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Re: Regarding "Securing" the nukes (none / 0)

A few dozen to a few hundred warheads. Likely and probably not more than 300.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Dec 28th, 2007 at 09:35:21 AM EST
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Re: Regarding "Securing" the nukes (none / 1)

Does that mean 300 missiles or, using MIRVs, maybe as little as 50 missiles?

We're talking about a massive operation to take them all out in any case.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 28th, 2007 at 09:41:33 AM EST
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Re: Regarding "Securing" the nukes (4.00 / 3)

I would stick to the few dozens. And no silos, only a handful of truck-towed crappy med-range missiles, single headed, which they don't even trust to take off. They would rely on dropped bombs (from F16), that's what they will have in higher numbers, but I doubt it gets to a hundred.

Pierre

by Pierre on Fri Dec 28th, 2007 at 09:54:04 AM EST
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Re: Regarding "Securing" the nukes (none / 1)

According to Wikipedia (itself based on the bulletin of Atomic scientists 2001) Pakistan has 30-80 warheads.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Dec 28th, 2007 at 10:29:34 AM EST
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