Bin Laden's Goal: Kill 4 Million Americans

News Max ^ | Wednesday, July 14, 2004 | Stewart Stogel

[Jim Noble]

A bomb of that strength could easily level Manhattan and spread lethal radiation throughout the NYC-Metro area says the author. "It (the nuke) could render Manhattan unlivable for 1,000 years," he estimated.

These assertions are absurd, as anyone with the slightest familiarity with the subject knows.

In order to "level Manhattan", you would need fifty or more 10 kt weapons.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not rendered uninhabitable for ten minutes, much less a thousand years.

If there were a single 10kt (and 1kt is much more probable) ground burst in Manahattan, enterprising New Yorkers would be selling "I survived the A-bomb" T-shirts at ground zero the next day.

[Atlantic Friend]

If it's a question of which countries are ABLE to build these miniaturized warheads, I'd add Great-Britain, France, Israel, and probably Japan.

[Cowboy Bob]

"It (the nuke) could render Manhattan unlivable for 1,000 years,"

I already consider Manhattan "unlivable." I prefer Northern New Jersey, or Long Island. ;^)

[ASA Vet]

Speaking of Hillary & Janet.