Posted on 10/13/2001 4:47:15 PM PDT by blam
In those cases where no entry is required, a simple two step process can be followed.
1) When cave entrances are encountered, (if the tactical situation permits) use loudspeakers to announce, one time, a 15 minute window of opportunity to surrender and walk out, without any weapons, hands up. Death to anyone who fails to comply with instructions (carrying a weapon, etc.) Transportation to POW/holding compounds for those correctly executing commands.
2) Use high explosives to seal entrances. In areas with sufficient support resources have engineers follow up with a field expedient concrete overlay to cap rubble.
They'll be fighting underground, alright!
Fighting for their last breath as we BURY THEM ALIVE!
The Russians could not stop the supplies from getting to the Afganistan fighters in the 80s. As a result they had to try to go into the caves after them. It cost nearly 100,000 Russian lives. The Taliban is blocked today. There are no more supplies.
We will put the Afganistan people in concentration camps to feed and control them. If it makes you feel better I wll refer to the concentration camps by their other aname.... food and health centers.
The Taliban will starve in their caves or they will surrender. They will most likely do some of both.
Stay Safe CT !
Three guys, a Canadian, Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush are out walking together one day. They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.
"I will give each of you each one wish, that's three wishes total," says the Genie.
The Canadian says, "I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada."
With a blink of the Genie's eye, 'POOF' the land in Canada was forever made fertile for farming.
Osama bin Laden was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around both Afghanistan AND Iraq, so that no infidels, Jews or Americans can come into our precious state."
Again, with a blink of the Genie's eye, 'POOF' there was a huge wall around Afghanistan and Iraq.
George W. Bush (A former civil engineer), asks, "I'm very curious. Please tell me more about this wall."
The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 15,000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country; nothing can get in or out---virtually impenetrable."
George W. Bush says, "Fill them with concrete."
I expect that's what they'll do.
...snip... The B61 family of weapons can be configured with a wide variety of yields, including 0.3, 1.5, 5, 10, 45, 60, 60, 80, 170, and 340 kilotons.7
In recent years, many military strategists have advocated the deployment and use of very small tactical nuclear weapons against Third-World adversaries, especially in earth-penetrating roles.8 The two lowest yields of the B61 family lie well within this so-called "mininuke" range. The percent of blast energy converted into shock waves in the earth is extremely sensitive to the depth of the blast. Thus even a small increase in earth penetrating capability can greatly affect the military utility of a nuclear weapon to hold deeply buried and hardened targets at risk. Hardening of the B61 to allow very high altitude release, with consequent high velocity ground impact, apparently provides such an increase in capability...snip...
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