For a start, it is important not to confuse absolute and comparative advantage.

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And even if a country were the most efficient in every industry, giving it an absolute advantage in everything, it could not have a comparative advantage in everything.

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The Soviet SS-24 (a ten-warheaded ballistic missile capable of being launched from railroad cars and fixed silos) and SS-25 (intercontinental variant of the intermediate range SS-20, currently assessed to be equipped with one warhead) are deployed in ways that take full advantage of the barrenness and enormity of the Soviet land-mass, and the absolute priority enjoyed by the military in that society.

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