U.S. Prepares to Get Nuked

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Posted by michael on Friday March 19, 2004 @10:45AM from the manhattan-property-values-drop-precipitously dept.

There's an important story in the NYT about new efforts from the U.S. national laboratories to retain and improve their ability to identify nuclear fallout. In a nutshell, any fissionable materials turned into a nuclear weapon will be composed of a specific ratio of various radionuclides, which form a sort of signature, which can be used to identify the source of the fissionable material. The problem is, naturally, that you're probably doing this after the detonation.

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Not to worry by vandan · 2004-03-19 10:50 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The problem is, naturally, that you're probably doing this after the detonation

Keep up your current foreign policy and you won't have long to wait.
Drop a nuke on Mecca first by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-19 10:52 · Score: -1, Flamebait

And make it clear their God is dead or never existed like everyone else's.

Nip it in the bud.
Re:Can't we just... by intertwingled · 2004-03-19 10:54 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Personally, I think we should drop a 10 ton hydrogen bomb on Mecca. This is known as "asymmetric warfare, Texas Style." This is just my personal opinion, of course. It is not my purpose to avenge the United States for 9-11. But, we have not been avenged for 9-11. Dropping a hydrogen bomb on Mecca would give the muslim fundamentalist idiot crazies pause, because our next target would be Medina. Also, as a side effect, it would please me greatly to think of Osama bin Laden praying five times a day to a smoking radioactive hole in the ground. =P Anyway... Have a nice day. =)

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Re:Can't we just... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-19 10:54 · Score: -1, Flamebait

No. The U.S. will be remembered as "murderers" or "assholes". Again (I'm thinking WWII).
Re:Nuked not by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-19 10:57 · Score: -1, Flamebait

I don't think any terrorist group has the expertise, materials or facilities to build a nuclear device, much less deliver it...

Mossad does...
Yes. by Negativeions101 · 2004-03-19 11:03 · Score: -1, Flamebait

I can't wait for the U.S to be nuked... for all this capitalist pigism to just go away.

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Re:better than postparing by Homology · 2004-03-19 11:27 · Score: -1, Flamebait

It's always a surreal experience to read some US citizens blabber about neuclear war as if it not was a total destruction of civilizations as we know it. Fucking moron : your family will die just as readily as mine.
US leaders before Bush II understood this, and that is why we had some great (but still lacking) treaties in order to reduce hostility. "One moron to bind us all into darkness", and I suppose you can guess where I got that pharpahrase from.
Re:It's NOT about Hi-Tech by Wardish · 2004-03-19 11:51 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I rather hope you don't believe that leaving others alone garruntee's that they will leave you alone.

And if you do. Are you SURE your on the right planet because that doesn't balance with my knowledge of humanity.

Ward

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Re:Can't we just... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-19 12:23 · Score: -1, Flamebait

you know you are a fucking moron?

if you knew ANYTHING about history you would know that the japanese were planning a surrender before the USA nuked them, and then the USA nuked them again before they even had time to realize what the fuck just happened.

fuck you, idiot. the hiroshima and nagasaki bombings were genocide, not 'defense'.
Re:Can't we just... by aralin · 2004-03-19 12:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Don't blame the poor sods on camels for detonating few dirty bombs in the us, after you launched attacks on multiple countries in africa, south america and middle east without declaration of war and didn't stop it after being asked several times to surrender or face jihad.
Don't blame them for 9/11 and Madrid and other attacks, blame these imperialistic idiots who started all these wars just to rule and police the world.
See I can use the same stupid arguments you do.

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Re:Nuked not by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-19 12:24 · Score: -1, Flamebait

given that u yanks are a bunch of trigger-happy warmongers with an election on the horizon i reckon about 6 months
if only kerry.. by aixou · 2004-03-19 12:29 · Score: 0, Flamebait

And if Kerry gets elected, we'll actually be able to test the skill of our scientists!!! oh, wait...
Re:Nuked not by snarkh · 2004-03-19 13:22 · Score: 0, Flamebait

In most cases this will be a parking lot after we are through.
In other words, you are saying US will commit mass murder in revenge?
Re:What is there to "exterminate"? by GypC · 2004-03-20 02:45 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Troll?! That's outrageous!
Looks like the cowards are moderating down people who make them feel shame.
I thought this was an insightful post, anyone who thinks it is a troll is obviously an internet newbie who has no idea what "troll" means.
Morons. Cowards. Newbies!