[OT] Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: New paper on Security and Obscurity

[Barry Fitzgerald]

Stormwalker wrote:

> <>Hi,
>
> It wasn't the general, massive military build up, but the specific
> program known as Star Wars under Ronald Raygun. The Soviets believed
> that the nonsense was true and tried to fund the research to catch up
> until they hit the wall. Unlike real military weapons, a fake weapon
> is controlled by the imagination, so there no limits to what was 
> possible.
>
> cheers, bob
>
>
Well, in all fairness, that wasn't the intent of the missile defense 
network.  Many people considered it a very real "weapon" and we spent 
quite a bit of money on it as well.

But, the rumors of a nasty super-weapon didn't hurt in sending the 
Soviet system down. 

Like I said, it's never just one thing.  But ultimately, it's poor 
governing on the part of the Soviets that brought the Soviet Union down. 


             -Barry

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