Finding them would be akin to finding a needle in a haystack, IMHO. This is a pretty gigundo country, with a lot of square miles. All they'd have to do is find a nice farmhouse in the middle of nowhere..you think we'd find them? Nope! (Incidentally, there was a rumor that they had cropdusters stored this way, planning for a bio attack that hasn't occurred YET).
Interesting that NEST was deployed a few months post 9/11, though. And a lot of stories since then about really, REALLY low plane flights over DC by military craft. NEST teams probably aboard. Would be logical/likely.
Also - it's pretty well known that in the 60s, the Ruskies had small nukes in DC at the Russian embassy. Also that tactical nukes were produced by both the Russians AND the US (google it). These are highly portable, 10 KT+ (size that we hit Hiroshima with). They only weigh 150'ish lbs, so can be transported fairly easily.
Key thing to remember here - we're not talking about traditional nuke warheads, but something that is suitcase sized and VERY portable.
I'd actually be QUITE shocked if they DON'T have them here - I mean..wide open borders, fall of the USSR and "anything" for sale, etc. And if it isn't AQ that has them, it's the Russian Spetnaz, Koreans, Chinese, etc. BANK ON them being used in the opening salvo of the next major War - they are designed to take out Command & Control, ensure chaos, etc. And we probably have our own deployed in Russia, China, etc. for the exact same purpose.
Think Strategy here, gang. It's pretty obvious if you're on the other side planning for the "long term".
"and if it isn't AQ that has them, it's the Russian Spetnaz, Koreans, Chinese, etc. BANK ON them being used in the opening salvo of the next major War - they are designed to take out Command & Control, ensure chaos, etc. And we probably have our own deployed in Russia, China, etc. for the exact same purpose.
Think Strategy here, gang. It's pretty obvious if you're on the other side planning for the "long term"."
Agreed. Russia is arming Iran blatantly at this point with nuke technology and SAM's capabable of delivering nuclear payloads. China & North Korea are helping with ICBM's.
China and Russia are puppeting the proxies, just like in the Cold War, except this time they have raised the stakes tremendously by not fighting global terror alongside us and instead arming it.
We need to take drastic measures against China and Russia now while we have some leverage instead of pussy-footing around with them. How about we arm Checnya with nuclear technology for "peaceful" purposes like Russia is doing with Iran? How about slapping China with massive trade tarrifs so they stop using our TRILLION dollars of liquidity in trade imbalance to build up advanced military to destroy us. They remind me of Japan, their leaders and diplomats talking about peace while the generals talk about destroying us. Everybody's head is in the sand and nobody has the balls to confront the real players and play chicken like Reagan or JFK.