Posted on 02/06/2006 6:03:02 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
You couldn't ask for a more obnoxious provocateur--together with the Democrats' campaigning for terrorists' rights, we have excellent propaganda--provided by our avowed enemies.
I don't care if we inflame them as long as we cow them.
So9
It's a damn good thing the Soviet Union isn't around anymore. They can't afford to provide protection, military equipment, and logistics like they did during the six day war to the arab coalition. I know deep down in their Russkie hearts they want to give Iran all this high-tech military equipment, but can't muster the funds and the means to help them defend themselves... Thank goodness all they can do is bitch and possibly send some drunk advisors like they did in Iraq prior 2003.
Oh, the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. Great. Just great.
AMEN... GOD BLESS THE USA AND GWB!!!
It's a damn good thing the Soviet Union isn't around anymore. They can't afford to provide protection, military equipment, and logistics like they did during the six day war to the arab coalition. I know deep down in their Russkie hearts they want to give Iran all this high-tech military equipment, but can't muster the funds and the means to help them defend themselves... Thank goodness all they can do is bitch and possibly send some drunk advisors like they did in Iraq prior 2003.
27th FW is of which I was referring to above -
Low flying aircraft, care for a haircut??
Right. Nor can I imagine a scenario that doesn't lead to war. The only question is when, and how big. Generally, the later, the bigger.
Negotiations failed a long time ago. This conflict is inevitable, and you can be the logistics are in the works. Without fanfare, we'll just turn on the news sometime in the next few weeks and learn that bombing has begun.
You could probably do that...but it probably wouldn't work!
Conventional nukes are designed for air or early impact bursts. It is a whole 'nother ball of worms to harden the timer and implosion mechanism that triggers the reaction to withstand the 100's of G's of deceleration a bunker buster requires and still be intact and functional.
Looks like we got enough bunker busters for the job. From tonyrogers.com:
Above is a B-61 Gravity Fall Nuclear Weapon in various stages of assembly. It is configured to be dropped from the B-1B Lancer, B-2 Spirit and F-16C Falcon platforms. A new model was updated in 1997 and kicks more ass than I ever want to know about. There are currently 750 Model B61-7 weapons in the U.S.A.F. stockpile. The mission-specific 1,200-pound B61-11 "bunker buster" replaces the B53, a 8,900-pound, nine-megaton bomb that was developed as a "city buster" and was later designated as a substitute for an earth-penetrating weapon.
The B53 was deliverable only by vulnerable B-52s; in contrast, the smaller and lighter B61-11 can be delivered by the stealthier B-2A bomber, or even by F-16C fighters. The B53 was the highest-yield weapon in the U.S. arsenal. Although not a true earth-penetrating weapon, it was believed capable of taking out underground targets through brute force. When fuzed for a ground burst, a small percentage of its energy would be transmitted through ground and rock to buried installations. Even a small percentage of nine megatons is a lot of destructive power. In contrast, the B61-11 offers a variable range of yields, the highest of which is only a fraction of the B53's. But because it can pierce deeply into the earth, "ground coupling" its energy output to efficiently produce a shock wave, the B61-11 is more efficient at destroying heavily fortified underground structures, enabling it to threaten the same deep targets as the B53.
Meanwhile, the B61-11's lower yields enhance its credibility as a deterrent. The B53 was too big and too "dirty" to use. Its use would have caused a massive amount of collateral damage above ground. The new B61-7, from which the B61-11 is made, has a selectable yield ranging from 0.3 to about 340 kilotons. It was first placed in service in 1985, and super-modified in 1997. (The original B61 entered the stockpile in 1968.) The B61-7 can be fuzed for air or surface bursts, and has a hardened ground-penetrator nose system with a retarded contact-burst fuzing option. It can be dropped with or without a parachute, making it deployable from B-1B, B-2 Spirit or F-16C aircraft. Delivery would be made from aircraft traveling at near supersonic speeds to avoid heat and shock effects. It is assumed that F-16C Falcon pilots would be able to start afterburners and accelerate far enough away from the impact site to survive the detonation of the weapon despite their small size.
Good news - thanks.
When diplomacy fails, and it will against these maniacs, there is only one thing to do. Lock and load! Get ready to go to war and kill the enemy, because if you don't he will surely kill you!
These people will never learn. You can't pacify these people, they are NUTS. If you don't comprehend that, you are as NUTS as they are. Stand up and serve, or sit down and STFUp. The time for your precious diplomacy has come and gone. Now it's time for force.
That's BS.
Sorry to offend you , I didnt realise you owned the thrad.
Sorry to offend you , I didnt realise you owned the thread.
And the Mexican Army crossing over into America , and the terrorists allowed to enter the same way isnt a problem. I see.
Then Congress has to declare war, plain and simple. No going to the UN, no more worthless "resolutions", just do it by the book so that everyone's on record and all the i's are dotted and t's crossed so we can truly take the gloves off and kick some serious @ss.
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