WINGED MISSILES of The U.S. Air Force

摘要

This cryptic description of the Cold War has been' attributed to any number of sources, but it was the great Douglas Aircraft Company artist, R.G. Smith, who first shared it with this author. Drawing an analogy to the then-current nuclear stand off between the United States and Soviet Union, R.G. explained, "Picture two men standing in a large room waist deep in gasoline. Each one has a match, and each is wondering who will light his first?" That story creates a pretty vivid mind picture of the results - complete destruction of both parties in that case, or the complete destruction of life on earth in the bigger picture of global nuclear war.