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U.S. on alert for nuclear blast overhead
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[quote:Eggcellent:MV8yMTg4MDY1XzM3MDI4MjQ4XzdFQUFENUYx] [quote:Anonymous Coward 30890652:MV8yMTg4MDY1XzM3MDI3NTU1XzQ0MkM5RURF] [quote:Eggcellent:MV8yMTg4MDY1XzM3MDI3NDg4XzhFRjFGNjE5] [quote:Astral Goat:MV8yMTg4MDY1XzM3MDI1MDk2X0RENTI4QTA4] It would be seen coming and shot down or intercepted right. [/quote] Goat, do you remember that asteroid which exploded over Russia about a month ago? All the college boys with their fancy-schmancy telescopes and computer programs didn't see it coming. And an EMP is detonated about 350 miles up. So figure something about the size of the Russian asteroid, 350 MILES up in space. Seems to me that the odds would not favor our ability to "see" it. [/quote] But missiles from Korea will come from the ground first, therefore WAY more detectiable. [/quote] They don't need missiles if they have a bomb hidden on their "weather satellite" which happens to fly right over the U.S. at a little higher altitude than necessary for an EMP detonation. So a little trap door could open and the bomb would just plop out. How con-VEEEEN-ient! [/quote]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. officials quietly are expressing concern that North Korea could use its “space launch vehicle” to explode a high-altitude nuclear device over the United States, creating an electromagnetic pulse that would destroy major portions of the U.S. electrical grid system as well as the nation’s critical infrastructures.
The concern is so great that U.S. officials who watch North Korea closely are continually monitoring the status of the North Korean “space launch vehicle,” whose status could suggest a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States...
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