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Old January 18th 17, 06:36 AM posted to sci.space.history
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Default The Space Race was about Power Projection - Miles O'Brien

"Scott M. Kozel" wrote:


Do you think that a de-orbital surprise attack with a small
cobalt bomb would do the trick, win that war outright?


Stop talking nonsense. What such an attack would do is get the entire
country of the attacker vaporized.


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