Iran is expecting a sword fight? Well we all know what happens next...The 22nd of Bahman already? Seems like it comes earlier every year.
Go ahead and throw the first punch, you Islam-o-kook.
I expect some sort of demonstration, maybe even a nuclear detonation, not an attack. Of course, if they attack they’ll be doing us a huge favor. The politicians will have to face the problem.
Even Hitler had enough political savvy to stage (unconvincingly) Polish aggression against Germany.
I bet they got a new motor for the Iranian Navy rowboat.
I’d agree on some kind of show. Perhaps the (inert) warheads for a nuclear missile.
Iran is expecting a sword fight? Well we all know what happens next...[Familyop: Such an attack may be months or years ahead of us, but this is a good time to think and plan for the future. The following should clear up some of the sponsored oinking from anti-American, special interests needing cheap freight fuel.]
THREAT POSED BY ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) TO U.S. MILITARY SYSTEMS AND CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE
House of Representatives,
Committee on National Security,
Military Research and Development Subcommittee,
Washington, DC, Wednesday, July 16, 1997.
[Excerpt:]
STATEMENT OF DR. GARY L. SMITH, DIRECTOR, APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
[...]
Dr. SMITH.
[...]
The Applied Physics Lab operates under about a dozen task order contracts with a number of major sponsors, covering between 200 and 300 separate tasks in any given year. All of our funding is derived from programs. We have no line-item support. About 80 percent of our funding comes from sponsors within the Department of Defense, and about 15 percent from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
[...]
Note that a burst on the order of 500 kilometers in altitude can cover the entire continental United States.
Mr. WELDON. What strength burst would that be?
Dr. SMITH. It is not terribly burst-strength dependent; almost any burst will produce that kind of radiation. The strength of the field will change at the various radii from the burst point, but it will cover the same area regardless of the strength of the burst.
Can’t wait to see their press releases once hostilities break out. They will claim to have destroyed our entire Navy at least 3X per week. Their leaders will unabasedly declare the war won when Iran is a smoking ruin.
I strongly encourage all FReepers to read and apply the learnings in this book:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765317583/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=2788719661&ref=pd_sl_671b84wd1g_b
“One Second After” by William R. Forstchen
The whole muslim world needs a titanic slapdown to stop 1,400 year of their insane aggression. If nuking Mecca and its despicable Kaaba to a smoking radioactive crater would destroy their faith in a false powerless god, it would be worthwhile to do.