US Senate lifts ban on "mini-nukes"

[Imran Siddiqui]

The Dems won't have to. Bushie is self destructing. Largest deficit in the history of humanity. Economy sputtering along like a Model-T with a flat tire. 48 States with budget deficits. Millions of jobs lost. And all Bush can thing about is how to give more tax cuts to his rich friends.

And yet he enjoys extremely high approval ratings. By the time the election comes, the economy will be in obvious recovery and Bush seems like he will coast to victory.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

And yet he enjoys extremely high approval ratings. By the time the election comes, the economy will be in obvious recovery and Bush seems like he will coast to victory.

exactly. now, when the economy levels back to normalcy, it'll look like he IMPROVED it.

a sly one, he is.

[Lefty Scaevola]

overall, with development and political costs, I doubt the will be cost eefective compared to conventional weapons.

[Lorizael]

Lefty, Scientific American is a magazine meant to be read by lamens. As such, before anything ever gets to print in it, what's there has been looked at and reviewed and printed in journals and other such things. Odds are, if it's in Scientific American, it's already passed muster with the scientific community. That magazine is usually kinda late on developments.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

You righties have been saying that the economy will recover for the last three years. Its like they say "Do you know why the Indian rain dance always worked? Because the shaman didnt stop dancing until the rain came.'

[Imran Siddiqui]

You can't stay in a down cycle forever, LoA. You should know that .

[Sava]

The 2001 Bush Tax cut sure helped create jobs.

[Jac de Molay]

Well, that's because, according to Bush's econ gurus, they havent taken effect yet.

See how it works? We need to keep passing cuts now for the promise land of jobs in the near future, ad infinitum...

[Nubclear]

I wonder what the Bush Administration will do when other countries begin developing "Mini-Nukes". It's also a shame that the American people are too unintelligent (ok, ill quit with the word-dancing: STUPID) to stop it.

The US is on a path of destruction.....

[Sandman]

In the hands of terrorists, these weapons could prove absolutely devastating.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Sandman
In the hands of terrorists, these weapons could prove absolutely devastating.

or Republicans

[Panag]

Originally posted by Tassadar5000


I wonder what the Bush Administration will do when other countries begin developing "Mini-Nukes". It's also a shame that the American people are too unintelligent (ok, ill quit with the word-dancing: STUPID) to stop it.

The US is on a path of destruction.....

hi ,

huh , what about the mini ones from france , uk , Israel , china , etc , ....

or do artillery shells dont count as mininukes , ....

have a nice day

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Sandman
In the hands of terrorists, these weapons could prove absolutely devastating.

But terrorists rarely have much in the way of production capability, which means that they must acqurie their weaponry from other sources. If the US doesn't build "mini-nukes" then they can't be acquired.

Edit: Well, at least, not until other countries start making them. But the fewer that are out there, the fewer that can be used.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Lorizael


But terrorists rarely have much in the way of production capability, which means that they must acqurie their weaponry from other sources. If the US doesn't build "mini-nukes" then they can't be acquired.

Edit: Well, at least, not until other countries start making them. But the fewer that are out there, the fewer that can be used.

hi ,

a couple years ago there was a doco on tv that showed that russia is missing several small suitcase nukes , .....

all they need is a nut cake to build one , .....

have a nice day

[Lorizael]

That's not new information, nor does it disprove my point. If the Russians hadn't made any suitcase nukes, they couldn't have been stolen. And if the Russians had made fewer nukes, there's a smaller chance that they would be used against the United States.