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Last Peacekeeper Deactivated

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the no-more-big-stick-just-speak-softly dept.

Inthewire writes "The United States Air Force deactivated the last of 50 Peacekeeper missiles yesterday. The Peacekeeper was an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of accurately placing a 300 Kt W-87 warhead on ten individual targets."

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  1. Re:In other news... by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    One sided destruction could win wars against terrorist groups- you have very few terrorists left if you kill everybody they ever knew.

    I morn the loss of our ability to destroy a city on the other side of the planet without sending troops- because in the end, that will be the only thing that stops terrorism.

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  2. President to get preemtive nuclear strike go-ahead by Safe+Sex+Goddess · · Score: 0, Troll
    Normally, it would be nice to hear that there are a few less nukes in the world because of disarmament.

    But it sounds like we also might have a few less nukes because the president is now going to be given authority for pre-emptive nuclear attacks.

    Since we've pulled a vietnam in Iraq, we'll just use nukes on Iran. A dead citizen can't make a live terrorist.

    We'll probably use those neutron bombs so that we don't do damage to the oil. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1776 250,00.html

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  3. Re:Won? not likely, but it does help. by sfjoe · · Score: 0, Troll

    But the only way we "won" the cold war was not by our hand.

    Apparently, you don't listen to talk radio. Don't you know that Ronald Reagan was the reason we won the cold war?

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