Can the U.S. economy survive a few nuclear weapons

This paper discusses the survivability of the U.S. economy following a small nuclear war-one involving 1-2% of the nuclear arsenals of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. The authors presume that liquid fuel facilities would be the principal target and they use a computer model commissioned by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to examine the fate of the U.S. economy after such an attack. Using the results of this study, the authors address the viability of the current nuclear arms buildup as well as that of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)