Future Shockwave? (is Iran planning an EMT attack against US?)

NRO ^ | 8/14/2008 | Clifford May

[mojito]

Another good reason to put the Iranians out of the nuclear weapons business.

[driftdiver]

Without help from the Russians I don’t think Iran can put something in orbit.

[sionnsar]

Emergency Medical Technicians? *\;-)

[SolidWood]

It’s overdue to blow up stuff in Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, Syria and Hezbullah land. Oh and in Saudiland.

[kabar]

So what happens to Iran after that?

[SolidWood]

Tinpot tyrants will pop up all the time as long as Russia isn’t put in place. When we remove the regime in Iran, the Russians will groom Venezuela, Bolivia etc. to be the successor.

[mojito]

Ooops! Oh, the humanity!

[sionnsar]

About EMP. An interesting read.

[rjp2005]

No, they are planning a ground detonation in New York city. This EMP stuff is just a red-herring. They want to do the real deal, and we must be ready to both stop them, and deal with the consequences should they be successful. 2010-13 is the window I believe.

[sinanju]

We shouldn’t even be having this discussion.

The Mullahs should have been taken out already.

But failing that, I’ve read that such an EMP attack is not as simple as it’s being made out to be. For a continentwide short-out the missile has to detonate nearly 100 miles up and be at least a megaton in strength.

[mojito]

Would you be so good as to correct the “EMT” in the title to “EMP”?

Much obliged.

[ßuddaßudd]

LOL

[wolfpat]

Get your orders in NOW!

[Mr. Jeeves]

I don’t think an Iranian-style atomic bomb is capable of causing widespread EMP damage, anyway - but a big Russian H-Bomb might, if Putin is in a lending sort of mood because of the Georgia situation.

[bert]

.....Saudiland....

That’s a Bridge Too Far..... Sudis are allies against the others on the list

[ASA Vet]

[sinanju]

Here we go:

“A large device detonated at 400–500 km over Kansas would affect all of CONUS. The signal from such an event extends to the visual horizon as seen from the burst point.”

Can a Shahab-3 fly to Kansas from off the Eastern Seabord?

Can the Iranians produce a megaton warhead that can be carried by the aforementioned?

Or are they aiming for a more modest target, say, NYC?

[Deo volente]

So what happens to Iran after that?

The become a very large crater in the ground. You can bet on it.

[xjcsa]

Emergency Medical Technicians? *\;-)

They're going to perform involuntary first aid on unsuspecting civilians, thus grounding our economy to a halt.

[RexBeach]

Yup, a one-megaton airburst about 40,000 feet up. I think that ought to do the trick, and the mullahs can’t have a weapon that large. However, the Russkies have plenty of them.