I wouldn't blame it on Bush!
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Russia wouldn’t nuke 16th and K St. NW. Their old embassy, which they apparently still own—it sports a Russian flag—is a couple blocks away.
The W54 device:
a nuclear system which is 10.75 inches diameter (270 mm), about 15.7 inches long (400 mm), and weighs around or slightly over 50 pounds (23 kg).produced in 1961, would fit into a suitcase quite nicely. Don't tell me we haven't developed anything more compact since then.
Obama would be out playing golf or on vacation and not find out about the attack for nearly an hour. He would immediately call the UN for help.
Cheer, wildly?
“If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do?”
When I was a kid in the fifties the recommended thing to do was “stick your head between your legs, and kiss your ass good bye.”
I s’pose that’s relevant today.
I’m prepared. I’ve got an unopened bottle of Jack Daniels and lots of ice. Stinks for the (relatively few) innocents around that would get hurt or killed but...
I would make sure I’m not downwind...
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Kneel down and thank God.
Dust off the vintage cognac.
Pour a healthy slug and drink.
Wait for the debris to settle.
Drive into town and bury and any survivors.
Become very afraid of the martial law Continuity Of Government regime that seizes power after the event and become very suspicious of the usual suspects that benefit from such a seizure - the Globalist Banksters, their Globalist Corporations, and their bought and paid for political lackeys.
Skip my fishing license renewal.
Do I have cake mixes available? Lots of soft drinks? Snack foods and decorations? Are the communications still up so I can contact friends?
Rejoice?
(This toooo easy.)
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I would wonder if Hollyweird or San Fran were next
You mean after I finish celebrating, right?
I would forge a 9-layer PDF ‘birth certificate’ and take over the Presidency.
Practically speaking, a nuclear detonation in a major city is not going to happen, because for a long time, sensors have been used that detect any significant radiation source.
They are good enough to every now and then get a reading from a person who has recently had radioisotope medical treatment. And compared to that, a nuclear bomb would look like a volcano.
And realistically speaking, the best terrorists might come up with is called a “dirty bomb”, which is basically high grade nuclear waste, blown up with ordinary explosives. It is not a fission explosion. But this has serious problems.
To start with, the most dangerous isotopes (think different metals), are quite heavy. If you took powdered lead or gold, and blew it up in the air, the vast majority would fall down within a few yards. And these isotopes are heavier than that.
The lightest isotopes have short half-lives, which means from the time they are created, the clock is ticking, and with every half-life, half of the isotopes are no longer radioactive. So by the time they are smuggled into the US, it would be pretty inert.
So it is the middle isotopes, like Cesium, that are the biggest worry. But the governments of the world intensely monitor the production and storage of these, so getting your hands on some is somewhat harder than breaking into a major bank vault.
“I will not rest until these criminals are brought to justice!”
There, lip service is done.