Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1531-996716214-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 01 Aug 2001 18:39:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 30325 invoked by uid 510); 2 Aug 2001 00:39:16 -0000 Received: from n11.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.61) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 2 Aug 2001 00:39:16 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1531-996716214-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by c3.egroups.com with NNFMP; 02 Aug 2001 01:36:54 -0000 X-Sender: cpreston@gci.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 2 Aug 2001 01:36:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 26585 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2001 00:28:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 2 Aug 2001 00:28:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta-1.gci.net) (208.138.130.82) by mta1 with SMTP; 2 Aug 2001 00:28:02 -0000 Received: from mmp-2.gci.net ([208.138.130.81]) by mta-1.gci.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GHEZYQ03.2XH for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 16:28:02 -0800 Received: from graywolf49 ([24.237.1.40]) by mmp-2.gci.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GHEZYP03.L4I for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 16:28:01 -0800 To: <iwar@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: <OCEDLLJFJEMAFJGHDCLNAEOACKAA.cpreston@gci.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-eGroups-From: "Charles Preston" <cpreston@gci.net> From: "Charles Preston" <cpreston@sinbad.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 16:28:00 -0800 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] ABM deployment and IWAR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I suspect the determined and rapid pace of anti-missile deployment has a little to do with rogue nations and military area defense, and a lot to do with the ICBMs China is publicly reported to have. This figure is in the 30's, and an anti- missile deployment of 100 would provide some failure margin. News reports indicate an urgency beyond that associated with the "military-industrial complex" and the desire of large contractors to make lots of money. Dividing the cost of anti-missile development and deployment by an average figure for infrastructure investment in 15 large cities might make a good economic argument for deployment. That's in addition to the added shock effects of the simultaneous disappearance of multiple centers of finance, research, transportation, population, and communication. This is an experiment that no country has performed yet. I'm sure that any economy has a limit to recoverable damage, and apart from major public health problems of fallout and morale, the cost of interdependence to form a huge economy may only be seen when the complex web is broken. The down side of similar "just in time" delivery has been seen in some recent cases in the U.S. when "not in time" delivery occurred. Is it possible that top decision makers in the U.S. have gotten a "maybe" answer to missile defense from China, and think the risk is worth the gamble? Now, to work information warfare in here somewhere, what about information warfare capabilities from an opposing country against the reported 95% of military traffic using public communications channels either before, on in the aftermath, of a limited nuclear attack? cmp ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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