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2005-06-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Unfreeze money and we'll talk, Rafsanjani tells US

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 [there are many ways to comunicate]

Ayatollah Asshati [humming to himself in Iran]

Oh it's a wonderful day in the neighborhood..neighborhood...

..it's a wonderful day in the neighborhood..neighborhood...would you be my neighbor?

[high up above the ink black sky, a voice]

Roger that neighbor

The Rods from God

Among the weapons the Air Force might deploy are space-based lasers, a space plane capable of delivering a half-ton payload anywhere in the world in 45 minutes, and the "rods from god." The rods are currently just a concept--and have been since the early 1980s--but, if the myriad technical and political hurdles to deployment could be overcome, the system could represent a tremendous leap forward in the military's ability to destroy underground, hardened facilities of the type that have allowed Iran and other rogue states to violate the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty with impunity.

HOW DO THE RODS WORK? The system would likely be comprised of tandem satellites, one serving as a communications platform, the other carrying an indeterminate number of tungsten rods, each up to 20 feet in length and 1 foot in diameter. These rods, which could be dropped on a
target with as little as 15 minutes notice, would enter the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 36,000 feet per second--about as fast as a meteor. Upon impact, the rod would be capable of producing all the effects of an earth-penetrating nuclear weapon, without any of the radioactive fallout. This type of weapon relies on kinetic energy, rather than high-explosives, to generate destructive force (as do smart spears, another weapon system which would rely on tungsten rods, though not space-based).

Bam!

Link: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/700oklkt.asp

Posted by Red Dog 2005-06-09 00:35|| 2005-06-09 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, but big difference between "...might deploy" and "is/already deployed", espec if one looks up at the skies o'er WESTPAC. As for the SPACE PLANE, the one described is for civilians and PC - the REAL SPACE PLANE is the one that will take astronauts and space ve-hiickles to the Moon and back.[HINT: t'aint DELTA-WINGS of UFO notoriety].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-06-09 01:04|| 2005-06-09 01:04|| Front Page Top

#3 no reel wun hiderin in em nyoo zeelan. strikly yoos fro tranzpoten teh lizard peples to teh mars base tho. litter do em iluminati kno tho the erth polar shift gonna afec teh hole solar system therby destryoin plutos entire ecosystem.

we doomed dood.

Posted by muck4doo 2005-06-09 01:15|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-06-09 01:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Talks are useless, the Mad Mullah form of hudna, and we have no good will toward you. So stick a fork in it.

Posted by .com 2005-06-09 02:16|| 2005-06-09 02:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Gotta man my trebuchet on the moon man! Time to throw some mean rocks...

Posted by 3dc 2005-06-09 02:33|| 2005-06-09 02:33|| Front Page Top

#6 ado ya got me smiling again.

we doomed dood. >:-]

Posted by Red Dog 2005-06-09 02:39|| 2005-06-09 02:39|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm still waiting for a "good-will" gesture from the mullahs. How about an apology, restitution, etc. for the embassy take-over? Never forgive, never forget!

Posted by Spot">Spot 2005-06-09 08:47|| 2005-06-09 08:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Damn,Mucky.I can ussally figure out what your saying,but than was extra tough.

Posted by raptor 2005-06-09 08:50|| 2005-06-09 08:50|| Front Page Top

#9 I understood it perfectly, which scares the hell out of me.

Posted by Steve ">Steve 2005-06-09 09:07|| 2005-06-09 09:07|| Front Page Top

#10 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - a man just crying for his Visa card and Swiss Bank Account to suffer identity theft.

Posted by 3dc 2005-06-09 09:54|| 2005-06-09 09:54|| Front Page Top

#11 s'matta, Raptor? No speaka da mucky?

Posted by BH 2005-06-09 10:01|| 2005-06-09 10:01|| Front Page Top

#12 "As I have said before, a goodwill gesture on the part of the United States would be for them to unblock our assets," the top Shiite cleric said in an interview with the hardline Jomhuri Islami newspaper.

The only "gesture" he deserves is this one.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-09 10:20|| 2005-06-09 10:20|| Front Page Top

#13 They want a gesture? Tell 'em we'll send Jimmy Carter over. They can tear him limb from limb and we'll call it even...

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-09 11:02|| 2005-06-09 11:02|| Front Page Top

#14 Red Dog-
I recently read a tech article pooh poohing the god rods. It claimed that projectiles moving faster than 3000 fps do no more burrowing than those moving slower, the end of the rod just "boils off" faster. Further, it said that accurately guiding the suckers would not be a piece of cake and the cost of getting them into orbit would be astronomical (heh, heh). The conclusion was that a rocket from more conventional launch pad would be much cheaper and as effective. FWIW.

Posted by Craig 2005-06-09 16:43|| 2005-06-09 16:43|| Front Page Top

#15 Craig...
Trebuchet on the moon throwing old moon rockets at em...

Posted by 3dc 2005-06-09 17:07|| 2005-06-09 17:07|| Front Page Top

#16 Rafsanjani made his usual mistake again.

He assumes we want to talk with them.

I think we have other plans....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-09 18:23|| http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com]">[http://www.ariellestjohndesigns.com] 2005-06-09 18:23|| Front Page Top

#17 "Here, suck on this."
-- Taxi Driver

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-06-09 19:36|| 2005-06-09 19:36|| Front Page Top

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