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| 2006-07-02 |
| To counter terrorists, you need to think like one. That will be the case to thwart terrorists who want to match, if not exceed, the devastating September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. September 11 came from the sky in a somewhat unconventional way. Terrorists turned fully-fueled airplanes with passengers into cruise missiles, crashing them into the symbols of U.S. economic and military strength: the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In their desire to at least match the destructive effect of those attacks, terrorists will look for another "creative," unconventional approach. |
| Posted by:Glaitch Groting9149 |
| #4 Well, we have the strength and power to suppress, and then obliterate, an attack from any front or direction. Today, our political system, the best concieved in modern history, can't muster the resolve to assuage all the cry-babies, and then do what must be done. |
| Posted by: as 2006-07-02 22:41 |
| #3 Yeah, both Hiroshima and Nagasaki are bustling cities today. Neither was "Taken Out" except temporarily. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-07-02 19:23 |
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Hmmm, the Hiroshima bomb was detonated at 1900 feet in the middle of the city specifically to maximise the damage created and killed 70,000 people. I would have thought that any bomb of the same size detonated in a port, at sea level, is not going to create the same damage as the Hiroshima device. Not that there won't be extensive damage of course! IMHO, the quote about 'taking out a city' is pure hyperbole. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-07-02 17:30 |
| #1 This time, it could come from the sea. Given they can't detect Haitian boat people till the news helicopter is hovering over the beach at night, its not going to be too hard. |
| Posted by: Chease Angogum1265 2006-07-02 13:54 |