From: John Marlow (johnmarrek@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2001 - 02:32:54 MST
Consult NEST. Drugs do not leak gamma rays. individual
terrorists usually act on behalf of a group, under
specific instructions. The individual (being
dead)would not fear reprisals; the organization,
however, would draw a wrath like nothing before seen;
unlimited resources would be committed to its
immediate annihilation. Right now they're a pest; they
have no wish to become Priority Numero Uno.
Trust me.
john marlow
-- --- Chuck Kuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net> wrote: > At 08:13 PM 1/8/01 -0800, you wrote: > >All true, all true--but irrelevant; point is it can > happen. Two further > >points: nukes can be tracked, perhaps even by > satellite, by rad emissions, > >making use difficult. Not so nannite packages. > Also, any party employing a > >backpack nuke must fear massive retaliation from > the target nation. With > >the proper nanoweapon, however, the target nation > can be obliterated, > >making retaliation improbable and use more likely. > > > >john marlow > > How does one track the radiation from a nuclear > device in transit via a > satellite? Seems like just a few inches of lead > would be sufficient to mask > any emissions even for a sensitive radiation > detector a few feet away. You > can't have a scanner at every point of entry; else > we would have no > smuggled drugs, etc. now. > > Suicide bombers with backpack nukes probably will be > sitting next to their > bombs when they detonate them. I doubt that someone > who would consider > using such a device as a terror weapon would worry > much about retaliation. > > Chuck Kuecker > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
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