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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Hutch on February 01, 2010, 07:32:44 AM
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Story at http://www.presstv.ir/detail/117545.htm?sectionid=351020101
Reckon what that's all about? My guess would be a long-range missile test, or (unlikely) uncork some bottled sunshine in a demonstration test, a'la PDRK or Pakistan. D'ye think it will have an immediate impact here?
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It will just mean our man-child in chief will give Ahmadinejad more verbal fellatio.
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"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blooooowwww your house down." Happens every year about this time.
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Iran likes to make little threats. Iraaq did the same thing, but Sadamn got called on his. One day, Iran won't have to make threats as they will have the nuclear capability and destabilize the entire Middle East. Maybe BHO can talk them out of whatever it is.
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Patiently I wait for the day when we see our SSGNs get into action. Don't put me in charge, they'd all be within 500 miles of there. Surprise!
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I'm betting they hang some more protestors. A group this time, instead of an individual.
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Ahmadinejad said that in the three decades of its history, the Islamic Revolution had inspired some great developments in the world.
Yeah, those decapitations on the internet are a milestone in history. Next step for Ahmadinejad: the wheel.
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"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blooooowwww your house down." Happens every year about this time.
They get all wee-weed up?
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They get all wee-weed up?
Okay. I give up. What does "wee-weed up" mean?
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peeing into the wind?
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Hardly a mention on the news....I know its not the 11th yet....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584660,00.html
Iran successfully launched a research rocket into outer space carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms Wednesday, but failed to put anything into orbit, two U.S. officials tell Fox News. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described the launch as a "very big event" and said it shows Iran can compete with the West in a battle of science and technology.
I've got a buck that says nuke test on the 11th.
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I've got a buck that says nuke test on the 11th.
Can our seismographs tell the difference between detonation of a real nuke and a cavern filled with a couple of thousand tons of conventional explosives?
I seem to recall seeing a TV show about open pit mining somewhere out west where that became an issue - the company was asked to NOT set off their daisy chains of charges simultaneously, but rather in a "ripple" pattern (slight delay between adjacent rows of explosive) so the Russkies could see it wan't a nuke test.
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Well, heck. We're a well to do country, right. Seems to me if Iran wants a nuclear bomb, we ought to dig a little deeper into Uncle Pork's pockets and give them one.
By the way, I have good news to share with everyone: I created or saved 1,000 push-ups and 500 sit-ups bright and early this morning.
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Okay. I give up. What does "wee-weed up" mean?
Something silly Dear Leader said once.
said it shows Iran can compete with the West in a battle of science and technology goat herding.
FTFY
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Hardly a mention on the news....I know its not the 11th yet....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584660,00.html
I've got a buck that says nuke test on the 11th.
Yup, the ability for Iran to launch objects into space combined with the ability to build nuclear bombs is a Very Bad Thing.
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Yup, the ability for Iran to launch objects into space combined with the ability to build nuclear bombs is a Very Bad Thing.
What I was thinking, plus:
Had Iran tested a nuke first, Isreal would probably deliver a large case of whoopass upon anything and everything that they can bomb. However, by putting first the technology to launch the nuke, then test the nuke, they make it seem that they can deliver said bomb. Whether they are ready to actually deploy such a weapon, who knows. Feb 11th actually might be interesting
[popcorn]
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I'm thinking either more advanced missile test or full blown nuke test. I remember a report the other day we were moving more ships into the gulf with anti-missile capability. Not sure if that is routine, caution over the announcement, or if intel shows something relevant that the rest of us do not know.
I agree that doing the missile test first would be good strategy. A nuke doesn't do much good if you can't deliver it, and launching a missile shows they can deliver it. May not have been big but I would guess big enough lob as least a small nuke Israels way.
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(In 2009 dollars...)
1945 USA had a GDP of 200 Billion.
2009 Iran had a GDP of 850 Billion.
1945 USA had a pop of 132 Million.
2009 Iran has a pop of 66 Million.
The point:
We might make fun of them as a backwards nation. But it doesn't take very advanced science to make a nuke. Besides, the science is already settled, and that makes the development a lot easier.
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And yet so far - no nuke. (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3847636,00.html)
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Aren't the taking credit for all the snow that shut down DC.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1250127/Iran-Revolution-day-protests-Islamic-Republic-nuclear-state.html
Seems they are claiming that they have the kit to enrich uranium to weapons grade.
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That can't be. They just want to build a nuclear reactor to better serve their people. In the past the Iranian government has shown how they care about the plight of it's citizens.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1250127/Iran-Revolution-day-protests-Islamic-Republic-nuclear-state.html
Seems they are claiming that they have the kit to enrich uranium to weapons grade.
"Claiming" is the operative term. If they could, they'd be doing it.
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Can our seismographs tell the difference between detonation of a real nuke and a cavern filled with a couple of thousand tons of conventional explosives?
Yes.
Most visible in the P-wave amplitude.
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"Claiming" is the operative term. If they could, they'd be doing it.
What advantage do they gain by making the claim without being able to actually do it?
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What advantage do they gain by making the claim without being able to actually do it?
We'll give them stuff to bribe them not to.
I'm pretty sure that's how North Korea makes most of it's income.
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"Claiming" is the operative term. If they could, they'd be doing it.
You seem to be assuming they aren't.
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Yes.
Most visible in the P-wave amplitude.
Thanks a bunch. I have a feeling you have just ruined a perfectly good sick day whereby I shall now spend most of the morning 5 tabs deep in wikipedia.
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Just be glad that the folks in the Seismic Shop don't alert you to a sortie you're flying in a few hours based on those damned P-Waves.
Turns out you are responsible for the first 30 seconds of whatever you say when woken from a dead sleep in the middle of the night... ;)
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What advantage do they gain by making the claim without being able to actually do it?
The same advantage the Soviet Union gained from faking the Bomber Gap.