.net>]

At 12:03 PM 9/4/97 -0400, Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
>At 07:28 AM 9/4/97 -0700, Bill Garmer wrote:
>>At 02:02 AM 9/4/97 -0400, Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
>><stuff deleted>
>>>I thought the government passed regulation banning CFC's in commercial
>>>products.  If this is so, then the numbers will be off.  If the exchange
>>>postulated in the gamebook takes place, knowing some of the background of
>>>some of the sites, I think this might be a moot point.  I am reasonably
>>>sure our containment is as good as or better then the Sov's and any one
>>>else on our s**t list when we launch.  All of our bio and chem nightmares
>>>let loose, and thiers,  coupled with the nuclear destruction, should not
>>>just knock us back to the 1880's 150 years after the war, but should wipe
>>>the slate clean for the next lifeform to crawl from the goo.
>>
>>Just a question - do you believe that the US deployed ICBM with chemical
>>and/or biological weapons?
>>
>>Bill
>
>If we did, we would not admit it.  Other than cruise missile or manned
>delivery, it would be the only safe way for bio.  Chemical can be delivered
>via 155mm or larger.  

Why not?  We have a fairly open society and stats of most of our weapons
are known in one form or another.  There is no deterrent effect unless you
let people know what you can do.  I have never worked on a weapon system
that wasn't "leaked."  Hell I was out on a boat testing one day reading
"Sum of All Fears" when I read about the system I was performing testing
on.  It was the most secret program I was ever on.

>As reprehensible and unpredictable as these weapons are, I would like to
>think that SAC (still can't get used to calling it anything else) still
>wants to smite the enemy, unlike others in our government.
>

Personally I would be ashamed if I were to find out we had stragetic
biological and chemical weapons.  There is no way to contain the effects of
their use.  It could, and probably would, spread outside the target area.
Since our goal with stragetic weapons was prevent others from using them on
us and the use of bio and chem weapons is minimize physical damage
(allowing the target to be taken in tack), we did not need them.

Bill

>
>Kurt Feltenberger
>kurt@blazenet.net
>http://www.igateway.com/clients/kurt
>