On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 18:37:02 GMT, "Ed Majden" wrote:


"Keith Willshaw"
Contrary to their claims at the time the Soviets did not have
the ICBM force they claimed and were believed to have
even as late as the Cuban missile crisis.Although NEI estimates put their
strength at between 200 and 500 missiles in realty they had only
made a few deployments of at most 100 missiles and were not about to
expend them on possible Bomarc sites.

If what you say is correct, you can't say much for the American
intelligence community. Either that, or Ike was right! "Beware of the
military industrial complex in America". The military build up was not for
security but to keep industries running.
Glad we didn't have to carry out a test to see which concept was the correct
one!

Oh, now I see, the demise of the CF-105 was an evil plot by the nasty 'Mercans
to keep the industrial might of Canada from taking over the defense industries.
What a loon.

Al Minyard