Even Nuclear Arms Might Not Bust Enemy Bunkers, Scientists Say

Kansas City Star | March 26, 2002 | Scott Canon

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Let's ROLL!!

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[SauronOfMordor]

The operator illuminates a target with a laser designator and then the munition guides to a spot of laser energy reflected from the target.

OK, so who volunteers to stick around and illuminate the target until the nuke hits it?

[okie01]

The underlying importance of this article, though it be filled with faulty assumptions, is that it recognizes nukes as a legitimate option.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Good point!

Keep the enemies guessing!

[okie01]

"Keep the enemies guessing!"

May not be any guess to it. I would not be at all surprised if the first blow was a nuke on Iraq's command & control, WMD research center and/or Saddam's bunker.

This would be in accord with our stated national policy that we would be prepared to respond to any chemical or bio-attack with nuclear weapons. It is becoming increasingly clear that the anthrax came from Iraq. And that Iraq may have been waging a surreptitious war against us for as much as a decade.

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And that Iraq may have been waging a surreptitious war against us for as much as a decade.

Ya mean they're still fighting the Gulf War? Nahhh. We won that one fair and square...

[PhilDragoo]

OK, so who volunteers to stick around and illuminate the target until the nuke hits it?

A UAV.

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[Centurion2000]

These guys aren't thinking really well .... we've got megaton range bombs ... if that's what it takes, so be it.

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[rebelsoldier]

We have hundreds of thousands of tons of chemical weapons going to waste when they could be exterminating the ratholes of terrorists and their defenders. Screw UN treaties and Amnesty Intercommunist, I say give a soaking dose of Arab "Raid".

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[Mr. Mojo]

has the Bush administration contemplating a taboo -- unleashing nuclear firepower Let's Roll

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I bert this has rolled off of the Miltech list. Let's put it back !

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[Dan Day]

What a stupid article. Nukes could take out most of the worlds bunkers. Only places built like Colorado Springs could survive direct nuclear arms.

Now wait a minute... The article was clearly discussing how effective nuclear weapons would be in Iraq *given certain constraints* which are likely to be the case.

Sure, you can crack just about anything by repeated application of 50 megaton H-bombs... But the side-effects are going to be a bitch (like giving most of Turkey radiation sickness).

The point of the article is that if we *did* use nukes as bunker-busters in Iraq, they'd have to be smallish ones, and they'd have to be applied deep enough underground to minimize long-range fallout. Given the reality of our situation there (we're interested in keeping civilian casualties to a minimum), that's understandable.

[Billy_bob_bob]

"OK, so who volunteers to stick around and illuminate the target until the nuke hits it?"

"Hey, Abdul, could you hold this for a minute? I'll be right back."