You have entered another dimension, not only of sight but of mind really wierd —a sign post ahead --next stop...the Allan Zone.
Addendum to Memo: Especially when you have an accident, 1958 Sverdlovsk style....
Agreed, Allan. It seems that too much time has passed since the “Cold War” that folks have forgotten about some details of our nuclear arms capabilities. Don’t mess with my SAC!!!
There is too much hub-bub about rogue states having nukes for launch. A missile is only as good as the guidance system controlling it, and that is one of the many areas where nobody else in the world has the technology that we do; along with missle defense capabilities. If No. Korea or Iran were to launch a missle at the US, I dare say we could shoot it from the sky well before it got anywhere near us. Also, I doubt they have anything close to MIRV - Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle technology.
If these infantile, 2-bit, asshat dictator wannabes wish to enter the adult world of “last man standing” nuclear warfare, they will get slapped like the children they are and find their entire country nothing but a smoking hole with an ambient air temperature of 10,000 deg F. Now that is the kind of shock and awe I’m talking about!
Dr. Wornout Von Brain…
Remember in the movie “The Sum of All Fears”, it was hidden in a vending machine. Could have been a truck, a shipping crate, or the man with a heavy suitcase. He doesn’t have to get it through Customs—to Customs will do nicely.
IF we get nuked, “Why didn’t we take out rogue states who supply this shit? Why didn’t we question more detainees more vigorously?”
I remember and that bomb was a ‘fizzle’. Blew the crap out a large area, but was a non-nuclear detonation. See ‘The Beeb’s’ “Dirty War”? Lousy TV, but shows what even a non-nuclear ‘dirty’ detonation can do. Spread Pu all over the place and guess how to clean it up. You cannot.
Even a nuclear bomb actually going off will leave trace elements. In ‘Sum..’ they knew it was an Israeli ‘pit’ because of the trace elements.
We know what all the various breeders around the world produce as signature traces and could pinpoint the origin of the fissionable material within 24 hours. My guess is we would then give the rogue gov’t 24 hours to evacuate and capitulate, then....
Glowing glass crater(s) bloom.......
Fuck 24 hours! I say give ‘em ONE fucking hour‘s warning that their end is near!
Warning? What is this “warning” thing of which you speak? The BMEWS SecWar advocates telling them of the attack approximately 24 hours after the attack. That’ll teach ‘em to ignore our warnings.
Satellite imagery of a missile launch is enough of a warning. By that time they’ve got what, maybe an hour? Thats all the warning all this pisspot countries need.