Posted on 06/15/2025 5:24:33 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
Because the IDF doesn’t have radiological detectors anywhere in the country?
This doom scrolling crap has no place in serious discussion.
and afterwards, Tehran is just a radioactive place on the map. 12ers hardest hit.
Iran could EASILY send a dirty bomb to Israel via ballistic missile. They have more than enough nuclear material to do so. The BIG problem with this is that Israel has drones and planes flying INSIDE Iranian airspace that have already taken 0ut dozens if noy hundreds of missiles. If Israel hits a missile while still in Iran, it could spread the material far and wide inside their own nation.
Perhaps why Iran’s nuclear scientists are dead now. Nine in the first strikes and add’l followed.
1. Jerusalem/Al-Aqsa Mosque/Dome of the Rock etc
2. Muslims in Israel, Gaza and West Bank
“I really don’t think Iran has any way of delivering a dirty bomb.”
You may be right, but there are probably various low-tech ways to deliver radioactive material for contamination. Regardless, I don’t think even Iran is that stupid! Israel may very well consider a dirty bomb as a nuclear strike, and reply in kind. Nutty as Iran has been, I don’t think they want their country glazed over with green glass.
“...leaving Iran looking like Gaza within a week”.
No it would be worse than Gaza, it would look like Hiroshima.
Will Iran commit suicide?
The author was imagining a dirty bomb in lower Manhattan. He was arguing that a square mile would be “uninhabitable” only because of over broad federal regulations based on bad science.
That is precisely my reasoning. The entire Chernobyl area is recovering -- at least as far as the wildlife goes. Yet, it's still a no-go zone because of the government (yet both Russia and Ukraine had no problems digging their troops in there). This is 60 years of propaganda based on incomplete studies. That's a lot of political inertia to overcome.
“If Khamenei wants to make good on his threats, his next step will likely be to hit Israel with dirty bombs to spread radiation over large sections of its urban areas.”
and israel would retaliate with actual nuclear bombs ... i’m sure that’s been made clear to the iranian “brain” trust ...
Did it in Iraq when it was 115F in the shade!
Guess they had to to keep the wmd lie going.
Khomeini has fled to Russia he’s not going to do much except drink tea with Assad.
I heard his family was in France.
I’d believe either or both.
It is typical for Muslim leaders to flee to luxury once they can no longer milk the country and people they destroy. Maybe he’s too toxic, even for France.
Exactly!
Exactly.
Since Israel could easily respond in kind, the dirty bomb route would be idiotic for Iran — besides the fact that radiation unleashed on Israel would effect Palestinian Muslims as much as Israeli Jews.
Yes, using Gas on Israel would be the end of Iran for obvious reasons.
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