Re: OT - Iranian nukes...what to do?

QuiGon wrote:

"stananger" <stananger@********.***> wrote in message
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they got the missile to already do it.

Depends on whom you believe, because there are conflicting reports on it.
Newsweek, for example, seems quite confident they can't.

My opinion based on the various sources I've read is that it is quite the
longshot that they have a missile capable of such a trip.

WASHINGTON -- Iran is not only covertly developing nuclear weapons, it is
already testing ballistic missiles specifically designed to destroy
America's technical infrastructure, effectively neutralizing the world's
lone superpower, say U.S. intelligence sources, top scientists and western
missile industry experts.

The radical Shiite regime has conducted successful tests to determine if its
Shahab-3 ballistic missiles, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, can be
detonated by a remote-control device while still in high-altitude flight.

Scientists, including President Reagan's top science adviser, William R.
Graham, say there is no other explanation for such tests than preparation
for the deployment of Electromagnetic Pulse weapons ? even one of which
could knock out America's critical electrical and technological
infrastructure, effectively sending the continental U.S. back to the 19th
century with a recovery time of months or years.

Iran plans to knock out U.S. with 1 nuclear bomb with electro-magnetic pulse




Another story:

Iran's imminent threat

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Posted: April 25, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern


The news that Iran has successfully tested missiles capable of detonating
nuclear weapons at high altitude ? thus creating a devastating
ElectroMagnetic Pulse attack that could cripple the United States ? should
be a wakeup call to all Americans.

It's one thing to face one Pearl Harbor sneak attack in the course of a war.
It will be another to face two.

Unless President Bush gets serious about homeland security by securing the
borders and preparing the nation's infrastructure against an EMP attack,
there's little point in continuing the charade of screening airline
passengers for cigarette lighters.

Our national security priorities are a sad joke.

We're running out of time.

We've been pretending too long that America is not really vulnerable. We're
been pretending for too long that we can fight the war against evil
Islamist totalitarianism on offense alone. We've been pretending we've made
strides in securing the homeland since Sept. 11.



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