• Nuclear "shoe bombers" in the near future?

    From Byker@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 9 18:03:50 2021
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    In recent years, Pakiland has boasted of developing tactical nuclear weapons
    to protect itself against "potential offensive actions" by India. In fact, Pakistan is the only country currently boasting of making increasingly tiny nuclear weapons. Pakistanis overwhelmingly support their army and its
    assorted misadventures, and the pursuit of tactical weapons is no exception. However, there is every reason why Pakis should be resisting -- not
    welcoming -- this development. The most readily identifiable reason is that,
    in the event of conflict between the two countries, this kind of
    weaponization will likely result in tens of thousands of dead Pakis, rather than Hindoos. And things will only go downhill from there.

    No need to understand the curry-babble, the viewers' comments say it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEwfrCFGL4U

    Sounds like the asslifters can hardly wait to push the button: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/pakistan-has-tactical-nuclear-bombs-as-small-as-125-250-grams-minister/articleshow/70950455.cms?from=mdr

    No doubt Richard Reed is thinking, "I should've waited.": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid

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  • From B1ackwater@21:1/5 to Byker on Sat Jan 9 21:39:08 2021
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    On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 18:03:50 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

    In recent years, Pakiland has boasted of developing tactical nuclear weapons >to protect itself against "potential offensive actions" by India. In fact, >Pakistan is the only country currently boasting of making increasingly tiny >nuclear weapons. Pakistanis overwhelmingly support their army and its >assorted misadventures, and the pursuit of tactical weapons is no exception. >However, there is every reason why Pakis should be resisting -- not
    welcoming -- this development. The most readily identifiable reason is that, >in the event of conflict between the two countries, this kind of >weaponization will likely result in tens of thousands of dead Pakis, rather >than Hindoos. And things will only go downhill from there.

    No need to understand the curry-babble, the viewers' comments say it all: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEwfrCFGL4U

    Sounds like the asslifters can hardly wait to push the button: >https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/pakistan-has-tactical-nuclear-bombs-as-small-as-125-250-grams-minister/articleshow/70950455.cms?from=mdr

    No doubt Richard Reed is thinking, "I should've waited.": >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid


    Miniturization was an immediate goal of both the US and Soviet
    military, for obvious reasons. Using clever design and neutron-
    reflecting tech sub-kiloton "tactical" devices were realized in
    the 1950s. These were small enough to be used as cannon
    rounds and there was even something launched by a shorty
    rocket that could be towed by a Jeep. They were not really
    considered practical weapons though, more "proof of principle".

    Similarly small (though probably more potent) versions later
    made nuclear torpedos a real thing, and the nukes that can
    be fitted to current drones and sub-launched missiles are
    their direct progeny. Big punch, small portable package.

    The biggest problem is that having lots and lots of little nukes
    around out in the field increases the chances of an "incident".
    A pissed-off/drunken field officer might start a huge war, and
    terrorist interests have a better chances of stealing the things.

    Nukes don't have to be city-busters to cause LOTS of serious
    damage. In a large urban area the fallout would likely cause
    as many casualties as the initial blast and a big swath of
    a city, or the whole thing, might have to be abandoned for
    years.

    Now a "nuclear shoe-bomber" ... no, not quite. However
    backpack-portable devices do exist, might deliver up to
    a kiloton or so. That's worrisome. An enemy can likely
    find a way to smuggle numbers of them in undetected.

    Terrorists, or Kim, might be tempted. Detonated in half
    a dozen key cities at the same time they would cause
    massive disruption of every kind of infrastructure you
    care to name while disguising the attacker at least for
    awhile.

    As for India and Pakistan, any nuke war between them
    would be horrific. The high popuation densities and
    barely-adequate systems to supply food and meds
    would mean unimaginable fatalities, even far from
    where the bombs went off.

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  • From Byker@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 9 22:47:00 2021
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    "B1ackwater" wrote in message news:1lokvftl7daa2b67b5n06b4k6leel6p98e@4ax.com...

    As for India and Pakistan, any nuke war between them
    would be horrific. The high popuation densities and
    barely-adequate systems to supply food and meds
    would mean unimaginable fatalities, even far from
    where the bombs went off.

    For India, such a war would be catastrophic.

    For Pakistan, it would simply be "jihad"...

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