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2008-11-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

While we slowly morph to "Oh well, Iran only has one nuke...."

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2008-11-24 09:46|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 A bit too much hyperbole here for the author to be taken seriously. Sorta the Al Gore approach. While I acknowledge the impact of an EMP attack would be devastating, I am confident that we would know how to respond. Love the "container lowered into the sea" scenario.

Posted by remoteman 2008-11-24 16:08|| 2008-11-24 16:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Well Neener, Neener, Neener there, remoteman. The day my remote doesn't work, I gonna be really P*SSED OFF!

Posted by Phomong Bourbon2090 2008-11-24 17:32|| 2008-11-24 17:32|| Front Page Top

#3 The word preemptive comes to mind.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-11-24 18:05|| 2008-11-24 18:05|| Front Page Top

#4 In 1945 the Japanese Army tried to argue that the U.S. had only one bomb. Then they received word about Nagasaki.

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-11-24 18:09|| 2008-11-24 18:09|| Front Page Top

#5 ...The thing to keep in mind is that EMP is a function of burst strength and altitude. A likely Iranian bomb is going to be about the same size as the Hiroshima bomb (approx. 20 kilotons) - pop it 300 miles over Chicago, and the Windy City - along with Detroit, Madison, and a few other good sized cities - suddenly drop back to 1875, but the rest of the country is okay. We know it won't have been launched by the Norks and the Paks aren't THAT insane. That leaves the Iranians, who have (as the author points out) practiced the over-the-side scenario. The mullahs die an hour or so later.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-11-24 18:45|| 2008-11-24 18:45|| Front Page Top

#6 The only actual N threat I expect from Iran would be an "undeliverable" device suitable only for placing in a shipping container and detonating it in place while still on board a ship/train/truck/whatever.

It's one thing to build an operable device that will fission and quite another to produce a deliverable weapon. Besides, Iran picks its people based on loyalty, not competence.

Still, their program makes a great excuse to whack Iran, and whack them hard. Excessive force should be authorized. It's overdue by 29 years.

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2008-11-24 18:53|| 2008-11-24 18:53|| Front Page Top

#7 The USN is already giving its AEGIS Ships + select Subs BMD-TMD capabilities > IMO what the USN needs now are BATTLESPACE "MOTHERSHIPS" = ARSENAL SHIPS and the like to operate BMD-TMD DIRIGIBLES, for below-orbit, end-stage/trajectory missle defense.

* MAG-LEV PLATFORMS = "AIR SKIMMERS"???

ALso, IIRC consider WIRED NEWS? > seems the USA + NASA-JPL are dev plans for FUTURE MOON-BASED "NUCLEAR BASES"???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-11-24 19:10|| 2008-11-24 19:10|| Front Page Top

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