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To: NormsRevenge

“The bad news is that the missile itself, after smashing the satellite, appears likely to fall to Earth itself, and our best guess is in the vicinity of Tehran, Iran about three days from now.”


8 posted on 02/21/2008 9:47:44 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
“The bad news is that the missile itself, after smashing the satellite, appears likely to fall to Earth itself, and our best guess is in the vicinity of Tehran, Iran about three days from now.”

".. and unfortunately the missile's guidance computer was powered by a thermal battery consisting of a pile of weapons grade plutonium aligned in a cylinder along the missile's long axis and, hypothetically, if it compresses just right when it smashes into the ground in Tehran..."
19 posted on 02/21/2008 9:58:13 AM PST by verum ago (The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
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