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Old 04-29-2008, 12:00 PM
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I'm guessing this is Iran's future as well.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080429/...a_north_usa_dc

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A suspected Syrian reactor bombed by Israel had the capacity to produce enough nuclear material to fuel one to two weapons a year, CIA Director Michael Hayden said on Monday.

Hayden said the plutonium reactor was within weeks or months of completion when it was destroyed in an air strike last September 6, and within a year of entering operation it could have produced enough material for at least one weapon.

"In the course of a year after they got full up, they would have produced enough plutonium for one or two weapons," Hayden told reporters after a speech.
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I'm guessing this is Iran's future as well.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080429/...a_north_usa_dc
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GBU-43/B~ Deliverable by a C-130 by the way.

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GBU-43/B~ Deliverable by a C-130 by the way.
c-130? you mean a B-52 can't handle that and an old C-130 can? how?
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c-130? you mean a B-52 can't handle that and an old C-130 can? how?
I'm not at liberty to answer this.

Well, basically no bomb rack is equipped to handle it.

It's dropped out of the rear cargo door of the Herk, and I suppose a C-17 could do the job as well.

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I'm not at liberty to answer this.
oh, military secrets. ok, that's enough for me.

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Well, basically no bomb rack is equipped to handle it.

It's dropped out of the rear cargo door of the Herk, and I suppose a C-17 could do the job as well.
it's 9.5 tonnes. OMG!

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Syria seems to like getting kicked in the nuts by Israel. They just seem to roll over like its no big deal. I think Iran would take more offense to being bombed. If Israel even flew over Iran, they would probably be more likely to respond with a full out conventional missile attack on major Israeli cities.
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oh, military secrets. ok, that's enough for me.



it's 9.5 tonnes. OMG!

nice info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43_...Air_Blast_bomb
In a perfect World, it will sit, collect dust and never be used.

This is my hope.

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Syria seems to like getting kicked in the nuts by Israel. They just seem to roll over like its no big deal. I think Iran would take more offense to being bombed. If Israel even flew over Iran, they would probably be more likely to respond with a full out conventional missile attack on major Israeli cities.
Then Israel would kick their proverbial ...
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In a perfect World, it will sit, collect dust and never be used.

This is my hope.
mine, too.
today's world is dramatically far from being perfect.
in a perfect world, humans can't be tested for their loyalty to God. God has his ways to test people.

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