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2004-03-31 Southeast Asia

JI may use crude nuclear device against SE Asian shipping lanes

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-03-31 12:55:37 AM|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 As I see it, two possible outcomes:

1. If it even looks like these guys are trying something, look for the USN, the RAN, the JNSDF, the Singaporeans, and the RN to get back into the fun forthwith. Anything that doesn't look (pardon the expression)kosher will get shredded.
2. Jihadis set of bomb and say, "Look! We have contaminated this chunk of ocean...and..you..are ..just...sailing...around it.....damn."

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-03-31 1:36:45 AM|| 2004-03-31 1:36:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Anyone think it's related to this?

Posted by Pete Stanley 2004-03-31 2:41:09 AM|| 2004-03-31 2:41:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The greatest danger on the sea (IMO) is not nuclear- it is the hijacking of an LNG carrier and exploding it in a seaport. There is an NOAA report (the Quest Report) which estimates a 5m hole in an LNG tank with a wind speed of 1.5m/second would cause a fire 2.5 miles in diameter with sufficient radiant heat to ignite fires well beyond that.
Consider the effect of rupturing all four tanks at once. I am sure AQ has.

Posted by Grunter 2004-03-31 3:08:07 AM|| 2004-03-31 3:08:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, China will surely love that!

Weren't they rattling sabres at US/Japan recently about the Straits of Malacca????

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-03-31 3:19:35 AM|| 2004-03-31 3:19:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think the headline should read: "JI may use very, very, very crude nuclear device against SE Asian shipping lanes"

Most logical outcome of this (If real and not the usual jihadi bragado): The worlds first nulear "work-accident".

Posted by Evert Visser in NL 2004-03-31 6:58:17 AM|| [http://chinditz.buzznet.com/user/] 2004-03-31 6:58:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I agree with Grunter. LNG rail cars are also a huge potential problem. They're a lot more dangerous than many other things the leftists protest against being transported through residential areas.

Posted by Spot 2004-03-31 9:07:21 AM|| 2004-03-31 9:07:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 What a crock.

Firstly, WHAT would they blow up? A ship that would sink promptly as the currents absorb, dilute, and carry away the radioactive materials?

JI would not waste a nuke on a ship when they could smuggle it in and set it off in a city. These are TERRORISTS, people, who TERRORIZE citizens, not ships.

Posted by Ptah 2004-03-31 11:43:43 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-03-31 11:43:43 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Jason TROLL 2004-03-31 7:14:12 AM|| 2004-03-31 7:14:12 AM|| Front Page Top

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