Bush approves nuclear response (If Allied forces are attacked by Chemical Weapons)!

The Washington Times ^ | January 31, 2003 | By Nicholas Kralev

[boris]

"Bluff, we wouldn't do it unless they nuked a US city, and even then I don't buy it."

"They" eventually will, because we refuse to take necessary and prudent actions to prevent such atrocities. Whether it is Al Quaeda or some other name, eventually an American city will be vaporized. I just hope it ain't where I park my butt (L.A.).

I sincerely hope that when it happens we wake up and use all the means at our disposal to deal with radical Islam.

As I am fond of pointing out, on 9/11/2001, the enemy defined the terms of war: no innocents, no non-combatants, women and children may be attacked at will.

OK; now we understand...I hope.

--Boris

[boris]

"Nuclear weapons com in al sizes just like high explosives range from an antipersonnel device to a MOAB...... "

An antipersonnel nuke? Like in the awful rendition of Starship Troopers produced by Hollywood?

--Boris

[boris]

"don't worry - not even GW has the balls to use any sort of Nuke in Iraq. I cannot even imagine us using them even if we were to loose a whole division to chem weapons....it's just not a box that the US is willing to open - period. This is all psy-ops and nothing more."

Let Saddam--or any Arab nation--launch WMD against Israel and see what happens.

--Boris

[Jen]

Thanks Saber.

[boris]

Thank you. I concur.

[boris]

The Davy Crockett was a bazooka-type missile with a W54 nuclear warhead. It could be mounted on a Jeep, or a three-person team could carry it. The weapon system used a spin-stabilized, unguided rocket fired from a recoiless rifle. While early atomic missiles were heavy and awkward, the Davy Crockett was only 30 inches long, 11 inches wide and weighed 76 pounds.

Two types were made: a 120-mm with a range between 1,000 to 6,500 feet; and a 155-mm with a range between 1,000 to 13,000 feet. The Davy Crockett also could carry a conventional high-explosive round for use as an anti-tank weapon. Stockpiled from 1960 to 1971, the Davy Crockett brought nuclear capability to the infantry.

The W54 warhead used on the Davy Crockett weighed just 51 pounds and was the smallest and lightest fission bomb (implosion type) ever deployed by the United States, with a variable explosive yield of 0.01 kilotons (equivalent to 10 tons of TNT, or two to four times as powerful as the ammonium nitrate bomb which destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995), or 0.02 kilotons-1 kiloton. A 58.6 pound variant--the B54--was used in the Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM), a nuclear land mine deployed in Europe, South Korea, Guam, and the United States from 1964-1989.

[Bob J]

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[Victoria Delsoul]

More good news as I see it.

[plusone]

There is an excellent little movie called "Deterrence". It is low budget and the whole movie takes place in a roadside diner during a blizzard. The president, on a campaign swing thru the area is forced to take refuge during the storm. At that time, the Iraqi army masses on the Saudi border, led by Adai Hussein , Saddam's son. The entire movie takes place within the diner as the prez tries first diplomacy, then threats, to hold off the attack. He finally resorts to the nuclear option. Fascinating little film.

[Doc On The Bay]

"Let Allah Sort Them Out--"

NO, "Let Allah Sort Out Their Black Souls!"

[gracex7]

bob, thought you might be able to print this out for the boys to peruse. Just post #60 and possibly the article. Thanks.

karri

[GOPJ]

bump

[Chemist_Geek]

Nuclear Weapon Database: United States Arsenal

Where'd that come from? FAS? Pike's outfit? Interesting information, but we could do without the snide editorial comments sprinkled throughout the text.

[supercat]

What I want to hear is an Israeli-style policy: use of WMD against Allied forces WILL result in nuclear retaliation.

Bad idea. There may be circumstances in which Saddam or the Iraqi leadership wants us to use a nuke. In such a case I see no reason why should oblige him.

[jwalsh07]

I'll see ya VX and raise ya a mushroom cloud.

[slimer]

Nuke em Danno!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Frank_2001]

How does the explosive yield of the W54 compare to that of a MOAB?