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This rests on two unsound assumptions:
(1)
there will be no survivors from the
instantaneous effects of nuclear weapons, and
(2)
that nuclear weapons will be used only in
all-out war.
if clean weapons are used.
present weapons.
Propably none if we us
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Tnere will be many survivors of all-out nuclear war
And limited nuclear wars are posbible
and even Drobarle, certainly more so than all-out War.
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he cannot divert development tu clean weapons or tp
smail weavons because we must retain suveriorityv oper
Russia.
in what area.
richer yield weapons of present radpo-
active desicms for more deterrent.
Deterrent exisjts
so Long as Russia cannot be sure of stopping almosft all
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Of our weapons.
This is difficult now, impossible with
the advent of ICBM, IRBM, Polaris and NATC stockpiles.
Tne Russian planner deciding upon all-out attack will
find the question of relative suoveriority a hazy gne
for years to come.
He will never be sure of cgettins
or stopping aii U. S. weapons before they strike,