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2007-02-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran Plans To Nuke Europe, US - Sanctions Urged

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-02-28 06:17|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Thanks for the info on space flight and throw-weight, AC.

I can see it now: the EU-niks crawling through the bomb-blasted radioactive slag heap that was once Brussels/Darmstadt/Marseilles/Zurich/take your pick, gasping, "Sanctions! Must . . . impose . . . stronger . . . measures!"

Posted by Mike 2007-02-28 08:13|| 2007-02-28 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Mike,
No, they will be crawling around, cursing Bush and Israel for not taking stronger action.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-02-28 08:43|| 2007-02-28 08:43|| Front Page Top

#3 To save Europe a third time, or not. Oh the choices!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-02-28 09:29|| 2007-02-28 09:29|| Front Page Top

#4 A lot more information on the SHAHAB series of missiles, including range charts and throw weights. Use the drop down menu in the upper left to select missile class.

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/missile/shahab-5.htm

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-28 09:39|| 2007-02-28 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 #3: To save Europe a third time, or not. Oh the choices!

I vote "Not" Three strikes and "You're OUT"

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-28 11:35|| 2007-02-28 11:35|| Front Page Top

#6 This is a little garbled. Orbit is not required for an ICBM payload. If an object reaches orbital velocity, it is in orbit. If so, it will by definition go all the way around the Earth.

And once in orbit, you use a small retro-blast to de-orbit when desired. Range is then unlimited, you can then hit anywhere on earth that you set your initial orbit to pass overhead. "Down" is usualy not a problem.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-28 11:42|| 2007-02-28 11:42|| Front Page Top

#7 it might be time for folks to read up on fallout hazards and stock up on duct tape and potassium iodide pills here in the States.

AC, I grew up during the era of above ground open air nuclear testing. Still here with all my parts and not suffering from much that can actually be tagged to the exercise. The Iranians are a way off from being able to have anything significant than a 'last great act of defiance' throw before they are removed from the high annoyance list to the 'who?' list.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-02-28 13:18|| 2007-02-28 13:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Orbit - is a nebulous altitude above the earth. Presumable Low Earth Orbit and upwards where we tend to send the shuttle and dump ISS money*.

Orbital Velocity - The difficult to achieve speed that allows an object to stay up in orbit without running the engines all the time. Usually an object at this velocity will circle the Earth every 90 minutes.

It's not all that hard to launch something up to "orbit" but very hard to get it going fast enough to stay. A missile might just suborbital up through the orbital zone and drop back down on target.

*I'm aware that the money is not "dumped" in orbit. It's dumped into Russian and European bank accounts to laundery it and pretend we're paying for the chunks of the ISS they build in the hopes they are not building rockets for the Iranians. A dubious proposition.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-02-28 14:31|| 2007-02-28 14:31|| Front Page Top

#9 Why not just put them in Venezuela?

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-02-28 16:50|| 2007-02-28 16:50|| Front Page Top

#10 Iran Plans To Nuke Europe, US - Sanctions Urged

Truly an Onion worthy headline.

Posted by ed 2007-02-28 17:23|| 2007-02-28 17:23|| Front Page Top

#11 let them save themsleves this time
maybe they will get the picture

Posted by sinse 2007-02-28 21:15|| 2007-02-28 21:15|| Front Page Top

#12 RADIO ISRAEL > Mossad Officio > IDF & Mossad believe IRAN IS READY TO ATTACK AND INITIATE NEW TERROR BOMBING OFFENSIVE AGZ WEST [including USA?], April-May 2007, this time using de facto CBR materials.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-28 22:24|| 2007-02-28 22:24|| Front Page Top

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