Posted on 08/11/2006 12:00:58 PM PDT by EternalHope
Maybe they are planning to invade Iraq.
August 22 is my birthday. The mad mullahs darn well better not mess with my birthday.
Actually, what they will probably do is not use their nukes, but only bully their neighbors with them, particularly Iraq.
They'll give the US an ultimatum to withdraw.
It only takes one EMP weapon to ruin your whole day.
My first day in my new house.
9/11 was my mother in law's birthday.
It might be nice if we had a little something in mind for August 21st.
Don't forget "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" by BOC and "March of Cambreadth" by Heather Alexander.
I'm thinking he's going to call a world wide press conference with ABC, NBC and CBS in the front row with their cameras rolling then flip the bird saying "Take that you Israeli pigs!".....
If I were an Iranian I'd be shaking my head saying "Aw Geez, not this Sh&* again!"
I sure hope they don't do this on Aug. 22nd. We are having a BBQ lunch for our classroom parents that day. And it would also ruin my birthday week.
Since the rags seem to be dealing with North Korea for missiles, the theory is far-fetched.
Iran has tested missiles with ranges much further than Tel Aviv. The most recent tests were only a few months ago. Whether they were home grown, purchased (Korea?), or modifications of purchased missiles is not clear.
What IS clear, however, is that Iran has successfully tested missiles capable of hitting Israel.
It is also well established that Pakistan has both nukes and missiles to carry them, and that the head of the Paki nuclear program sold Paki nuclear technology to many Muslim nations.
Ya gotta test "em and I haven't seen any tests. Have you?
Until recently, the chance of North Korea unleashing ICBMs with deadly warheads seems remote. Their missile capability currently consists of the middle-range Taepodong-2 that could accommodate a two or three-stage booster and reach the U.S. West Coast, Alaska and further inland. That missile modification, along with a nuclear payload capability, is still seen by some experts as a future, and not imminent, threat. However, in 2003, then-CIA Director George Tenet told a Senate committee that North Korea indeed had the ability to strike the West Coast with a long-range missile. A concurrent fear of North Korea's missile capability is the possibility that it would sell a more sophisticated missile to another country and not directly take the U.S. head on with a missile threat. After successfully launching its No Dong missile a decade ago, the North Koreans went looking for buyers in other countries.
Beyond the threat from North Korea, Iran poses a possible threat to European allies and any U.S. troops in Europe or the Mid-East, thus the talks with European countries to deploy intercept missiles in the region. Recent revelations that Iran is continuing with nuclear research has heightened concerns in Washington, but as with North Korea, the ability of Iran to install a nuclear device in a warhead, even in a short or mid-range missile, is some years off. Lighter chemical or biological payloads, however, are a possibility.
Since the U.S. intelligence currently projects a possible ICBM threat from either North Korea or Iran in the next fifteen years or so, as current technological hurdles in their missile programs are surmounted, the deployment and eventual testing of the BMDS in upcoming years seems warranted.
Refueling where?
I am sure we will be watching in real time and if so much as the tip of a nose cone appears, we will obliterate their whole country. Same for NK.
Iran has tested their missiles, but NOT any nukes.
As you know, Pakistan is the only Muslim nation to have tested nukes.
North Korea has made enough fissionable material to have nukes, and may have them. However, if they DO have nukes they have probably not been tested. (If Korea has tested a nuke the test did not make it into the media.)
It would be a big gamble for Iran to try to nuke Tel Aviv without testing the weapon first. However, they would be relying on a design that HAS been tested by Pakistan. So they may feel the risk is acceptable.
You've missed the point so I'm moving on. Missiles and nukes does not necessarily mean missiles that can handle nuclear payloads. First you have to develop a nuke and a capable delivery system, then you have to downsize the payload and hope the missile can handle it. The rags are years away from any of this.
Pakistan HAS missiles, nukes, and has successfully tested the two together.
The head of the Pakistani nuclear program has admitted selling Pakistan's nuclear technology to multiple other Muslim nations.
Guess you missed the memo.
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