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Originally Posted by CStock88
Is the DC Working Group thinking about the Soviet Fractional Bomb System, if I remember correctly, where they would "pre-position" ICBMs in orbit, then later de-orbit them as needed to strike targets as they become available? I always thought that was a particularly neat concept, really.
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Probably not...considering the nature of the canon exchange, FOBS use would be hellaciously escalatory.
This FAS article discusses it better than I would, but I can't see the Soviets taking this action due to the nature of the exchange.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/wo...ssia/r-36o.htm