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2006-07-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran nuclear talks off - Iranian official

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Posted by Fred 2006-07-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oh dear, was it the tea?

Posted by Captain America 2006-07-06 00:51|| 2006-07-06 00:51|| Front Page Top

#2 giving no immediate official reason for the delay

Update: The official reason for the delay is to buy time to enrich a bit more uranium.

Posted by grb 2006-07-06 02:51|| 2006-07-06 02:51|| Front Page Top

#3 The 12th Imam must've come out of the well and saw his shadow...

Posted by tu3031 2006-07-06 07:32|| 2006-07-06 07:32|| Front Page Top

#4 whic h means six more weeks before nutbar starts his armagheddon.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-07-06 09:02|| 2006-07-06 09:02|| Front Page Top

#5 We knew there would be no negotiating with you. Unfortunately, we wasted time and went thru the motions anyway to be PC. Yes, it gave you more time. But, it gave us more time to manufacture the 5 kt. warheads for Tridents that we'll eventually use on you.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-07-06 12:02|| 2006-07-06 12:02|| Front Page Top

#6 it gave us more time to manufacture the 5 kt. warheads for Tridents that we'll eventually use on you.
The smallest US warhead is a 10kt artillery shell for 175mm howitzers. Anything on a Tomahawk would be from 75Kt to 1Mt. Tridents are equipped with 10/12 1Mt Mk-24-type thermonuclear warheads. Currently the largest weapon in the US inventory is a 10Mt air-dropped City-crusher that is (supposedly) not deployed.

Iran would probably be greeted first and foremost with tactical, conventional weapons from B-1, B-52, and B-2 bombers, tactical Navy and Air Force fighters, submarine- and warship-launched Tomahawk conventional weapons, and Naval gunfire. The US wouldn't use nukes unless things got totally out of hand, or the Iranians managed to sink a Nimitz-class carrier. If that happened, all bets are off.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-07-06 18:29|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-06 18:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Do the EUros just enjoy being the Iranians butt boys? I'm trying really hard to understand these Euro folks motivation, but it completely baffles me.

Posted by ed 2006-07-06 18:47|| 2006-07-06 18:47|| Front Page Top

#8 I agree OP. And I doubt a Nimitz can be dispatched without nukes.

What this really means is that the Euros will have been made to undeniably look like saps by the UN (Russia & China) and Iran. The up shot of the Korea fiasco will be that Japan and the US will be made to look weak, if not saps by the UN (Russia & China). The UN is going to be the big loser this summer. Bush needs to nominate a new UN ambassador. He may not. or he may nominate Bolton plus, whomever that might be. Or he might submit Bolton for confirmation again leaving the post open till the Senate votes. It's going to be interesting. And interesting to watch the new SecGen selection. I'm not certain that post will be filled either. Especially with all the major contributors looking like weak, dumb saps.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-06 18:54|| 2006-07-06 18:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Well,yes, we find that our current warheads, even the smallest, are too large to use in a tactical environment. We need very low yield nukes for ground penetration to smash underground works with shock waves, but not cause large surface radiation emissions. These are being developed. Strangely, it's almost more difficult to build a small one vs. a large one. Delivery from a parabolic trajectory allows sufficient penetration before detonation.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-07-06 19:37|| 2006-07-06 19:37|| Front Page Top

#10 B83 Dial-a-Yield. From a few KT to 1.2MT, airburst or groundburst. As long as one does not mind bomber or fighter delivery.

Posted by ed 2006-07-06 19:46|| 2006-07-06 19:46|| Front Page Top

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