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Only 11 nuclear bombs to 'take out' Canada
The Ottawa Citizen ^
| 7 January 2002
| David Pugliese
Posted on 01/07/2002 3:00:55 PM PST by RicocheT
Computer simulation aims to raise questions about huge stockpiles of nuclear warheads.
A new computer program developed for nuclear weapons researchers in the U.S. probably won't give Canadians much of a sense of security in these days of global tension and uncertainty. The software simulated the destruction of Canada with as few as 11 nuclear warheads.
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TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armsrace; asiasinouswatch; canada; deathcultivation; geopolitics; miltech
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A new computer program has determined that it would take only eleven nuclear missiles to change the Great White North from a frozen, uninhabited land with little human population into a frozen, uninhabited land with little human population and three-headed rabbits.
Ok, so the article REALLY says that it would only take eleven nukes to eliminate Canda as a country.
My question is, why'd they model Canada in the first place? I don't think we've waved a musket at them since the War of 1812. Talk about holding a grudge...
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:00:55 PM PST
by
RicocheT
To: RicocheT
They've been bitter since Gretzky. What can you say?
To: RicocheT
Eliminate Canada? Hmmmmmmmmm....
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:07:18 PM PST
by
LibKill
To: RicocheT
The Canucks claim to have won the War of 1812.
To: RicocheT
Dosn't that work out to be a single ICBM with a MIRV warhead?
Of course, the obvious question is: why bother?
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:10:30 PM PST
by
Hunble
To: PeoplesRepublicOfWashington
They're still independent, despite America's best efforts. That's a win.
Incidentally, America LOST the War of 1812. Had England opted to go for it, they could have reclaimed her former colonies, but they were rather more worried about that Bonaparte chap.
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:11:16 PM PST
by
Poohbah
To: Billthedrill
Ya can't bomb ice....
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:11:36 PM PST
by
ken5050
To: RicocheT
Even better would be a poll to determine whether most folks figure such a course would be desirable. After all, it's onle eleven nukes, and we've got plenty.
I can certainly think of targets more immediately deserving though, but Canada is admittedly close at hand. And nuking them would give the rest of the world good reason to be more cautious about antagonizing the US.
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:12:04 PM PST
by
archy
To: RicocheT
11?
Why so many I wonder.
To: RicocheT
Think that might get them a bit more interested in NMD?
To: RicocheT
The real question is, if Canada were eliminated, would anyone notice?
To: Republic of Texas
WOW! Beachfront property in North Dakota.
To: RicocheT
So 11 missiles will kill 25% of the population.
I think the remaining 75% might be meaner than you're used to.
Unless you're used to hockey. ;^)
To: Republic of Texas
Where's Canada?
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:20:09 PM PST
by
Leisler
To: Poohbah
America LOST the War of 1812 So the Redcoats burned DC to the ground. So what? No big deal. It wasn't much of a war anyway. Just a misunderstanding. Remember New Orleans.
To: Publius6961
Why so many I wonder...Lot's of French blood...they'd surrender after the first bomb hit.
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:21:03 PM PST
by
randog
To: RicocheT
Just as long as we station some Patriot missiles around the Molson brewery, I think we'll be OK...
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:21:21 PM PST
by
LouD
To: RicocheT
Take out all of Canada? 11 warheads! ROFL!!! Check the TD range of even a 1-megaton warhead, multiply it by 11, calculate the total area of Canada and compare the two. Even if they were the "dirty" bombs of the 50's, the fallout would only be severe for the first two weeks and hardly noticeable at the end of 14 weeks. Take it out politically? Maybe, but destroy the landmass, hardly!
To: RightWhale
Like I said, if England had not been distracted by Continental misadventures, we probably would have lost our independence--de facto if not de jure.
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:22:01 PM PST
by
Poohbah
To: RadioAstronomer
The point is that everything of significant economic value in Canada is concentrated in 11 warhead's worth of coverage.
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posted on
01/07/2002 3:22:55 PM PST
by
Poohbah
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