[jerseygirl]

My son just took a look at the Jakel Nuke New York images.The first thing he noticed was that the picture was from the vantage point of a boat powering away. The first thing he noticed was the wake of the boat, obviously leaving NY harbor. (He has done alot of sailing). He said that the picture obviously showed that the nuke had been launched off of the boat, and the boat was speeding away.

Then I asked him what he thought of the chicken-wire pattern. His impression was of the desert-cracked sand. Since the cracks are shown with a nuke exploding, he said it was "scorched earth".

[nw_arizona_granny]

Your son is sharp.

Of course they can launch from a ship, remember flight 800?

I don't know about the scorched earth, but keep in mind that it does not need to be exact to give the idea to us of what they are using as a scare tactic of the day.