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2007-07-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Current nuclear threat worse than during Cold War - U.S. expert

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Posted by Delphi 2007-07-19 14:56|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 What's his angle? Where is he trying to steer funds?

Posted by gromky 2007-07-19 15:42|| 2007-07-19 15:42|| Front Page Top

#2 He has a point but the danger is more from rogue capitalistic amoral Russians, imo. The tactical nukes made for the KGB and not in the official arsenal with the ballistic missiles were stored in key locations, including the US, during the Cold War and only certain key KGB officers are even aware of their old contingency plans for sleepers living here. It also seems terrorists have been successful in obtaining some of them, as quite a few are reportedly unaccounted for.

Posted by Danielle 2007-07-19 16:00|| 2007-07-19 16:00|| Front Page Top

#3 It also seems terrorists have been successful in obtaining some of them, as quite a few are reportedly unaccounted for.

The foregoing beggars an important question:

Suppose a nuclear explosion or radiological bomb is detonated in an American city and the isotopic signature points to Russian fissile material? What retaliation would Russian experience? Alsoif no one took credit for itgiven that our only trackback would be to Russia, how would we direct an appropriate response to whatever terrorist group was most likely responsible for the attack?

I'm confident that this sort of scenario keeps our strategists laying awake during the long winter nights. I sure hope that we've managed to "acquire" and refurbish a few of those nuclear devices that the USSR secreted over here during the Cold War. It would be more than fitting to have a couple of "work accidents" happen in Russia if their nuclear material ever fell into terrorist hands for use against America.

Moreover, this also points towards the importance of putting the entire MME (Muslim Middle East) on notice that a single such event will result in identical events occurring in the capital of every MME country. The MME must be made to realize they are skating over thin ice on a hot day.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-19 17:46|| 2007-07-19 17:46|| Front Page Top

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