The REAL reason for the Base Closures - Nuclear Attack on DC

[jsamuel]

Move the military away from DC in case of a nuclear attack

risk mitigation

if you notice, I will quote a Republican Senator...

"100 mile limit" near DC is what is happening. He says that he doesn't have a clue why they are having this limit.

What is the radius of a nuclear explosion?

100 miles

On Edit:
a 10% death radius of 100 miles
20% within 90
30% within 80
40% within 70
50% within 60
60% within 50
70% within 40
80% within 30
90% within 20
100% within 10

Within the first year (includes radiation poisoning)

PS - It's just a stupid theory :P

[dweller]

1. didn't *moron just say

he wanted the WH to be in Idaho?


read something quite awhile back about putting the center of govt far away from either shore (midwest) for protection of invasion, etc. ... it was quite awhile ago so, no link. just tinfoil.

dp

[txaslftist]

2. ahhhh...

:tinfoilhat:

[jsamuel]

4. do you have a better "tactical" reason?

[txaslftist]

6. Because closing outdated bases saves money?

I'm just saying is all...

[jsamuel]

7. I would normally agree, but they have said that closing the bases will

save practically nothing.

That is because the are moving all the jobs instead of firing people. They are also moving all the equipment West.

[Stephanie]

10. There's a Rumsfeld memo about moving bases out of DC area

that's the priority - saw it here somewhere - very mysterious.

[ironman202]

3. ummm a bomb with a hundred mile blast radius...

would poke a hole thru the earth's crust, take out baltimore and richmond, cause a nuclear winter...

[jsamuel]

5. not the blast radius of 100 miles, but a 10% death radius of 100 miles

20% within 90
30% within 80
40% within 70
50% within 60
60% within 50
70% within 40
80% within 30
90% within 20
100% within 10

Within the first year (includes radiation poisoning)

[lvx35]

8. Only a big hydrogen bomb could. Here's the info on the reach of nukes:

This information if from the "after oil" national geographic, august 2005.

A .1 kiloton suitcase nuke with 35 pounds of explosive would take out everything within 0.15 miles, flattening buildings and killing people within a few hundred yards.

A 15 kiloton nuke, like used in Hiroshima, would take out everything within 0.8 miles(radius), and have vast fires within 1.2 miles.

A 300 kiloton nuke (hydrogen bomb)would destroy everything within 2.2 miles, (again, radius 4.4 mile diameter) and have mass fires out to 4.6 miles.

National geographic states that weapons are in existence which are 50 megaton, or 50,000 kiloton. You can do the math on what kind of destruction something like this could do.

[wli]

9. yep, here comes the nuclear MIHOP n/t

[HereSince1628]

11. That thought crossed my mind, DoD said too many personnel

concentrated near HQ.

The actual blast radius of a nuclear warhead depends on its yield. But you have to remember that the explosion is spheric and if the bomb is really big most of the blast is sent upward...that is not at the target.

I think that towards the end of the cold war everyone was trying to move toward smaller bombs that were "more efficient"

[lovuian]

12. Warner Wake up these senators and reps are sooo stupid!!!

Its getting ready for war!!!