Skip to comments.
The India-Pakistani Conflict... some background information-
various links
| 5-25-02
| backhoe
Posted on 05/25/2002 11:29:18 AM PDT by backhoe
In light of the escalating conflict between India & Pakistan, here are some links to bring everyone up to speed:
Our own articles regarding aspects of the conflict:
-FR search of recent "India" posts--
-FR search of recent "Pakistan" posts--
-FR search of recent "nuclear" posts--
Some more specific information:
CIA -- The World Factbook -- India
Description: An overview of the country's government, economy, population, system of transportation, and military.
Category: Kids and Teens > School Time > Social Studies > World Cultures > Asia > India
CIA -- The World Factbook -- Pakistan
Description: Political and geographical information about Pakistan.
Category: Regional > Asia > Pakistan > Guides and Directories
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: conflict; frlibrarians; nuclearwar; southasialist
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-60, 61-80, 81-100, 101-116 last
To: all
Nuclear Bttt^
101
posted on
06/06/2002 1:35:44 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: all
102
posted on
06/06/2002 3:21:29 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: all
103
posted on
06/06/2002 5:10:00 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: all
104
posted on
06/08/2002 3:26:09 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: all
Heritage's Center for Media and Public Policy Details Nuclear Scenarios 0&&parent.frames.length) { d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);} if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i
Heritage's Center for Media and Public Policy Details Nuclear Scenarios |
|
6/04/02
|
|
Millions of Americans are learning more than ever before about the terrible consequences of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, thanks to an incredibly sophisticated computer model made available to journalists by The Heritage Foundation's Center for Media and Public Policy. As a result, in recent days viewers of Fox News, CNN and ABC's This Week saw incredibly detailed graphic depictions of the deaths and destruction caused by nuclear strikes against such cities as Pakistan's capitol, Islamabad, and India's capitol, New Delhi. Readers of The Washington Times saw similar graphics in a front-page story last week, and a host of other major newspapers are also preparing stories using the computer model.
The computer model made available to journalists by the Media Center is a version of the Consequences Assessment Tool Set (CATS) system used by the Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Possible Nuclear Conflict Scenarios:
The Pentagon agency uses CATS to assess the likely harm that would be done by a nuclear, chemical or biological attack on any point on the globe, including deaths and injuries, commercial and residential property damage and environmental effects. Besides population and property impacts, CATS considers real-time weather conditions and a host of additional factors in its projections. Besides modeling nuclear strikes, CATS can simulate biological attacks using agents like anthrax and chemical agents such as Sarin gas that was used in the Tokyo subway attack several years ago. The software can also be used to model natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. The Times report, Scenario of Nuke Strikes Weighed,
Factoring in weather conditions, the size and type of the nuclear missile used, the population at the target site, and the delivery method employed, the software produces detailed tallies of the likely casualties at ground zero, as well as the projected damage from nuclear fallout.
For the United States, the CATS analysis can give a virtual block-by-block assessment of a nuclear, chemical or biological warfare attack, including strategic sites and public infrastructure likely to be destroyed or disabled.
After the Times report appeared, broadcast media requests pored in to the Media Center. Reporter George Stephanopolous of ABC's "This Week," for example, used Heritage's computer models to simulate the damage from some specific "war games" scenarios. Among the scenarios used by the ABC program were strikes aimed at ground troops; tit-for-tat targeting of cities; with a progression up to capital (highly-populated) cities; and then an all-out nuclear exchange in which both sides use all of their weapons. Similarly, CNN used the CATS scenario to report the following:
Computer modeling done by The Heritage Foundation shows that if India hit the Pakistani capital of Islamabad with its largest nuclear device, a 43-kiloton bomb, the initial blast would kill 107,000 people and extend two miles. Fallout would be lethal for about 3.3 miles from ground zero. Of course a Pakistani nuclear strike on New Delhi would cause similar devastation and inevitably the death toll would grow as tens of thousands more died of radiation poisoning, disease and starvation in the weeks and months after.
Threat analysis conducted by Dexter Ingram of the Center for Media and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
|
The Heritage Foundation is committed to building an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity and civil society flourish. © 2001 The Heritage Foundation. 214 Massachusetts Ave NE | Washington DC 20002-4999 | ph 202.546.4400 | fax 202.546.8328 | Read Privacy Statement. Have a question? Ask Heritage at http://www.heritage.org/search/.
The Heritage Foundation is a Member Organization. |
|
105
posted on
06/09/2002 7:22:34 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: all
106
posted on
06/14/2002 1:18:42 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: All
107
posted on
09/03/2002 9:24:36 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: All
108
posted on
02/02/2004 12:45:44 AM PST
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the TrackBall into the Sunset...)
To: All
109
posted on
02/07/2004 4:35:03 PM PST
by
backhoe
To: All
110
posted on
10/19/2004 3:44:19 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just a Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Dawn of Information...)
To: All
111
posted on
08/20/2005 4:54:40 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: All
112
posted on
03/30/2006 1:58:26 AM PST
by
backhoe
To: All
113
posted on
08/19/2006 4:41:08 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(-30-)
To: All
114
posted on
12/27/2007 4:10:47 PM PST
by
backhoe
(Just a Merry-Hearted Keyboard PirateBoy, plunderin’ his way across the WWW…)
To: All
He is a statesman.
The rest are posures'...
115
posted on
12/28/2007 2:46:31 AM PST
by
backhoe
(Just a Merry-Hearted Keyboard PirateBoy, plunderin’ his way across the WWW…)
To: All
116
posted on
11/30/2008 3:45:20 AM PST
by
backhoe
(All across America, the Lights are going out...)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-60, 61-80, 81-100, 101-116 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson