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Chances of WMD attack in big city greater: report
reuters ^ | Tue Dec 2, 2008 8:36am EST | John Poirier

Posted on 12/02/2008 12:24:49 PM PST by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

How many visitors are they expecting in DC for the inauguration?


21 posted on 12/02/2008 1:32:20 PM PST by Bob Buchholz
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Frankly, with the number of muslims integrating into the the food services and preparation industries, I personally most worry about the bio threat. Granted there are any number of technical difficulties to be overcome so while the probability remains relatively low, the potential severity with regards to loss of life, and difficulty of containment without drastic quarantine measures is not something that can be easily dismissed.

As has been stated many times, the terrorists need only be lucky once. Those on the counter-terrorism side need to get it right every time.

22 posted on 12/02/2008 1:50:04 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: BenLurkin

So we’re gonna wait and have 8 million of our countrymen vaporized.. or do we nuke Pakistan and Iran now ????


23 posted on 12/02/2008 1:50:23 PM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Deo volente

If they had magic fairy dust to make themselves fly, you can bet they would use it too. However, there is a problem with that scenario as well.

Practically speaking, only the US and Russia ever had the capability to make small nuclear weapons. Everyone else, including China, are limited to a minimum size of about half a ton.

The reason for this is that only the US and Russia have been able to make a high grade klystron. It is the device that sets off the high explosive charges which blow the different pieces of nuclear material into the center of the bomb, so they can achieve critical mass.

Even variations in the picoseconds range will significantly lower explosive yield. Beyond a certain point, it will be a sub-nuclear detonation. Little more than the conventional explosives in them.

Some of the internal workings of a klystron are so exact that they must be assembled almost molecule by molecule.

It is highly unlikely that any Cold War small nukes still exist, unless they have been rigorously maintained. Without that maintenance they cease to function in short order.


24 posted on 12/02/2008 4:24:48 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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Seems like they trot out this Booger-Man about once a

month or so,,,but,,,

The ban on imported gas-masks as “Weapons of War” that

Klintoon put in place is still in effect,,,

IIRC everybody in Israel has one,,,

If there is so much !DANGER! then we should be able to

buy our own,,,

But Nooooooooooooo!!!

The Gubmint mite wanna teargas the Sheeple(rant off)...:0(


25 posted on 12/02/2008 4:49:24 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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