Does anyone out there (who can talk about it) know anything about the Soviet “suitcase bombs”? I have heard three thoughts over the years.
1. They don’t exist, and there never were any.
2. They are not suitcase size they are refrigerator size.
3. They need to be serviced. The original ones are now no longer functional.
Can anyone help me out?
What's that you say? Hiroshima's population is 1.6 million and Nagasaki's is half a million?
"Irreparable" by what standard?
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My research on this topic is over 5 years old, so my memory is not that great on it, but here is what I remember.
1. According to Joel Rosenberg, novelist and politico with access to top level execs in the US, Israel, and former KGB - yes, there are ‘’Suitcae’’ nukes. They were to be used by Spetsnaz (sp?) during the cold war, for pre-emption purposes.
2. They are small kt. and yes, suitcase sized - but were to be used in in elongated backpacks due to the triggering device, so maybe the vernacular should have been ‘’backpack nukes’’. (I can’t site my sources, so see what you can find.)
3. The units do take maintenance, and, as I recall, offer little protection to the carrier. I recall there were other issues of instability and reliability that pointed to ‘’smoke ‘em if you got ‘em’’.
Now, as the former webmaster for Worldthreats.com, I believe there is compelling evidence that AQ has smuggled such devices. One source is from Hamid Mir, the only journalist to have had access to Bin Laden since the ny/dc massacres. On top of that, there is the fatwa(s) that Bin Laden lobbied for.
Still, I don’t buy it, myself. I fear Chinese or KGB false flag targeted strategies - but even those are too risky to attempt and survive (MAD).
I used to be obsessed with this crap and realized lfe was passing me by. lol!
1. They don’t exist, and there never were any.
2. They are not suitcase size they are refrigerator size.
3. They need to be serviced. The original ones are now no longer functional.
4. They are detectable.
Could one be snuck in without detection, at the border or destination. Sure, anything's possible. Twenty of twenty successes, I don't believe Homeland Security is that incompetent.
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