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2004-10-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-10-28 3:01:51 PM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Russiaâs dealing with the devil is going to bite them in the ass, but they cannot help it....

Make that has bitten them in the ass. Iran was backing the terrorists in that school.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-10-28 3:15:24 PM|| 2004-10-28 3:15:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 hmmmm - how many silos are on the typical boomer sub? Oh, more than 10....

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-28 3:31:39 PM|| 2004-10-28 3:31:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 And I'm building a stable for 20 ponies.

Posted by .com 2004-10-28 3:38:06 PM|| 2004-10-28 3:38:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Buy off the Russians. If it costs us $6B to do so, it's a bargain.

Posted by lex 2004-10-28 3:57:39 PM|| 2004-10-28 3:57:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Iran plans up to 10 reactors"

That's a lot of Hooter's bufflo wings with 3-mile island sauce.

Hello Silo, nice to meet you. Have you met my friend Bunker Buster?

Posted by Poison Reverse 2004-10-28 4:03:54 PM|| 2004-10-28 4:03:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 That's a lot of nuclear capability for a country floating on oil. Those PA systems in the minnarets must really need some "juice"

Posted by TomAnon 2004-10-28 4:22:09 PM|| 2004-10-28 4:22:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Actually, Frank, 24 tubes with 8 RVs per tube per START, 12 RVs max. 2 D-5s should do nicely, with some left over for the mullahs.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-28 5:48:13 PM|| 2004-10-28 5:48:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Isn't this where ~~Ship~~ Barbie from Burbank is supposed to say, "Math is hard, tee hee!"

Posted by .com 2004-10-28 5:51:32 PM|| 2004-10-28 5:51:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Today there are two kinds of submarines in our Navy: the TRIDENT ballistic missile submarine, the so-called "boomer," equipped with an estimated weapons load of more than 200 nuclear bombs carried in 24 extremely long-range intercontinental missiles; and the "Attack" submarine, fitted with shorter-range, air-breathing missiles, which are also capable of phenomenal accuracy over land or sea. Both types carry conventional torpedoes, and can launch all their weapons from complete submergence.

The TRIDENTs carry a MIRVed missile in each of their 24 missile tubes. MIRV is the acronym for Multiple, Independently targeted, Re-entry Vehicle, meaning that after reaching the target vicinity the missile's warhead splits apart into as many as ten smaller nuclear bombs aimed at ten different targets with computer-controlled accuracy. How this works - and the precise number of reentry vehicles in each warhead - is secret, but the tremendous fact is that a single broadside from such a submarine - all 24 missiles fired at the same time - can destroy any nation on the face of the earth. No nation - and this includes our own - could even hope to function, or even continue to exist, in the face of such a salvo. Incontrovertibly, the TRIDENT submarine with this fantastic armament will prove to be the dooms-day weapon imagined by scientists, statesmen, and historians since the term was invented.

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_7/submarine_mission.htm

Posted by dennisw 2004-10-28 6:54:28 PM|| 2004-10-28 6:54:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Sounds good - I'm gonna go get a quote on eBay...

Posted by .com 2004-10-28 6:57:29 PM|| 2004-10-28 6:57:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Looks like the Pakistanis are going to get some mullah mist drifting their way. That's fair since they hold the record for proliferation-related sales anyway.

Posted by Tom 2004-10-28 8:19:04 PM|| 2004-10-28 8:19:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Want to bet all 10 reactors will be the graphite - heavy water plutonium factories? How many thousands of plutonium cores will they produce each year?

Posted by ed 2004-10-28 8:42:54 PM|| 2004-10-28 8:42:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Not only that, but with 10 reactors going and a plutonium extraction plant or two on line, they are going to have one mess of highly toxic and radioactive waste to deal with, too. And the odds are that the Iranians will have to deal with serious seismic issues with the plants. And we know how careful they are with building construction, a la Bam.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-10-28 9:11:45 PM|| 2004-10-28 9:11:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 AP, Don't worry. The Iranians have the Russians helping them who're going to ratify Kyoto.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-28 9:14:24 PM|| 2004-10-28 9:14:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I (/optimism on/) see this one going our way. First, note that Iran's been paying Russia in cash. Soooo, Russia keeps building the plants and then (woops) let's slip to us their exact GPS coordinates after Putin's been pushed over the edge from that school attack. A win-win...Russia gets cash, and we (or Israel, if Bush isn't re-elected) get the GPS coordinates for testing our new low level bunker busters. Also, maybe Russia (again, whoops) accidentally doesn't build them to specs...what could that do? (/optimism off/)

Posted by BA 2004-10-28 9:20:20 PM|| 2004-10-28 9:20:20 PM|| Front Page Top