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presents
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The Bummers
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by Gross Genitalia
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Toxic File #71
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Centre of Eternity 615.552.5747 40 Megs
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750+ files / HQ of Toxic Shock
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[TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS][TS]
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The following article is from "Greenpeace" bimonthly magazine. If you are
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interested in joining Greenpeace, send a contribution of $20 or more to
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THE BUMMERS:
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12 NUCLEAR BOMBS THAT COULD RUIN THE 90s
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By William M. Arkin
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"Greenpeace" Bimonthly / Vol. 15 #3 / May-June 1990
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The MX, Midgetman, and the Trident II D5 get all the headlines. The B-2
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stealth bomber, which costs more than its weight in gold, is turning budget-
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minded heads in Washington. But you probably didn't know that there is a
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war-fighter's dozen of obscure, expensive and completely irrelevant nuclear
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weapons moving toward active duty, an arsenal of Cold War dinosaurs that are
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oblivious to the thaw in international affairs. Together they have a price
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tag of some $20 billion - $15 billion of which could be saved if they were
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cancelled today.
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Two of these bummers, the Follow-On To Lance and the Navy's Tomahawk sea-
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lainched cruise missile, have been discussed by Congress. Three others are
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included in the upcoming Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the
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Soviet Union and the United States, but they slip through a loophole and are
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excluded from the 6,000-warhead limit each side agreed to as the goal of START.
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In other words, they are half on and half off the table. The rest are
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proceeding out of public scrutiny; there are no plans to include them in any
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negotiations or agreements in the future.
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Each has its rationale, however thin and outdated, but on close examination
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the bummers appear more and more to be part of a last-ditch effort to keep
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the Dpartment of Energy's massive nuclear weapons production complex in
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business. Without a variety of bombs in the pipeline, only one, the
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Trident-II D5, would be in production in the '90s. Here is a handy reader's
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guide to the Pentagon's dirty dozen.
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1. ADVANCED CRUISE MISSILE
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Purpose: Launched from bombers, this high-tech missile is designed to sneak
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by radar in the Soviet Union better than the missile it replaces,
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which was deployed less than 10 years ago to sneak by radar. There it
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will land directly on missile launchers, airfields and other military
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facilities.
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On duty: late this year or 1991.
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Home base: Michigan, North Dakota, Texas, Washington.
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Savings if cancelled: nearly $6 billion.
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2. SHORT-RANGE ATTACK MISSILE II (SRAM-II)
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Purpose: Launched from bombers, this missile will accurately blow up air
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defenses in the Soviet Union so the B-2 bomber can get through to
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blow up cities and other targets with nuclear bombs like the B83
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Modern Strategic Bomb (see Bummer #3); will also seek out and
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destroy mobile missile launchers and command centers.
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On duty: now being tested for production in 1993.
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Home base: Kansas, Missouri, Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota.
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Savings if cancelled: $2.4 billion.
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3. B83 MODERN STRATEGIC BOMB
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Purpose: This blockbuster, equal to 70 Hiroshimas, will deliver the second
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half of the one-two nuclear punch, leveling cities and other targets
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deep in the Soviet Union after the SRAM-II (see Bummer #2) levels
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defenses in the countryside.
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On duty: now in full-scale production
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Home base: Arkansas, California, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, North
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Dakota, South Dakota, Texas.
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Savings if cancelled: depends on how many B-2 bombers get off the ground,
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but production costs are $250 million a year, or about
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$1 million per bomb.
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4. SHORT-RANGE ATTACK MISSILE-TACTICAL (SRAM-T)
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Purpose: Fired from warplanes, this missile is designed to do Bummer #2's
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job in Eastern Europe (home of Lech Walesa and Vaclav Havel). Also
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useful for aiming at North Korea.
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On duty: now in development, to begin production in 1995.
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Home base: Nevada, New Mexico, Italy, South Korea, United Kingdom, West
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Germany.
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Savings if cancelled: $1 billion.
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5. B61 TACTICAL BOMB
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Purpose: Little brother of Bummer #3, this bomb will be dropped on field
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targets such as military units or storage depots during a war in
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Eastern Europe or Korea as well as on targets along the Soviet Union's
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Black Sea and the Pacific coast.
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On duty: in full-scale production.
