tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post6550971195949514357..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Bomb Watch (Iran Edition)George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-33242998964778489672007-11-08T17:01:00.000-05:002007-11-08T17:01:00.000-05:001. I don't think they can make one capable of bein...1. I don't think they can make one capable of being delivered to a target outside their borders. Maybe one that can be detonated under lab testing conditions.<BR/><BR/>2. If they make one, Israel will be the least of his worries because of the internal factions fighting to control it.<BR/><BR/>3. I heard their leader smells like cat pee and their intelligence personnel may read this comment because of the article's subject matter. I hope so.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550148160294668222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-72901067967423918462007-11-08T09:20:00.000-05:002007-11-08T09:20:00.000-05:00I am curious if you happen to remember a little bl...I am curious if you happen to remember a little blurb in the int'l news a while back about a UFO crash in Iran? I automatically thought it was some sort of missile test. When I went back searching about it, I had found that the area of the sighting was some mountain where they have a "secret base" of sorts. Further on someone did a soil test and found something related to nuclear tests. I regret not bookmarking any of it but maybe you know? If you do please post.<BR/><BR/>NEWS QUOTE: <BR/>"Eyewitnesses told the Fars News Agency (FNA) that a radiant UFO had crashed in the Barez Mounts of Kerman on Wednesday morning"tekheletorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126392917939120747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-27236760182162121522007-11-08T08:59:00.001-05:002007-11-08T08:59:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-44251600894340069982007-11-08T08:59:00.000-05:002007-11-08T08:59:00.000-05:00Loki--I've heard that claim as well, but it's neve...Loki--I've heard that claim as well, but it's never been fully substantiated, to my knowledge. However, there are extensive, documented ties between NK and Pakistan in missile and nuclear research, so it wouldn't be out of the question for Islamabad to "test" a weapon for NK. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, it seems a bit odd that the 1998 test was generally considered a success, while NK's "domestic" nuclear test last year was a big fizzle. Nuclear technology is far from perfect, but if the 98 blast was a NK device, it would have provided a successful platform for an even bigger bang the next time around. <BR/><BR/>Conversely, the '98 test may have been a demo for the NKs, using designs and technology they acquired from Pakistan in building their own. If that was the case, then last year's test might have been an attempted replication of the l998, with miserable results. <BR/><BR/>From what I remember, the '98 nuclear tests by Indian and Pakistan were in the range you describe, 5-10KT, with the Indian devices toward the higher end of that scale, and the Pakistani bombs toward the lower end. By comparison, last year's NK test didn't even measure 1KT, due to reported technical problems, possibly flaws in the trigger or the nuclear core.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-38915667276873468392007-11-08T05:40:00.000-05:002007-11-08T05:40:00.000-05:00PS:The IAEA is very good at telling us what is hap...PS:<BR/><BR/>The IAEA is very good at telling us what is happening after it is to late to do anything.davodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272330967156237637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-42134202573672314492007-11-08T05:39:00.000-05:002007-11-08T05:39:00.000-05:00Why do they even need to build the centrifuges? Di...Why do they even need to build the centrifuges? Didn't the Russians ofer to provide fule for the reactor?davodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272330967156237637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-69840379742882702542007-11-08T00:41:00.000-05:002007-11-08T00:41:00.000-05:006th 11/07 " Q General, a follow-up on what you sai...6th 11/07<BR/> <BR/>" Q General, a follow-up on what you said about recent shipments of lethal aid from Iran into Afghanistan. Is that in addition to what had already been previously reported? Are these more recent shipments than we'd heard about within the past couple of months, I guess? <BR/> GEN. HAM: I would say those are the ones I'm talking about, the explosively formed penetrator materials, others that you've heard about that have clearly originated in Iran that have been found in Afghanistan. <BR/> <BR/>Those are quite troubling. "Augurwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496433469062894349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-6987943293824405542007-11-07T22:37:00.000-05:002007-11-07T22:37:00.000-05:00There is a new book out claiming the 1998 nuclear ...There is a new book out claiming the 1998 nuclear test in Pakistan was actually for the North Koreans. I find it hard to believe that Iran doesn't already have some sort of a nuclear device. I believe it is probably in the range of 1 to 5-kt, possibly 10-kt. We know that the North Koreans have shipped them the Sodium hexafluoride. The Iranians want a larger device similar to the W85/W88.<BR/><BR/>The question is, what is price for doing nothing in the next 18 months?Perdogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359699769064469275noreply@blogger.com