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250 · 11-12-2001, 02:31 AM

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Originally posted by Witchdoctor:
I don't think Bin Ladin has nukes either. I think he would have used them if he had, even if he did want to lead up to it with suicide planes against the WTC; the start of attacks against the Taliban would have been the perfect time to use them, from his standpoint. But he has not.

Unfortunately he doesn't need ICBM's or even planes to deliver them. Back in WWII when they were still figuring out how to build nukes in the first place and they thought they would be really big (in size), the original plan was to just sail the nuke into a harbor in a ship and set it off. There is no reason that wouldn't work now. Most cargo
comes in those huge containers and many don't get opened by customs. But even if they all were, you could just set off the bomb before the ship gets to customs. As long as the ship is in port,,,

well, you have to realize that if the nuke is set off on ground, the damage will be significantly reduced

as I learnt six years ago back in high school, there are two ways to launch a nuke depending on purposes. one is to drop the bomb from a plane, this way covers widest area and kills most of the ground targets. the second is to drop the nuke and set it off close to the ground, the explosion would destroy bunkers and underground units but covers significantly smaller areas

I learnt this six years ago, so the technology may be much different back then.

11-12-2001, 02:31 AM	#17
250 Horus - Egyptian Sky God Join Date: March 4, 2001 Location: either CA or MO Age: 43 Posts: 2,674	quote: Originally posted by Witchdoctor: I don't think Bin Ladin has nukes either. I think he would have used them if he had, even if he did want to lead up to it with suicide planes against the WTC; the start of attacks against the Taliban would have been the perfect time to use them, from his standpoint. But he has not. Unfortunately he doesn't need ICBM's or even planes to deliver them. Back in WWII when they were still figuring out how to build nukes in the first place and they thought they would be really big (in size), the original plan was to just sail the nuke into a harbor in a ship and set it off. There is no reason that wouldn't work now. Most cargo comes in those huge containers and many don't get opened by customs. But even if they all were, you could just set off the bomb before the ship gets to customs. As long as the ship is in port,,, well, you have to realize that if the nuke is set off on ground, the damage will be significantly reduced as I learnt six years ago back in high school, there are two ways to launch a nuke depending on purposes. one is to drop the bomb from a plane, this way covers widest area and kills most of the ground targets. the second is to drop the nuke and set it off close to the ground, the explosion would destroy bunkers and underground units but covers significantly smaller areas I learnt this six years ago, so the technology may be much different back then.