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Home base: California, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada,
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Virginia, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, South Korea, Turkey
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(watch out Armenia and Azerbaijan), United Kingdom, West Germany
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and assorted aircraft carriers.
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Savings if cancelled: unknown, but production costs are roguhly $200 million
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a year.
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6. FOLLOW-ON TO LANCE
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Purpose: Designed to be launched from (West) Germany to destroy military units
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and storage depots in places like (East) Germany. When the two
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countries unify, Czechoslovakia will act as stand-in.'
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On duty: in development, to begin production in 1997.
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Home base: California, New York, South Korea, West Germany, Italy.
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Savings if cancelled: $750 million to $1.25 billion.
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7. 155 MILLIMETER FIRED ATOMIC PROJECTILE
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Purpose: This little gem will be called into service when Bummer #6 can't do
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the job. Based in West Germany, Italy, and Turkey, it can only be
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tossed about 20 miles, which means in will land in - you guessed it -
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West Germany, Italy, or Turkey.
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On duty: production to begin this year.
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Home base: California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Greece, South
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Korea, Italy, West Germany, Turkey.
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Savings if cancelled: $500 million.
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8. TOMAHAWK NUCLEAR LAND ATTACK MISSILE
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Purpose: Launched from ships and submarines, this missile is designed to bounce
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the rubble after nuclear war has started. It is also aimed at naval
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bases and coastal airfields in the Soviet Union.
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On duty: 1984, in full-scale production.
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Home base: California, Hawaii, Virginia, South Carolina, New Jersey, Sardinia,
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Italy, warships and attack submarines.
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Savings if cancelled: $1.25 billion.
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9. B90 NUCLEAR DEPTH/STRIKE BOMB
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Purpose: A neat three-for-one package, this bomb can blow up submarines as
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well as surface warships and bases anywhere along the coasts of
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Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union or the Korean Peninsula. The B90
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is the Navy's last nuclear hurrah, as they are deep into the process
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of shelving all the other nuclear weapons earmarked for ocean combat.
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On duty: in development, to begin production in 1993.
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Home base: Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, Virginia,
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Italy, United Kingdom, aircraft carriers.
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Savings if cancelled: $1 billion.
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IN DEVELOPMENT:
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10. EARTH PENETRATOR WARHEAD
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Purpose: After a nuclear war starts and the SRAM-IIs have cleared the
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countryside and the B83s have razed the cities, this burrowing
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wonder will prove to the Soviets that all that stuff about
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invulnerable underground shelters is hokum.
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On duty: no time soon, but they're trying.
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Savings if cancelled: unknown.
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11. HIGH-POWER MICROWAVE WEAPONS
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Purpose: These bombs will fill the atmosphere and outer space with electronic
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noise to make sure that, in the event of a war, no one can fly,
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communicate or surrender.
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On duty: more like on the drawing board.
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Savings if cancelled: at this point, some strategist's lunch hour.
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12. HYPERVELOCITY GLIDE VEHICLE
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Purpose: To go very very very very fast.
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On duty: Hopefully never.
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Savings if cancelled: sleepless nights.
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Obviously the last three were bullshit mockery of this country's race to get
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the biggest guns and the first name in nuclear technology. It makes me wonder
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if ALL these bombs were parodical, but some had pictures of the disassembled
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bombs and the actual things being worked on.
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The race for power is bullshit. But can we discontinue these weapons? An
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arms treaty will not accomplish shit at this point. If we were to go to war,
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what defenses would we have? We can't live without the protection (kinda
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like having a period without the pads, or toxic shock without medication!),
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but we simply can't live WITH it. The arms race is pushing us deeper and deeper
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into debt. If we continue, countries will declare war on us for constantly
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borrowing money and never repaying it. Simple.
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This country is fucked. Let's overthrow the government. Be watching for
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future issues of the Flaming Fetus. It's time we, the citizens of this
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Great Heap Nation of Cow Manure did something, and did something RIGHT.
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Join Greenpeace, write your congresspersons, write editorials for the local
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newspapers. Make your opinions public. Let's fight the war against war
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together.
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- Gross Genitalia
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(C)opied right from Greenpeace bimonthly magazine.
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My opinions are mine and mine only. Agree with them or die you schmoozer.
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(c)July 6, 1990 / Toxic Shock. [#71]
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