* Norks ready for nuke test?
* South Korea troop cuts?
* Teams picked for Grand Challenge III
* Israel-Hez fight: see it from space
* Next-gen cannon debuts
* Uh oh… robots think we taste like bacon
* Single complaint shelves sweet radar
* Less gas for new Humvee
* How the U.S. would attack Iran
* Osama: made man?
* Taliban 1, Frist 0
* “How To: Dismantle an A-Bomb” (sorta)
* See ya in the Bronx
(Big ups: RC, JQP, GP)
Depending on what type of nuclear device you are dealing with, there are many ways to dismantle one. Usually the most sophisticated anti-tamper devices are placed on the bomb’s timing and control mechanisms, so I recommend getting at the bomb itself.
If you’re faced with a gun-type device, simply break or bend the firing tube. If you can put a few hundred feet between you and an implosion device, simply remove, damage or deform some of its explosive lenses. Most implosion devices require a fairly precise spherical implosion wave to achieve critical mass. Messing the lenses may not prevent an explosion, but it will definitely eliminate the chances of a nuclear explosion.
Byron’s outrage is right on the money. I’m not totally surprised that Frist wants to forgive the Taliban though. He’s always been kind of an uninventive waffle, this just confirms the tendency.
I can’t believe he thinks the Karzai government, the Taliban and the warlords of northern Afghanistan will actually sit at the same table. I even doubt that the three groups could agree to partition the country like in Iraq.
The NIE, a culmination of 16 independent intelligence agencies, cited the invasion of Iraq as a cause of terrorism. Just imagine what would happen if we attacked Iran …
Of course, that would virtually guarantee $100+ barrels of oil and a tremendous increase in military funding as well as a corresponding rush in national financial bankruptcy (we already achieved social bankruptcy — Frist is simply proof of that).