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On Sunday, February 17, 2013 6:06:53 AM UTC-8, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
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snidely (dps): Stuf4 submitted this idea : From David Spain:
snip Whoa. Imagine if that happened a few decades ago during the
height of Cold War tension. Could easily have been
misinterpreted as the work of Ronnie Raygun. Wrong orbit
for that, too. Minute Man III missiles aren't designed for a grazing
trajectory. Yes, that is *exactly* the rational, measured response
that we could have expected. "Wait comrade! According to my calculations
this grazing trajectory could not have come from the Yankee
Imperialists!" Yes, it probably is. The Soviets may have been paranoid,
but they weren't stupid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov He
judged correctly that a US attack wouldn't look like what the data was
showing him. It's highly likely that had this happened during the Cold
War a person in a similar position would have done the same thing: 1)
Hmm.. wrong trajectory 2) Single contact 3) Moving way too fast This btw,
also assumes that it was detectable. It's quite possible given the
trajectory and speed it wouldn't have been. Hahah. ~ CT -- Greg
D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick,
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Um, Greg, 1983 WAS during the Cold War- actually right at the hight of it:
KAL 007 had just been shot down earlier that month (Sept 1983). Tention was
VERY high at the time.

Umm, Exactly my point. We don't have to imagine, we have an example of a
Soviet reaction to what they thought was a possible First Strike. They
didn't respond.





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