[Atlas Sneezed]

The whole-nation orbital scenario seems pretty remote for terrorists, but the cosatal scud that takes out a Metro area is plausible.

It would make those paranoid survival/preparedness folks look pretty clever.

[Travis McGee]

I think a nuke launched to explode at apogee 100 miles above NY would take out most of New England and the Mid Atlantic states, probably all the way to Ohio. I'm sure the experts will be along to fill us in.

But if terrorists had one nuke, I think they'd use it to craterize NYC or DC, not explode in space to take out our grid.