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It's not an unknown secret. Its impossible. Its an old bluff that's already run out of steam. the USA has submarine based nuclear Tridents, ground-bas...
June 04, 2019 at 13:31
the problem is, laser weapons that can shoot missiles down need something the size of three small bank vaults, and then all they can do is burn sensor...
June 04, 2019 at 13:27
The NRA has run into problems increasing US sales because everyone who wants a gun has already bought one. So its remaining market is to sell guns whi...
June 04, 2019 at 13:25
In: Pantheism  — view comment
There is only one known temple to Pan, as I said, it was called Paneas, and you can find out all the different things people have written on Paneas to...
June 04, 2019 at 13:20
Well I dont think so. Given the weight of empirical evidence that the 2nd amendment is wrong, and justified self defense is more dangerous to citizens...
June 04, 2019 at 13:12
There is a navy-based laser system which the Navy tried to upgrade to 180 kW last year, which was what the 600 million in last year's DOD budget was f...
June 04, 2019 at 13:01
In: Pantheism  — view comment
Because that's how I was taught at Eton. If you'll excuse me, Im a little tired after explaining all that.
June 04, 2019 at 12:48
In: Pantheism  — view comment
Well if you want total specifics, there was a temple dedicated to Pan in what became Caesarea, and later Philippi. It held a small Greek cult for abou...
June 04, 2019 at 12:24
In: Pantheism  — view comment
That's why he's called Pan. Just like Eros was called Eros. And what I tried to tell you is, the Greeks did not think a God of everything was particul...
June 04, 2019 at 12:02
"Religion, you see, is not in its roots adoration of a god or a goddess. Religion is fear. Religion is the spark that issues forth when the thought of...
June 04, 2019 at 11:34
As you say, its a significant amount of work, and significantly, people who know enough to do that don't want to do it.
June 04, 2019 at 11:24
Well it's a major relief to hear about turf wars that stop Trident nuclear missile deployment on ships as well as submarines, airplanes, and land-base...
June 04, 2019 at 11:11
I'm sorry I misinformed you slightly on laser attack systems. The 2019 budget did include 800 million for 'laser systems,' but that will also cover GP...
June 04, 2019 at 11:02
The alternative to the B61-12 nuclear bunkerbuster, as alluded to by Mattis before his departure, is the modified Trident missile as a surface-to-surf...
June 04, 2019 at 10:20
Thank you for interesting information and questions. Further investment in laser-based attack systems has, as far as I know, been totally discontinued...
June 04, 2019 at 09:58
Unfortunately, no, the penultimate could prove far worse than the last global war. It appears World War 3 won't be the last. There could be at least t...
June 04, 2019 at 09:22
Exactly Bolton's view. If he says the B61-12 modifications don't qualify as making a new kind of nuclear weapon, then the Russians can make nuclear bu...
June 04, 2019 at 07:25
The problem is, Bolton claims that nuclear bunker busters are not WMDs, and therefore do not justify massive retaliation. That's why the USA is now ma...
June 04, 2019 at 07:11
To be precise, it is an old offense weapon, that was a WMD, with a new delivery system and shaped charge, making it more like a gun than a bomb, becau...
June 04, 2019 at 06:59
That's exactly right, M., but the problem is, USA's NSA chief, John bolton, has figured out a way to bypass triggering of the Doomsday Device, and has...
June 04, 2019 at 06:45
Here's an article describing the alternatives to a nuclear attack on N Korea, from Popular Mechanics in 2017. It's wildly imaginative, but none of it ...
June 04, 2019 at 06:17
I think Iran, then Syria, would be after N Korea, if the nuclear bunker busters work in N Korea, because its an easier first victim.
June 04, 2019 at 05:56
This is the current state of affairs then: For information on current land-based nuclear missiles, see the full report: https://www.tandfonline.com/do...
June 04, 2019 at 05:44
Ah I remember now. The NSA, under Bolton, is paying for making tactical nuclear devices, because it has authority over the Department of Energy. Thus,...
June 04, 2019 at 05:27
That's what Bolton says. He agrees. Therefore, he approved of converting B62-12 nuclear bombs into 'tactical nuclear devices' that, rather understated...
June 04, 2019 at 05:21
Well sure, but as you say, and I agree totally, the SDI is not an issue, especially now nuclear bombs can be carried by aircraft-carrier supersonic bo...
June 04, 2019 at 05:14
In earlier news, it was stated conversion of existing B61-12s to nuclear bunker busters would start in July, after tooling and assembly line setup. Th...
June 04, 2019 at 04:42
Totally correct. It was one of the biggest bluffs in history. Reagan went on TV and talked during computer animations. Most Americans believed it too.
June 04, 2019 at 04:34
it was known from day one that it was virtually impossible. At the time Reagan made the announcement, it was not even possible to detect the rockets f...
June 04, 2019 at 04:25
View of Troy. no wall in back. http://ancientcoinage.org/uploads/3/4/3/4/34340153/5244695_orig.jpg
June 04, 2019 at 04:13
I think, with the USA having figured out a way to use nuclear devices which have 'shaped charges,' to send most the energy downwards, and relabeling t...
June 04, 2019 at 04:02
its SDI not STI. The USA already did enact it. The name says it. It was only strategic. It was always a technical impossibility. And it was effective.
June 04, 2019 at 03:58
You can read the old stuff about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_bunker_buster What the Trump administration did in last year's budget ...
June 04, 2019 at 03:54
The opposite is also a problem. They feel safe because there hasn't been a nuclear war, so they are more likely to act aggressively and ignore the thr...
June 04, 2019 at 03:47
Well that is the frequently expressed, longer range problem with MAD. People don't stay afraid, and the growing apathy, or rather, oblivious disregard...
June 04, 2019 at 03:36
Well yes. Exactly. Lol.
June 04, 2019 at 03:24
I agree with you in principle, but social attitudes by those owning guns in the USA appear to make it unlikely. Jim Jeffries says it well. https://www...
June 04, 2019 at 03:06
the vase is good corroboration that there was some story, thank you, although its puzzling there appears to be another giant creature belonging to the...
June 04, 2019 at 02:45
It's almost all from their private businesses which they never sold off. Currently Kushner and Ivanka are on vacation in England.
June 03, 2019 at 21:03
thats what I thought too, but when I looked it up, I found only six lines about it. Out of 3,000 lines it is unlikely so little would be written about...
June 03, 2019 at 13:10
Obviously what the FBI classifies as cause does not satisfy you. You really should tell the FBI how wrong they are.
June 03, 2019 at 09:24
But wait! the graph I shared DOES show motive. Well. You better not look at it anyway.
June 03, 2019 at 09:21
Please go ahead then. There's no point looking at them first either.
June 03, 2019 at 09:17
thats what I told you. Would you like to tell me my graphs on motives are wrong too?
June 03, 2019 at 09:16
I already shared the graph on that. I've been through this with people like you before. You wont be able to fault the graph, so you will say my data i...
June 03, 2019 at 09:10
What we have now, Brett, is INS computers scanning the social media accounts in the last five years for the word 'Trump', for all the 350,000 people t...
June 03, 2019 at 07:10
I don't know, Brett, i grew up thinking the Usenet was social media, and was excited to have even that, because when I was a teenager, the highlight o...
June 03, 2019 at 05:00
this forum is social media.
June 03, 2019 at 03:02
its not so much inspiration. It's disgust. People overseas should be able to say Trump's an idiot and not be concerned they lose a tourist visa applic...
June 03, 2019 at 01:42
Ah, I think you almost have it there, but it's retaliation against non-PC views which is my concern.
June 03, 2019 at 01:32