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Even if the President, for whatever reason, chose to "absorb" a Soviet first strike, thereby sacrificing most of his ICBMs, the destruction sustained by the U.S. would be immense???as many as 20 U.S. would be immense???as many as 20 million killed, and perhaps twice that number wounded. Would the President consider that a "surgical, Limited strike" and respond accordingly? Or would he order a devastating retaliation from his missile-firing submarines? At least 15 of those boats would be untouched and undetectable, deep at sea, each carrying at least 16 missiles, each missile tipped with eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living with Mega-Death | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

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