When would the US actually use them first? We might launch our nukes first, one if that were our last option, but how slim would the options be for the US to launch?
I cannot think of a scenario in which the US would have launched before the USSR. We stood to gain more by not launching. At 04:47 PM 3/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Really, I thought that all throughout the cold war, the US never gave up the >First Use option. To me that suggests more of an offensive use readiness >rather than strictly a defensive use, as in using nukes only when a hostile >launch occurs. > >larry ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
