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Iran test-fires nuclear missiles capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe
timesonline.co.uk ^
| Sept. 28, 2009
| Catherine Philp and Times Online
Posted on 09/28/2009 10:31:10 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The US should have just shot down all of these launches, just to show some capability/Backbone.
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:35:58 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Nah, can’t be. Obama told us that they can’t reach Europe. That’s why we abandoned the missile shield. Obama has come up with a more surefire way to take down the missiles. All military personnel have been given government issue slingshots.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Uh oh - Iran better watch out for ‘escalated’ negotiations from the White House.
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:36:26 AM PDT
by
scottdeus12
(Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
They’re only “nuclear” if they have an actual, LIVE NUCLEAR WARHEAD as the payload.
Otherwise, they’re just “nuclear-capable”.
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:37:01 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Paladin2
The US should have just shot down all of these launches, just to show some capability/Backbone.Netanyahu has plenty of both.
To: SJSAMPLE
Quite. Also, they aren't "nuclear capable" until the nukes involved are small enough to fit. A missile that would fit our most efficient warhead design wouldn't remotely carry an early generation clunker...
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:43:54 AM PDT
by
JasonC
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Are you insinuating that 0be has none? ;-)
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:44:10 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: Free ThinkerNY
It’s time to stop these antisemic nutjobs once and for all just like we did with the nazis.
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:44:41 AM PDT
by
JerryP
(I hereby promise to support the GOP candidate in 2012 no matter who he or she may be)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Dims are in control. Ergo, somebody’s going to die. Twin towers last time. Maybe we'll have a big one this time. Wonder if they'll ever get blamed.
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
There is precious little sign that Netanyahu or anyone else has any backbone at all, on this subject. Bush did nothing about it for eight years. Netanyahu has done nothing about it for six months.
No one is remotely serious about any of it...
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:46:23 AM PDT
by
JasonC
To: JerryP
As I recall, in that case we waited until they took over most of Europe and the world's balance of power hung by a thread. Then we were dependent on the arrogant diplomatic stupidities of said nutjobs to hand us extra allies by taking on the entire world. And we still didn't get into it until we were directly attacked and lost a third of the navy one morning. Let's not follow precedent too closely...
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:48:47 AM PDT
by
JasonC
To: Free ThinkerNY
They are capable of carrying a Payload of whatever. What is their throw weight? How weaponized are the Nukes that the nut job is developing. Is he buying his technology from N. Korea? There are far too many variables in the mix to call them Nuclear Missiles.
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:49:11 AM PDT
by
noname07718
(Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction-Ronald Reagan 1993)
To: JasonC
“No one is remotely serious about any of it...”
Israel will act. Netanyahu will do something, I don’t think he has much of a choice...
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:51:40 AM PDT
by
scottdeus12
(Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
To: JasonC
Two things shoot out in my mind right off:
We don’t know what the payload of the Shahab-3 is, so it is a guess whether the missile can actually carry a nuclear weapon that Iran could produce far enough to reach the target.
Also, just because you have the range, does NOT mean that you can drop it where you want. the fine course control needed in the final stage, just before impact is crucial if you want to hit your target. Otherwise you risk wasting that expensive missile and the nuclear weapon going off (IF it goes off!!) in the desert, missing the target by 100 miles and tipping your hand. It practically begs “NUKE ME!!!!”.
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posted on
09/28/2009 10:53:28 AM PDT
by
Mr. Quarterpanel
(I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
To: JasonC; SJSAMPLE
You underestimate how easily a primitive Scud type rocket can be mated with a dirty nuclear warhead. Even if low on yield and accuracy it an sure wreak havoc on densely populated areas of Europe and Israel.
To: Free ThinkerNY
It must be amateur hour at Times - There is a difference between
Nuclear Missile and a
Nuclear Capable Missile. Overzealous morons with no sense of objective jouralism crying wolf!
To: Free ThinkerNY
“The Holy city of Qom”
Just how many holy cities do these muslims have?
To: Free ThinkerNY
Our troops are in range!!!
Israel is not the only target here.
To: scottdeus12
Those strongly worded letters will really hit the spot, not to mention his upcoming address to the world concerning Nuclear proliferation.
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