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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:59 AM Original message |
Suitcase nuclear bomb unlikely to exist |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. if they are out there |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. I suspect... |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. The ones in the Sharper Image catalog are only 37 lbs. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Surprise, surprise, surprise..... |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. It would be dificult |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Would you need shielding? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Shielding is a relatively minor problem, if... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thermal signature |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Penile showmanship aside. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Sorry to disprove your theory |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. For something that has any real city destruction capablity |
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Islander Expat (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. You're exactly right, I've seen and picked up one myself... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Decapitation strike |
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Islander Expat (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Yup, both sides decided to cool it... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Congress should think about this |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. But the real issue is how long is the bomb effective? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Not very long. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. My Question was more rhetorical than real. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. They are effective for the purpose |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. ATTENTION: |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. On account of they don't. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. My sarcasm detector went "boink" on your reply. |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. shocker |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. no shit |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. we cannot wait for the final proof |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. That sounds more like it. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. They do exist |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I guess it depends on what one means. Major nuke? Conventional bomb with dirty nuke material? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. A dirty bomb would be the likely scenario. |
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Andy Canuck (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. I recall in an address to the nation by GHW Bush |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. not really |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. but....but...but... |
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Andy Canuck (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. But it was Nicole Kidman bossing around George Clooney |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. Like it matters if it fits in a suitcase. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. If it can fit in a shipping container, it's a problem. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. (Psst: Container, hell, if it can fit in a cigarette machine, it's a problem.) |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yes and didn't |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. Miss KS needs to hit the google |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
30. Ooh, quote time! |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. That movie was great |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
32. Not a suitcase, but a rucksack. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. Now that the "suitcase nuclear bomb" has been debunked - watch for the "car nuclear bomb" |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "Steamer Trunk Nuclear Bomb" anyone? |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. "shiffarobe nuclear bomb"? |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. "Chest freezer nuclear bomb"? The possibilities are endless when "terra" rules. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. Of course it exists. But it was lost at Denver International |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. but do snukes exist? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. War on terra vs reality |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yep, they not only exist but quite a few of them are unaccounted for |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. As I said in my previous post, are these suitcase nukes still effective? |
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