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Letter: Letter

Published 15 September 2001

From Charles Gill

Warheads re-entering the atmosphere are thermally shielded to survive a
controlled re-entry. Uncontrolled re-entry would almost surely result in
relatively harmless combustion.

Aside from that, it is still preferable for a warhead to fall on someone
other than US.

We also need to remember that arms races are only undesirable for the losers.
This is a race we can, and must, win decisively.

Gainesville, Georgia

Issue no. 2308 published 15 September 2001

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