"With my secret weapons I could kill two, maybe three Americans a week...at least until they started using DDT again...Don't mess with Cuba amigo!"
Posted on 09/16/2002 1:46:53 AM PDT by LibWhacker
"With my secret weapons I could kill two, maybe three Americans a week...at least until they started using DDT again...Don't mess with Cuba amigo!"
I doubt that it could. Even with a nuke it would need to be within a few hundred yards of ground zero. Outside of that solid objects begin to shield things from the vaporizing effects of the blast.
However, I have doubts that bio-agents would have much effect if they were released that way. Nearby battle participants and residents might have a problem but nature has a way of neutralizing and diluting bacteria and spores. Bio-weapons have to be employed in very specific ways with very conducive conditions to make them effective at all.
If a release of bio-weapons on the battle field was suspected our forces would quarantine such an area. Getting in and out of Iraq may require a heavy duty medical screening in years to come. Especially out.
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