How Perfectly American

[Kaptain L'Merika]

the level to which your president has sunk the US rep is that, these
days, no one would want to help you.

Ironically, as the Soviet nukes have decayed in the usual ways, and are
likely unusable

Even back during the Cold War they were only slightly more functional.
Defectors like the pseudonymous "Victor Suvorov" revealed that the Soviet
nuclear forces had certain embarrassing flaws:

-- Not all ICBMs had warheads ("shortages," just like in consumer goods back
then). Warheads would be shuttled from one missile to another in a kind of
"shell game."

Chances are:

-- If they pressed the firing button, nothing would happen

-- If anything happened, the missile would blow up in its silo (Soviet
missile technology relied heavily on volatile liquid fuels).

-- If it actually made it into the air, the upper stages would fail to
ignite.

-- If all the stages fired properly, the guidance system would fail and the
warhead(s) would miss.

-- If a warhead landed on target, it would fail to detonate.

It was estimated that less than 15% of the Soviet missile warheads would
have destroyed their targets in the U.S.

Nor could Soviet bomber forces be relied upon. Unlike American strategic
bomber crews, who trained together as a group and worked as a team, Soviet
bomber crews were constantly being shuffled around like cards in a deck.
The reasoning behind this was that the Kremlin didn't want to risk crews
forming a "conspiracy" and defecting, like Viktor Belenko did with his
MiG-25 when he made his dash for freedom across the Sea of Japan.

[Chris]

Let me see.

How many missiles and warheads do the Russians posess?

How many sucessful warheads would have to hit a US target to give you a bad
day?

Whilst it is easy to sit back and speculate on operational matters, are you
willing to bet the farm?

All the fuss about the potential for terrorist to dentonate an imporvised
dirty bomb are riddiculous when compared to a well desined and crafted
soviet warhead.

Post by Kaptain L'Merika

the level to which your president has sunk the US rep is that, these
days, no one would want to help you.

Ironically, as the Soviet nukes have decayed in the usual ways, and are
likely unusable

Even back during the Cold War they were only slightly more functional.
Defectors like the pseudonymous "Victor Suvorov" revealed that the Soviet
-- Not all ICBMs had warheads ("shortages," just like in consumer goods back
then). Warheads would be shuttled from one missile to another in a kind of
"shell game."
-- If they pressed the firing button, nothing would happen
-- If anything happened, the missile would blow up in its silo (Soviet
missile technology relied heavily on volatile liquid fuels).
-- If it actually made it into the air, the upper stages would fail to
ignite.
-- If all the stages fired properly, the guidance system would fail and the
warhead(s) would miss.
-- If a warhead landed on target, it would fail to detonate.
It was estimated that less than 15% of the Soviet missile warheads would
have destroyed their targets in the U.S.
Nor could Soviet bomber forces be relied upon. Unlike American strategic
bomber crews, who trained together as a group and worked as a team, Soviet
bomber crews were constantly being shuffled around like cards in a deck.
The reasoning behind this was that the Kremlin didn't want to risk crews
forming a "conspiracy" and defecting, like Viktor Belenko did with his
MiG-25 when he made his dash for freedom across the Sea of Japan.

[S. L'Gree]

"Chris" <***@so-net.com.hk> wrote in message news:crdnsu$***@imsp212.netvigator.com...
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Long time no hear from. Swing on by AFN sometime.