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Iran threatened by U.S. buster bomb
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| 10/08/2009
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Posted on 10/12/2009 12:21:02 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove
I've always preffered "Rods from God", space baced kinetic bombardment. Telephone poll sized tungsten rods that are dropped from space and thanks to GPS guidence and good old F=MV2 slam into an installation with kiloton level damage focused in a small area.
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posted on
10/12/2009 12:27:12 AM PDT
by
rmlew
(Democracy tends to ignore..., threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed)
To: rmlew
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posted on
10/12/2009 12:28:08 AM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("We will either find a way, or make one."Hannibal/Carthaginian Military Commander)
To: sonofstrangelove
Quick, someone tell John Kerry.
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posted on
10/12/2009 12:29:22 AM PDT
by
RC one
To: rmlew
Actually, the impact kinetic energy of such a weapon (essentially an artificial meteor) would be calculated as EK=mv2/2.
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posted on
10/12/2009 12:37:11 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: All
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posted on
10/12/2009 12:44:06 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: sonofstrangelove
I’m reminded just a bit of the development of the GBU-28 for the First Gulf War. It took all of about six weeks to build a bomb that could penetrate the hardened Iraqi command bunkers. IIRC, they use the barrels from old 8-inch SP howitzers for the bomb casing.
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posted on
10/12/2009 12:50:15 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
10/12/2009 12:52:40 AM PDT
by
PhilDragoo
(Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
To: sonofstrangelove
I have to admit, I'm confused. I think Obamy has already told Israel that they are on their own. Is he going to wait for a mushroom cloud and then send the bunker buster? Is this just talk?
If it were me, in order to do my best to avoid a war, I would tell the world that Israel will have American backing for whatever they need. I think that may make Iran at least know they have NO chance of survival if they don't stop what they are doing.
Weakness will guarantee a war.
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posted on
10/12/2009 12:59:57 AM PDT
by
chuckles
To: sonofstrangelove; ex-Texan
America has the Iranian despotic régime surrounded on three fronts, our Navy in the Persian Gulf coupled with the U.S. Air Force & troops on either side of Iran, in Afghanistan & Iraq. The paramount problem is the appeasing thing in the White House & cohort leftist, elitist, agenda-driven Dems in Congress.
When Israel is forced to preemptively protect herself from Iran's Russian supplied nuclear weapons threats of mass extermination, it's alarmingly clear whose side the despicable White House creature shall favour (America's & Israel's enemies).
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posted on
10/12/2009 1:34:13 AM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never "free")
To: rmlew; B-Chan
I've always preffered "Rods from God", space baced kinetic bombardment.I've long wondered if such concept is possible when delivered by a ballistic missile? My understanding is it is possible from an ICBM but to my knowledge, Israel doesn't have ICBM's.
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posted on
10/12/2009 1:54:29 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: chuckles
I think Obamy has already told Israel that they are on their own. I don't see Obama bombing Iran and like the Bush, Obama will not give the Israelis the green light and the Iraq fly over rights needed to attack Iran.
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posted on
10/12/2009 2:14:00 AM PDT
by
trumandogz
(The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: chuckles
Weakness will guarantee a war.A war the globalist elite badly wants to start. They want to start World War III in the Middle East.
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posted on
10/12/2009 2:40:07 AM PDT
by
myknowledge
(F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
To: fso301
All they have are the
Jericho series of ballistic missiles, with the Jericho III being the longest ranged.
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posted on
10/12/2009 2:43:14 AM PDT
by
myknowledge
(F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
To: M. Espinola
well there goes the world as we know it
To: myknowledge
The Turkey route is out, as Turkey just cut ties with Israel.
Good news is that Iran no longer has an AWACs plane - crashed.
Further, the Russians just canceled Iran's order for S300s and TORs at the behest of the Saudis who are buying them instead.
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posted on
10/12/2009 2:52:37 AM PDT
by
PIF
To: PIF
Further, the Russians just canceled Iran's order for S300s and TORs at the behest of the Saudis who are buying them instead.I don't know about that, BTW. Better not to take any chances, assuming that SA-15 Gauntlets and SA-20B Gargoyles are already in operational service with Iran, and they already are, poised to shoot down intruding Israeli F-15s and F-16s.
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posted on
10/12/2009 3:33:17 AM PDT
by
myknowledge
(F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
To: sonofstrangelove
I want one for fire ant control in my pasture.
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posted on
10/12/2009 4:11:52 AM PDT
by
hadaclueonce
("Endeavor to persevere.")
To: fso301; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ..
Re:
Israel doesn't have ICBM's Check out the Shavit (Hebrew: "comet" - ש×××) it is a space launch vehicle produced by Israel to launch small satellites into low earth orbit in 1988. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavit
Gadzooks! And that is just the one... we know about!
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posted on
10/12/2009 4:13:48 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: sonofstrangelove
What good is this bomb when the President doesn’t have the balls to use it?
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posted on
10/12/2009 4:23:06 AM PDT
by
Venturer
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