To: Poohbah
A high yield thermonuclear explosion is 2,000-20,000 times bigger than than the largest plausible terrorist nuke.
Only Russia or China could even attempt it. And since no civilian casualties are an immediate result, what is the barrier to retaliation in kind? It's not like the Chinese do military logistics on abacuses anymore.
24 posted on
08/12/2004 1:49:46 PM PDT by
eno_
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To: eno_
A high yield thermonuclear explosion is 2,000-20,000 times bigger than than the largest plausible terrorist nuke. Only Russia or China could even attempt it.
Have you heard about the present state of security re: the Russian nuclear stockpile?
25 posted on
08/12/2004 1:52:44 PM PDT by
Poohbah
(If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
To: eno_
Only Russia or China could even attempt it. And since no civilian casualties are an immediate result, what is the barrier to retaliation in kind? It's not like the Chinese do military logistics on abacuses anymore. A real American president would let it be known that we would not "retaliate in kind". We would end the attacker's existence as a nation.
58 posted on
09/08/2012 5:48:45 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
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