These could possibly run in excess of 20 KT. That would be pretty bad.
No wonder we- and the Russians- are mobilized for war.
Pulled this off from IH:
Army Chief Says War Looks Grim
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 16, 2004
The incoming commander of the Fort Gillem-based unit in East Point responsible for training Army Reserve and National Guard units for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan painted a grim picture Thursday of the war on terrorism.
Major Gen. Russel Honore said that "in the global war on terrorism there is no near end." He made the remarks as he assumed command of the 1st U.S. Army in ceremonies at Fort McPherson.
Honore, a 33-year veteran of the Army, takes over from Lt. Gen. Joseph Inge, who will become deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Honore's assessment was echoed by Gen. Dan McNeill, commander of Forces Command at Fort McPherson, which oversees the 1st Army.
"We are likely to be a nation at war for some time to come," McNeill said.
Neither Inge, who commanded the 1st Army for 2 1/2 years, nor Honore addressed the investigations into the training received by the 372nd Military Police Company of Cresaptown, Md., as it prepared for duty in Iraq.
Soldiers from the Army Reserve unit have been charged with abusing Iraqis in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
"That issue is still under investigation and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on it," Inge said in an interview after the ceremony.
Investigators are trying to determine whether the unit was appropriately trained for the job it was given before being sent overseas.
With more than a half dozen of the unit's soldiers facing courts-martial for their roles in the scandal, Army officials have been tight-lipped about the investigations.
Inge said that more than 160,000 National Guard and Reserve soldiers have been mobilized and trained for duty since Sept. 11, 2001. An additional 50,000 will be called to serve before the end of the year, he added.
The 1st Army's job, said Inge, "is to prepare soldiers to go to war."
Honore said the job has special meaning to him because his son Michael, a sergeant in the Louisiana National Guard, is training at Fort Hood, Texas, for deployment to Iraq later this year.
"I take this personal that we prepare every son and daughter to go fight," he said.
If a terrorist nuclear strike comes down on the US or an
ally, how and against whom does Amercia retaliate?