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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:43 PM Original message |
'Mushroom cloud' blast destined for Nevada desert, senator says |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder what his motive is for releasing this. nt |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yucca Mtn? Reid? |
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gaja (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. first test here |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Whew, living over the mountain from White Sands, I'm happy over |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. This bullshit again? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I thought we were already up to a higher number of kilotons that 1. |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. The largest Nuke ever tested was the Russian Tsar Bomb. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. It's that metric system again! |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Sorry, I'm an Aussie :-( |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I would say you are definitely speculating in the right direction on |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. yep, they shelved it for after the election ...interesting |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. If you detonate the conventional explosive |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That's an interesting possibility. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. They get a lot of pleasure out of screwing people |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 08:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Only if you actually detonate a heap of conventional explosive ... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. A nuclear ground burst would be detectable |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. He is genuinely afraid.. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. Don't want no stinkin Mushroom Cloud in America, or anywhere |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. But, but, but that would also take out Larry Mattlage! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. I love "Defence Threat Reduction Agency" - good and Orwellian |
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GregW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. Must be time for some Tom Lehrer... |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Thought you were going to have "Who's Next" in there : ) |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Okay, I've got a question? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. No. |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That's correct. No airplane has yet been developed |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Airplanes don't transport bunkers, either. |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The OSS, forerunner to the CIA, apparently disagreed with you |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. you all realize this will happen on the NV test site next to Yucca Mtn? |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I do, yes. Only absolute morans would explode devices |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yes. See post 18. n/t |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Thanks for the redemption |
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Crim_n al (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. No prob. If we each dig up some facts and share them, |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. teapot clouds for russian bunkers |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Kicking up the dust at the old Nevada test site? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I was wondering about that, too. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Fogging film - that sounds pretty bad |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I wonder about it every time I hear of someone who has leukemia. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. .. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Interesting plot - it took 30 years to get back to base (more or less) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. Headline is an appeal to emotion |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. It's true that not every mushroom cloud indicates a nuclear explosion. |
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