...terrorism expert Walid Phares reported that in addition to utilizing multiple dirty bombs, Islamists could also detonate one such bomb by sending a missile into the air, detonating the device aloft, and causing radiation to emanate across an entire region of the U.S., not only creating the potential for death but crippling U.S. satellites and communication devices, including computers.
What's he talking about, EMP? A conventional explosive could not do any of these things, afaik.
12 posted on 02/21/2011 11:31:09 AM PST by LibWhacker