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To: Travis McGee
A second to absolutely everything you have said. Now lets talk how noticable a water borne attack would be in say New York or Boston Harbor. I choose these two because I am quite familiar with both. In New York Harbor and Boston Harbor things like refrigerators floating in the harbor are considered normal and no one pays any attention to these. In Yemen a power boat loaded with HE came alongside of the USS Cole detonated and almost sank the ship. Substitute a LNG super tanker for the Cole and a US harbor for the location and you have the equivalent of a Hiroshima type blast. On a summer day in New York Harbor it is almost like rush hour on the water. A Coast Guard 100 times its current size would have a difficult job of providing security.

Kayaks? No one pays any attention to them. Naval Bases do have some security so an attack on one of them may have its difficulties but if the terrorists wishchoose "civilian targets that will damage the USA the number of absolutely inprotected targets is too large to even imagine. As to a scuba borne attack. Rebreathers are unecessary. Who will pay attention to bubbles except at a Navy base. Even then the chances of bubbles being spotted on a breezy day is slim. Yes the USN has counter measures available but outside of US Navy facilities what security is there in the water? hey in New York or Boston Harbor if they do not not wish to use a 55 gallon drum they can substitute a refrigerator. As to swimmers in the water people as a rule don't even call in dead bodies in the water.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

128 posted on 06/10/2002 6:15:27 AM PDT by harpseal
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To: harpseal
I keep coming back to the same thought: as long as our enemies are among us, they will be able to cause havoc at the time and place of their choosing.

Tight security in one area just causes them to move to one of the million other unprotected targets.

The key is their motivation, not their weapons, skills, or particular targets. Any former SOF person could take 20 motivated Boy Scouts and spread utter havoc.

129 posted on 06/10/2002 7:32:57 AM PDT by Travis McGee
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