http://trilema.com/2013/poolhall-junkies/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:25:09 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 http://trilema.com/2013/poolhall-junkies/#comment-91869 Stanislav Datskovskiy Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:45:49 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=46124#comment-91869 The tanks in the Fulda Gap stood still mainly because of tactical nukes. (Each side thought the other had them in quantity, exactly one was right.) The tanks in the Fulda Gap stood still mainly because of tactical nukes. (Each side thought the other had them in quantity, exactly one was right.)

]]> http://trilema.com/2013/poolhall-junkies/#comment-91868 Mircea Popescu Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:35:39 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=46124#comment-91868 Tell me about the tanks. Tell me about the tanks.

]]> http://trilema.com/2013/poolhall-junkies/#comment-91867 Stanislav Datskovskiy Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:27:58 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=46124#comment-91867 In 1960, the USSR had exactly four ICBMs capable of reaching North America. By some accounts, exactly one of these machines actually worked. All four were liquid-fueled, and required 24 hours to prepare for launch (and thus very vulnerable to destruction through conventional bombing.) Thus, the "rise" you speak of was largely fictional; a fiction created by American industrialists for the consumption of the public in that country. (See "missile gap.") In 1960, the USSR had exactly four ICBMs capable of reaching North America. By some accounts, exactly one of these machines actually worked. All four were liquid-fueled, and required 24 hours to prepare for launch (and thus very vulnerable to destruction through conventional bombing.) Thus, the "rise" you speak of was largely fictional; a fiction created by American industrialists for the consumption of the public in that country. (See "missile gap.")

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