[Milsurplus] Cold War Nostalgia - OT?

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Fri May 31 15:21:21 EDT 2013


The Russians probably thought that too.

But, are you willing to bet everything on that premise? That's the rub!

-John

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> The assumption was that the other guy launched first.  Preemptive
> strike on our part not a topic of open discussion although we did have
> our own first strike advocates, LeMay for example.
>
> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
>
> Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
>
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> On May 31, 2013, at 11:48 AM, J. Forster wrote:
>
>> Question: Were those in charge of nuclear weapons chosen/trained to
>> follow
>> orders without question, or what? ie: If the NCA said 'launch' would
>> they
>> have ever even considered not pushing the button?
>
>






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