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Israelis hit Syrian ‘nuclear bomb plant’(using N. Korean plutonium)
Times of London ^
| 12/02/07
| Uzi Mahnaimi & Michael Sheridan
Posted on 12/02/2007 2:49:01 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: jeffers
Iran may as you suggest have 1-3 untested high energy devices. But slipping one for testing on a truck to Tel Aviv would be possible.
For testing purposes of course.
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posted on
12/02/2007 10:50:35 AM PST
by
romanesq
To: DB
Your theory is perfectly plausible. And in the age of the suicide bomber, a chartered plane could make it to Western Europe, Canada and to a US target easily.
But the nightmare doesn’t get them off the hood entirely. There’s a nuclear signature that would be traced to the weapon’s fuel point of creation.
That would of course do us little good. Sending North Korea to the Stone Age would hardly solve the problem of another attack.
82
posted on
12/02/2007 10:55:17 AM PST
by
romanesq
To: omega4179
The point is the can easily fly in with all needed approvals. Any national intelligence service could put this together within a month.
83
posted on
12/02/2007 10:56:40 AM PST
by
romanesq
To: MainFrame65
Share your understanding on the traceability of the nuclear signature but how does that help anyone if it leads to only the first culprit?
84
posted on
12/02/2007 11:00:12 AM PST
by
romanesq
To: jch10
It would shatter the illusion of a safe international world based on no floating nukes around.
It’s way beyond Congress or the administration. And that lack of confidence would filter its way to the American people.
Government always acts in CYA mode. Always.
85
posted on
12/02/2007 11:01:34 AM PST
by
romanesq
To: jeffers
This is the second similar report Ive seen on this, but I believe both this and the earlier one cite the same source, because both specifically noted the absence of cooling towers on the overhead images of the facility.
Ive worked in smaller test reactor facilities that did not require a cooling tower, a feature which is normally associated more with the steam turbine/cooling loops on the power side of production reactors than with test facility reactors where thermal energy extraction isnt a priority. Exactly! FFTF had liquid sodium cooling and thus no familiar cooling towers associated with nuke power plants.
To: txflake
And their not even willing to throw in a few rhubarb plants. Couldn’t pass on that one. Just got in from freezing rain, after a night of snow falling to go for groceries. I need a pinch of humor.
87
posted on
12/02/2007 11:05:24 AM PST
by
Marine_Uncle
(Duncan Hunter for POTUS)
To: AdmSmith
There is a technical error in the article, so my guess is that it is just another piece of disinformation.
And that error is ... ?
88
posted on
12/02/2007 11:12:21 AM PST
by
ThePythonicCow
(The Greens and Reds steal in fear of freedom and capitalism; Fear arising from a lack of Faith.)
To: jeffers
“Irans weapons program has been largely based on Pakistani assistance,”
I do know that Iran had a ton of engineering students here in the late 70’s.
I’m sure that much capability went home with them
89
posted on
12/02/2007 11:16:38 AM PST
by
HereInTheHeartland
("We have to drain the swamp" George Bush, September 2001)
To: Marine_Uncle
You know I hear people talk about this snow stuff all the time. Wonder what it is.
90
posted on
12/02/2007 11:18:26 AM PST
by
txhurl
(Yes there were WMDs)
To: romanesq
But surely the usual suspects would want to haul Israel over the coals for unilateral self defence etc...???
The clue is the dog that did not bark.
To: Diver Dave
FFTF had liquid sodium cooling and thus no familiar cooling towers associated with nuke power plants. Hanford had numerous smaller research reactors without cooling towers or at least conspicuous vertical radiators. Still grieving here that FFTF is shut down, with the great possibilities it had for creating rare medical isotopes and demonstrating breeder technology. Just a boneyard in the desert now.
92
posted on
12/02/2007 11:28:27 AM PST
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture™)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I thought the media said this was a care facility for lost puppies.
My bad..
93
posted on
12/02/2007 11:29:35 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(God Bless America)
To: txflake
Rub it in rub it in. I used to love snow when for many years I skied late fall, winter, and spring on the east coast and the western mountain ranges. But it taint no fun at my age living in one of Lenin's socialistic strongholds, Philly, that most often gets mostly cold rain, and ice rain, and when it does snow, there is no where to put the stuff, and most people in this area don't understand how to drive in it. Aaaah poor me.
I have to be up at 3:30AM to make it in for 5AM starting time. And I fear the car doors will be frozen up. But life is a bowl of cherries. Eeerrr....bowl of snow.
94
posted on
12/02/2007 11:48:31 AM PST
by
Marine_Uncle
(Duncan Hunter for POTUS)
To: plenipotentiary
“But surely the usual suspects would want to haul Israel over the coals for unilateral self defence etc...???
The clue is the dog that did not bark”
The operative word is yet. Even the Israelis have acknowledged that the Syrians have responded for much less and they will do so in a time of their choosing.
Perhaps they choose when Iran’s program changes the equation from a mere couple of atomic weapons to dozens.
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posted on
12/02/2007 11:49:27 AM PST
by
romanesq
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
12/02/2007 11:58:07 AM PST
by
america4vr
(The ebb and flow of empires have come and gone but America shall forever reign supreme.)
To: DB
With that in mind, has Iran been taunting Israel to strike one of Irans nuke sites so that Iran can retaliate with nuclear weapons while claiming self defense. Obviously Iran knows Israel will retaliate - whats left of it - but do they really care? They need major destruction all around to bring the 12th Imam from his hole... Excellent summary. I completely agree.
97
posted on
12/02/2007 12:12:40 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
To: NonValueAdded
North Korea provides the plutonium and the rocket.
Syria provides the assembly plant and the launch site.
The A.Q Khan network provides the technical know-how.
Iran provides the money.
The Western Left provides the propaganda cover.
It is a joint effort to destroy Israel, pure and simple.
98
posted on
12/02/2007 12:39:45 PM PST
by
the lone wolf
(Good Luck, and watch out for stobor.)
To: AdmSmith
Another possibility is that this plant was meant as a message to the West from Iran that they know how to make bombs. And the fact that an Israeli strike force was able to blind one of the most sophisticated air defense systems in the Middle East is a message to Iran that they can be hit anywhere, any time.
99
posted on
12/02/2007 1:23:58 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
IMO, we should declare an ultimatum to DPRK, something like: Exporting nuclear materials to terror sponsor states (Syria, Iran, etc.) will constitute an act of war against the United States of America, warranting a full retaliatory response.
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