"DSK" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
I'm serious in what I said.

C'mon, even you don't think you're serious

... Iran is using the World's diplomatic pussyfooting in order to buy
more time in developing nukes that can fit on a Shahab-5 warhead that can
reach the Eastern US. I'll reserve comment as to what the proper US
response should be...lest you think that I'm "trying hard to go over the
top".


What is a Shahab-5? Why do you expect it to have greater than a 7x
improvement on range over the Shahab-3?

Because it will probably be an ICBM:

http://www.acq.osd.mil/mda/mdalink/bcmt/mrbm_irbm_3.htm

What is a Shahab-5? Why do you expect it to have greater than a 7x
improvement on range over the Shahab-3?


NOYB wrote:
Because it will probably be an ICBM:

http://www.acq.osd.mil/mda/mdalink/bcmt/mrbm_irbm_3.htm


You should have looked a little further in the same web site

http://www.acq.osd.mil/mda/mdalink/bcmt/mrbm_irbm_5.htm

Note that nobody, not China, not India (who have both been building
missiles for a long time) have an ICBM with a range over 2,000 miles. It
is 6,000 miles from Iran to the closest point of the U.S.

You know why they call it rocket science?

Lemme 'splain it to you in simple words... the Iranians are not going to
improve their rockets that much any time soon... think decades.

Now, let's talk about a realistic threat scenario instead... smuggling a
dirty bomb (conventional explosives packed into nuclear material) into
the U.S. and setting it off. But hey, you know, that would be really
tricky to defend against, so I can see why the Bushies want to chase pie
in the sky boogey men instead.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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What is a Shahab-5? Why do you expect it to have greater than a 7x
improvement on range over the Shahab-3?


NOYB wrote:
Because it will probably be an ICBM:

http://www.acq.osd.mil/mda/mdalink/bcmt/mrbm_irbm_3.htm

You should have looked a little further in the same web site

http://www.acq.osd.mil/mda/mdalink/bcmt/mrbm_irbm_5.htm

Note that nobody, not China, not India (who have both been building
missiles for a long time) have an ICBM with a range over 2,000 miles. It
is 6,000 miles from Iran to the closest point of the U.S.


Doh! You do know why it's called an *INTERCONTINENTAL* Ballistic Missile,
don't you?

Since 1981, China has had ICBM's that can reach the continental US:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/icbm/

Are you drinking heavily lately? It's getting too easy to beat you in an
argument. I remember the days when you at least put up a decent fight.

NOYB wrote:
Doh! You do know why it's called an *INTERCONTINENTAL* Ballistic Missile,
don't you?

Since 1981, China has had ICBM's that can reach the continental US:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/icbm/

Excuse me, but you're taking all that right-wing fantasy a little too
seriously. Are these the ICBM's that Clinton sold them targeting
computers for?

But then, you don't even understand why they call it "rocket science" do
you?



... I remember the days when you at least put up a decent fight.

You can't remember to tie your shoes in the morning, that's why your
mommy has to help you.

Fact- a scary scary web page about Chinese missiles does not prove that
the Iranians will have one within our lifetimes.

Fact- a much more realistic threat is a nuke smuggled in across our border

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
Doh! You do know why it's called an *INTERCONTINENTAL* Ballistic
Missile, don't you?

Since 1981, China has had ICBM's that can reach the continental US:

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/icbm/

Excuse me, but you're taking all that right-wing fantasy a little too
seriously. Are these the ICBM's that Clinton sold them targeting computers
for?

But then, you don't even understand why they call it "rocket science" do
you?



... I remember the days when you at least put up a decent fight.

You can't remember to tie your shoes in the morning, that's why your mommy
has to help you.

Fact- a scary scary web page about Chinese missiles does not prove that
the Iranians will have one within our lifetimes.

China is selling them the technology.