Local ABC TV news just reporting this morning that divers will be searching in NJ near Liberty Island for underwater explosives. No printed copy yet. Heading out - will follow up when I get in to the city.
UNDERWATER explosives?
What kind of damage could UNDERWATER explosives possibly do if they are the "conventional" kind?
Wouldn't water act as a natural cushion to any potential explosion - dulling the effects of even the biggest bomb unless it was detonated right when a ship (hmmm..maybe carrying a large amount of import oil) was right over it? Even then - would an underwater bomb cause that much damage, or just make a heck of a splash at the surface?
Thinking about this just now, I had to wonder if maybe it is not a "conventional" bomb they are looking for at all - but a dirty bomb or worse?
Just speculating, but a conventional, underwater bomb doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me unless you're hunting subs - which is obviously not the case here..
Maybe all the threats of suitcase nukes has just got me thinking about that line of attack too much, but..what a statement to make to detonate a suitcase nuke around LIBERTY ISLAND - take out the statue of liberty and a big chunk of NYC and NJ while you're at it. Then again, maybe there's something more benign that isn't jumping out at me here..
This is very good. I also hope we have looked at the areas in which those suspicious/dead divers were found last spring. Maybe we need to do some mine-sweeping? After all- North Korea has a large # of mines missing.....