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I’m gonna go with Dr Bill Wattenburg and say that the liklihood of a high altitude EMP detonation over the US is highly unlikely for a number of reasons, whereas the real danger lies in a nuke, low tech dirty bomb, or germs coming in through our porous ports and shipping traffic.

[marron]

whereas the real danger lies in a nuke, low tech dirty bomb, or germs coming in through our porous ports and shipping traffic.

Thats my nightmare scenario. Nukes in shipping containers, half a dozen ports simultaneously.

The arabs would be the willing patsies and take the brunt of whatever vengeance we could muster, but otherwise we'd be side-lined for a generation. With us out of the picture or at the least our influence removed from the equation the rest of the world goes mad.

[mkjessup]

I’m gonna go with Dr Bill Wattenburg and say that the liklihood of a high altitude EMP detonation over the US is highly unlikely for a number of reasons, whereas the real danger lies in a nuke, low tech dirty bomb, or germs coming in through our porous ports and shipping traffic.

Well I hope you and Dr. Bill enjoy learning how to use a slide rule, go back to exclusively using paper, pen and pencil, and reading lots of books after the TV, radio and Internet go "pffft".