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To: sea_urchin who wrote (16078)	10/27/2002 6:42:23 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82035

Searle, US treasuries rallied upon news of Wellstone's death, so I can't totally discount shennanigans vis-a-vis his plane. But I'm 90% sure it was bad weather because it was a lousy flying day and they attempted to land on instruments. The gas used by the Russians appears to be some sort of gasified curare.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (16078)	10/27/2002 6:44:36 PM
From: Gary H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82035

From that site; 50 Facts About U.S. Nuclear Weapons - Except where noted all figures are in constant 1996 dollars - 1. Cost of the Manhattan Project (through August 1945): $20,000,000,000 SOURCES: Richard G. Hewlett and Oscar E. Anderson, Jr., The New World: A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Volume 1, 1939/1946 (Oak Ridge, Tennessee: U.S. AEC Technical Information Center, 1972), pp. 723-724; Condensed AEC Annual Financial Report, FY 1953 (in Fifteenth Semiannual Report of the Atomic Energy Commission, January 1954, p. 73) 2. Total number of nuclear missiles built, 1951-present: 67,500 U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project 3. Estimated construction costs for more than 1,000 ICBM launch pads and silos, and support facilities, from 1957-1964: nearly $14,000,000,000 ~ Seems more aggressive then defensive.