Re: [Epic] First Epic 40k battle

From: Richard Dewsbery <dewsbery_at_...>
Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 16:53:24 +0100

> Well, yes. You test your nukes to build bigger/better ones. That part I
> understand. But do nuclear arms really need to be 200 megatons rather
> than 75 to serve their purpose? You've got a really unpleasant item
> either way. And who really cares exactly how they work? They already work
> too damn well! It isn't really reasonable to say "uh-oh, our national
> defense is at stake- they can disintegrate us 45 times and we can only do
> it to them 30 times...quick! let's go test some bombs in the Pacific
> Ocean!" Or at least it isn't in my mind.
>
I think it works like this - possessing enough megatons to destroy the
world several time over = overkill.
Possessing more overkill than the enemy = strategic advantage.

Or something like that. The acronym for this mutually assured
destruction is obvious.

Richard
Received on Sat May 24 1997 - 15:53:24 UTC