Where are we headed and what are your concerns?
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Winky
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It IS monkey business.
Nuclear Armageddon refers to the cold war when the US and the Soviets had lots of nukes pointed at each other
When you stop to consider over 1,000 nuclear warheads were detonated above ground by the US alone.
A little exchange in the Middle East that kills several million and wounds a few million more is small potatoes.
Nuclear Armageddon refers to the cold war when the US and the Soviets had lots of nukes pointed at each other
When you stop to consider over 1,000 nuclear warheads were detonated above ground by the US alone.
A little exchange in the Middle East that kills several million and wounds a few million more is small potatoes.
Winky
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The Neutron Bomb - Clean H-Bomb
On the average, about 50 percent of the power of an H-bomb results from thermonuclear-fusion reactions and the other 50 percent from fission that occurs in the A-bomb trigger and in the uranium jacket. A clean H-bomb is defined as one in which a significantly smaller proportion than 50 percent of the energy arises from fission. Because fusion does not produce any radioactive products directly, the fallout from a clean weapon is less than that from a normal or average H-bomb of the same total power. If an H-bomb were made with no uranium jacket but with a fission trigger, it would be relatively clean. Perhaps as little as 5 percent of the total explosive force might result from fission; the weapon would thus be 95 percent clean. The enhanced-radiation fusion bomb, also called the neutron bomb, which has been tested by the United States and other nuclear powers, does not release long-lasting radioactive fission products. However, the large number of neutrons released in thermonuclear reactions is known to induce radioactivity in materials, especially earth and water, within a relatively small area around the explosion.
Thus the neutron bomb is considered a tactical weapon because it can do serious damage on the battlefield, penetrating tanks and other armored vehicles and causing death or serious injury to exposed individuals, without producing the radioactive fallout that endangers people or structures miles away.
On the average, about 50 percent of the power of an H-bomb results from thermonuclear-fusion reactions and the other 50 percent from fission that occurs in the A-bomb trigger and in the uranium jacket. A clean H-bomb is defined as one in which a significantly smaller proportion than 50 percent of the energy arises from fission. Because fusion does not produce any radioactive products directly, the fallout from a clean weapon is less than that from a normal or average H-bomb of the same total power. If an H-bomb were made with no uranium jacket but with a fission trigger, it would be relatively clean. Perhaps as little as 5 percent of the total explosive force might result from fission; the weapon would thus be 95 percent clean. The enhanced-radiation fusion bomb, also called the neutron bomb, which has been tested by the United States and other nuclear powers, does not release long-lasting radioactive fission products. However, the large number of neutrons released in thermonuclear reactions is known to induce radioactivity in materials, especially earth and water, within a relatively small area around the explosion.
Thus the neutron bomb is considered a tactical weapon because it can do serious damage on the battlefield, penetrating tanks and other armored vehicles and causing death or serious injury to exposed individuals, without producing the radioactive fallout that endangers people or structures miles away.
Winky
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This place needs to go Poof!!!
Facilities
Miniature Neutron Source reactor (MNSR)
Light Water Sub-Critical Reactor (LWSCR)
Heavy Water Zero Power Reactor (HWZPR)
Graphite Sub-Critical Reactor (GSCR)
Fuel Fabrication Laboratory (FFL)
Uranium Chemistry Laboratory (UCL)
Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF)
Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP)
Thanks alot Jimmy (peanut farmer) Carter
MrBishop
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Esfahan is also reportedly the site of Iran’s largest missile assembly and production plant. This ballistic missile production facility, built with North Korean assistance, is said to be capable of producing liquid propellants and missile structural components.
surface-to-surface missiles by assembling components bought in North Korea and China
In September 1995, China's ambassador to Iran admited that China was selling uranium enrichment technology to Iran, and in early 1996 China informed the IAEA of the proposed sale of a uranium conversion facility to Iran. The United States and China reached agreement in October 1997 that China would halt assistance to Iran's nuclear efforts. China pledged to halt cooperation on a uranium conversion facility (UCF) and to forego any new nuclear cooperation with Iran but said it would complete cooperation on two nuclear projects:
According to some reports, at that time the UCF plant was close to completion and was anticipated to be operational by 2000. Some reports suggest that by that time Chinese assistance had enabled Iran to complete construction of the UCF plant.
two Russian nuclear research institutes were actively negotiating to sell Iran a 40-megawatt heavy-water research reactor and a uranium-conversion facility
Source - same as Winky's
Looks like everyone's lending a hand to get Iran nuclear. So...what do we do about NK, China and Russia?
surface-to-surface missiles by assembling components bought in North Korea and China
In September 1995, China's ambassador to Iran admited that China was selling uranium enrichment technology to Iran, and in early 1996 China informed the IAEA of the proposed sale of a uranium conversion facility to Iran. The United States and China reached agreement in October 1997 that China would halt assistance to Iran's nuclear efforts. China pledged to halt cooperation on a uranium conversion facility (UCF) and to forego any new nuclear cooperation with Iran but said it would complete cooperation on two nuclear projects:
According to some reports, at that time the UCF plant was close to completion and was anticipated to be operational by 2000. Some reports suggest that by that time Chinese assistance had enabled Iran to complete construction of the UCF plant.
two Russian nuclear research institutes were actively negotiating to sell Iran a 40-megawatt heavy-water research reactor and a uranium-conversion facility
Source - same as Winky's
Looks like everyone's lending a hand to get Iran nuclear. So...what do we do about NK, China and Russia?
China is the one that really bothers me. I know that we've had fairly good relations with them for quite a while now, but they still remain the only other real substantial threat to the US. That and perhaps its racism, or just distrust but I don't think that our relations with them are as peachy as they seem on the surface.
MrBishop
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Winky said:
Not at the same time, and certainly not in residential areas. Airbursts and ground bursts have different characteristics when it comes to the amount of fallout from each explosion. I'd imagine that fallout from a nuclear strike in desert territory would be pretty impressive.
Neutron bombs are good people killers...but that's assuming that they're all nicely bunched together. Cities are good targets...but then, that's assuming that it would be a war on a country instead of a group of people using a country as a base of operations.
Pretty much all of what we're facing thus far is 'war on terror' and not 'war on country X'. Even Iraq isn't a war against Iraq, but more of a war against Saddam's regime.
PuterTutor said:
The relations with China aren't what they appear. Our people think a market of a billion makes for a good capital investment, which it does on the surface. They forget the free market economy is run by a communist group with weapons (that have recently been updated) and enough military personel to require a high yield nuke to bring to manageable numbers. I believe that China is the powder keg waiting for us to show weakness in the ME.
Why is gas in the US over $2./gal all of the sudden? India & China have discovered fossil fuel useage. Didn't somebody say OILWAR?
