[DJ Taylor]

MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) prevented the Soviets from trying this, but I don't think it will deter the Mad Mullahs of Iran.

[RockinRight]

If they even try...

Tehran, 2006:

[Cyclops08]

Wow. just ONE bomb could wipe us out?

And don't claims like this justify WMD claims? We need to invade now!

[nuconvert]

Already posted

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390468/posts

[MichaelP]

Most electronics are shielded these days. It would probably cause regionalized problems with the power grid, but it wouldn't be a calamity. The missile probably would never make it here anyway. There are always aegis systems deployed in the area which could intercept a single missile.

Mike

[finnman69]

This is such yang.

If they wanted to inflict maximum carnage and damage they would target my city. New York City.

They would never waste a nuclear weapon on such a far fetched unproven emthod of attacking a nation. Laying waste to NYC would create GLOBAL havoc and would do an incredible amount of damage to the US economy.

[TommyDale]

The Electromagnetic Pulse strategy to knock out the U.S. infrastructure may have been viable in 1980, but since then the military-industrial complex has developed "hardened" chips that can withstand such an attack. Dream on, Iran. You would be swatted like an mosquito.

[The Great RJ]

Perhaps the mad mullahs might be deterred if we announce the targeting of Mecca and Medina with nuclear weapons as well as other Islamic holy sites of significance.

It must be made clear to both Iran and North Korea in no uncertain terms or diplomatic niceties that the use of nuclear weapons against the US will bring an immediate massive nuclear retaliation on their country.

[Red Badger]

A terrorist organization might have trouble putting a nuclear warhead 'on target' with a Scud

With a nuke, all you have to get is close...............

[Brilliant]

The mere fact that they have such a plan illustrates how crazy they are.

[crz]

It will screw up all the non sheilded thingys with diodes and transisters. Like our cars, PCs, TVs, Media, Power grid et al. But the military hardware is all shielded and should not be effected.

[joesnuffy]

Nope...they believe Allah is on 'their' side...
and even if they all die in a nuke exchange they
will be in Muslim heaven with their 72 beautiful and eternally young virgins... two nanoseconds after ground zero lights up.

imo

[Noachian]

MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) prevented the Soviets from trying this, but I don't think it will deter the Mad Mullahs of Iran.

I agree. You can't use a MAD concept on people who want to go to paradise.

It's time for the brains in the DOD to think of another way to stop the mullahs short of a reactive nuclear strike against Iran. If they can't come up with anything then all that's left is to make that piece of desert radioactive when they launch their "one" missile.

That would really tick off the liberal Dems, but this country would be safe.

[GingisK]

designed to destroy America's technical infrastructure...

I guess they are planning to nuke India.

[Blzbba]

"Detonated at a height of 60 to 500 kilometers above the continental U.S., one nuclear warhead could cripple the country – knocking out electrical power and circuit boards and rendering the U.S. domestic communications impotent. "


No it wouldn't, due to shielding standards and lack of blast radius. Stupid fear-mongering article lost all credibility there.

Just say "We want to attack Iran" and make up a lie and do it, instead of coming up with BS like this.

[Red6]

1. They shoot at us with there hand full of missiles.

2. We knock every one of them out with 10 fold redundancy, starting near the point of launch.

3. We retaliate and turn Iran into a nuclear waste dump.

It's not MAD! MAD assumes we both destroy each other.

Red6

[DBrow]

Why would they need a "remote control device" when all they need is a simple timer set to detonate when the missile has flown a set distance?

Why is this type of nuclear attack less likely to provoke a nuclear response?

They'd need to be pretty confident that their one and only device reliably and adequately cripples the USA. So far only the US media is sure of the physics behind EMP threats and the way they couple to hardware.

Assuming that everything goes well for the attackers, cell phones and cable boxes across the USA would go dead- and the guys in Cheyenne and at the silos and airfields and submarines would be getting Emergency Action Messages and turning keys and lighting afterburners. Aircraft carriers and their little flocks would be changing course.

On the upside the antiwar protesters would be prevented from organizing to get their message out urging moderation, diplomatic solutions, and restrained response, and the talking heads would be forced into silence.

[r9etb]

The stunning report was first published over the weekend in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin

Oh. Never mind.

[HankReardon]

There's been enough talk going, it's time to act.

[Larry Lucido]

The stunning report was first published over the weekend in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence newsletter published by WND's founder.

Joseph Farah on Joseph Farah.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Submarines wouldn't be affected. Tehran would glow for 250 years.