George W. Bush, Jan 2002 "My fellow American's, I have just finished signing legislation outlawing the Iraq. The bombing begins in 5 minutes"
The more things change, the more things stay the same.
Ronald Reagan, 1981 "My fellow American's, I have just finished signing legislation outlawing the Soviet Union. The bombing begin's in 5 minute's"
George W. Bush, Jan 2002 "My fellow American's, I have just finished signing legislation outlawing the Iraq. The bombing begin's in 5 minute's"
The more thing's change, the more thing's stay the same.
Yeh, but Reagan was just joking, Dubya won't be. :)
I think I would modifiy the second sentence to : "The ICBMS, were launched 25 minutes ago, and the SLBMs 5 minutes ago from beneath the Arabian Sea". Why risk pilots? Times approximate, but the idea would be what the Army Artillery types call a "time on target" mission. As an old AF type, I hate to say it, but I think SLBMs would be a better choice. Less warning time for Saddam to scramble to his bunker, and the trajectories won't get the Russians or the Chinese quite as hot and bothered, well maybe the Russians would if you launch from the south, or the Chinese would if you launch from the West, say the Eastern Med somewhere, but not for long in either case. :)