Posted on 12/13/2011 10:45:44 AM PST by BenLurkin
Pentagon planners have plenty to deal with these days Iran in search of nuclear-weapons technology, suicide bombings in Afghanistan, and the final pullout of US troops in Iraq potentially leaving behind a security vacuum in the Middle East. But in war games in Washington this week, US Army officials and their advisers debated three nightmare scenarios in particular. Here are the doomsday visions that Pentagon planners have been poring over....
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Is this scenario even plausible?
If there is chaos and no communication, plus scores of opportunistic follow-on events, how would you or anyone even know who the perps might be?
Eminently plausible, IMO.
My main concern re: #2 is the serious gender inequality there, and historical willingness to “correct” demographics thru war attrition.
Strap yourself in, it's going to be a bumpy ride...
5.56mm
-PJ
Who ordered the planning?
Tactical (cannon artillery) nukes in the field were supposed to be just another round of ammo. No special signature to give away what units might be carrying them - The Prescribed Nuclear Load (PNL).
Of course we had permissive action links that required release codes from the NCA. I doubt the Paks have such safeguards.
My apology for a second post.
No apology necessary.
I suppose the folks in the Big Bunkers will have some way of determining origins. But I can see scenarios where someone has managed to kill satellites and there so many lines of attack that no one has a clue.
Which must be why it is titled *Doomsday*.
I think I will go hide under something, now.
“Collapse of Pakistan” is not really a nightmare scenario. Pakistan has been slowly crumbling and collapsing for a while now. The real nightmare scenario is a rise of a Iran-Pakistan nuclear superstate backed by Pakistan. The downing of the drone in Iran has set off a militant fervor across both Iran and Pakistan. And China has explicitly stated their intention to launch WWIII if Iran is attacked.The real nightmare situation will be when US will have to fight against giant armies on multiple fronts. Pakistan, China and North Korea don’t have small armies like Iraq and Afghanistan.
Correction: ..... Iran-Pakistan nuclear superstate backed by CHINA.
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