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2014-03-23 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Hezbollah's Mouthpiece: Syria-Border Attack -- Game Changer

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-03-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 The real "game changer" would be a nuclear armed Boeing 777.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-23 08:40|| 2014-03-23 08:40|| Front Page Top

#2 And the UFO's meneer. Don't forget the UFOs.

Posted by Pappy 2014-03-23 12:14|| 2014-03-23 12:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll leave extraterrestials and spoon bending to others, but I like to 'worst case' all potential scenarios. Scenario and COA development... you remember those brein-storming sessions I'm sure. I've found it doesn't cost any more to pull one's thumb from one's arse and think large, especially when no other clear evidence is available. Besides, it provides humor for the idle and curious who sit around waiting for something to turn up.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-23 12:39|| 2014-03-23 12:39|| Front Page Top

#4 How hard would it be to create a fake aircraft radar transponder that could be programmed to pretend to be some other/some specific other airplane?

Posted by Glenmore 2014-03-23 13:59|| 2014-03-23 13:59|| Front Page Top

#5 I have no idea Glen, certainly not an area of expertise for me. New debris has been sited by the French. Appears no one has actually recovered any debris however. I'm more than a little perplexed at the strange lack of involvement or commitment by our DoD. One or two planes, on and off. No surface ships. Is this notional effort ?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-23 14:10|| 2014-03-23 14:10|| Front Page Top

#6 As I said, Zero is very good at doing stuff about things he cares about, and as for the stuff he doesn't... he'll say he does and send over a couple pallets of MRE's. Less argument that way.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-03-23 17:49|| 2014-03-23 17:49|| Front Page Top

#7 .. you remember those brein-storming sessions I'm sure. I've found it doesn't cost any more to pull one's thumb from one's arse and think large, especially when no other clear evidence is available.

True. Yet we were always taught to leaven it with probables. The 'nuke effect' is a probable. An aircraft rigged as a "dirty bomb" is more likely. An aircraft packed to its load point with explosives or explosive/inflammables, even more likely. In any case, the list of options and 'solutions' while varying slightly, are pretty much the same.

One thing left unconsidered is the black-market resale of the aircraft.

As for the lack of DoD assets: At this point I think it boils down to both availability and costs. There likely aren't available assets in area. And for reasons various and sundry "there isn't the money."

Posted by Pappy 2014-03-23 19:28|| 2014-03-23 19:28|| Front Page Top

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