In the wake of Divine Strake
The witless drive to develop a next-generation nuclear weapon is in the embryonic stages as the shadow of Divine Strake draws nearer and nearer to the Nevada Test Site where the detonation of 700 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil would replicate the strength of a low-yield nuke.
But, what would happen if a real next-generation mini-nuke was unleashed?
According to a report by Robert W. Nelson, Council on Foreign Relations and Princeton University, a bunker buster with a 0.34 kiloton yield — only 2 percent of the bomb burst over Hiroshima — dropped on an enemy target with a population of 15,000 people per square mile and driven 50 feet into the ground would send a base surge cloud with a diameter of 10,000 feet about 3,000 feet into the air.
Oh, yeah, 10,000 to 50,000 people would receive a fatal radiation dose within 24 hours.
You can rest assured that there would be multiple targets, “to be sure we got ‘em all.”
And, if the bunker busters do, by luck, strike a real target?
It could be even worse.
According to Nelson’s report, the heat from the burst would be swallowed up mostly by the ground and not destroy radioactive or chemical-biological weapons, which would then be spewed into the atmosphere.
The unholy Crusaders would, of course, find the need to test these devices once, twice, God knows how many times at the Nevada Test Site.
And, this from a civilized country.
Don’t worry, it’s coming.
The U.S. Air Force has already awarded funds to investigate retrofitting the B-2 bomber to carry ground-penetrating weapons. Test bombing runs, using the B-2, have already taken place in Alaska. Of course, the weapons were only mock-ups.
But, somewhere, somehow, you can be sure these babies will be deployed.
And, when they do, won’t we all be proud?
Contact your local representatives. Tell them you want America to still be a country with a conscience.
Then call Irene Smith, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency spokeswoman, at (703) 767-5870 and voice your disapproval.
Finally, contact the White House at (202) 456-1414 or (202) 456-1111.
Tell your Mom, tell your Dad, tell your friends and have them jam those phone lines, too.
Let your government know you’re mad as hell and you’re not going to take it.
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Comments
But I'm not that mad, Ed. It's too close to the second coming. I'm trying to tell you this. I have an eternal perspective. God is going to be here before this is a reality.
Plus I have five kids, complete with spouses, eight grandchildren, an aging senile mother, a church job, bills to pay, dishes to do, and meals to cook. People to gossip about and store clerks to annoy.
I may sound facetious, but I'm completely serious. This is way down on my list of priorities.
Posted by: Arlene Ball | November 21, 2006 07:09 AM
Oh yeah. Gossip totally takes precedence.
Why not gossip about the possibility of a retarded, cancerous grandchild as a result of this kind of deployment? That'll give you something to talk about.
Posted by: Duck Pemberton | November 21, 2006 10:10 AM
Arlene,
I admit up front to being a cynic when it comes to apocalyptic prophesy.
If the rapture occured, would we even notice that somewhere between 14 and 25 Americans all disappeared on the same day?
Maybe the only story would be a piece on page 8, noting that former president Jimmy Carter's whereabouts are unknown, with speculation that he'd defected to North Korea or some socialist country in Scandinavia.
I'd actually kind of like to be around the day after, so I can turn on Fox News and watch Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and James Dobson try to explain why it was really a fake rapture designed by Satan and other liberals to discourage 'true' Christians, and that now more than ever we all need to keep sending their ministries our 'love offerings'.
To tie this back to Ed's original point, I'd prefer to save the nuclear option for the moneychangers in the temple. ;)
Posted by: barryshort | November 22, 2006 09:21 PM