SirRealist,
<<I did hear about pilots in cockpit jump seats from a coupla sources...>>
Thanks for that. But, you do get the feeling, don't you, that the story, sensational as it was, never got its legs. My feeling is it got stuffed. The question becomes; by whom, and why?
<<A car bombed nuclear plant is high on my list, though the maximum impact of that kind of attack would be felt more in places with larger populations. NY, Florida and Hollywood stand out, because of large concentrations of American Jewish populations.>>
I can think of something far more serious than opting for mass casualties in a quick nuclear kill.
My first instinct when the Twin Towers were attacked was that this was a "head shot" like the kind you give a mule with a two-by-four to get its attention. That thought led me to evaluate the country's vulnerabilities and likely terrorist targets using the human body as a pattern or analogy. The bread basket of America came to mind and I wondered how and where they would or could deliver a gut shot.
Recently a proprietary corn product, not labeled for human consumption, nevertheless got into our food supply at all levels and caused quite a ruckus. An investigation determined that it's almost impossible to maintain a segregation once corn is harvested and stored in elevators.
Although, in a *science fiction from hell* kind of way, it's possible to imagine "sleeper" farmers planting a bio-engineered corn crop where a toxin lethal to humans and/or cattle is inserted into the corn just in place of the BT toxin used in the Starlink variety, it's not the least bit likely. However, once something like it got in the food chain it could contaminate a significant fraction of an entire year's harvest. Even if it killed no one, the corn would be destroyed and bellies would be empty.
But why abandon low tech explosives which seem to work so well? (From the terrorists twisted perspective, of course.)
Far more damage to our food supply itself would be caused by attacks on nukes in the midlands. If, as I speculated in #reply-16415917, a succession of explosions could be accomplished at a nuclear power plant, a meltdown and resulting local contamination would be the least of our worries. If there were a secondary series of explosions and huge amounts of radioactive material be launched into a windy summer's day, not only would all the food crops in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and points east be contaminated but it would create a multi-state dead zone for the foreseeable future. So much for our farmers feeding the world.
Our prized treasure chest of technical marvels are but a Pandora's box of evildoing for the pernicious perpetrators of this modern thuggee.
We must think outside this contemporary Pandora's box.
Jerry in Omaha
PS You just know for a fact that if Bin Laden gets his hands on a nuke then Hollywood, the epicenter of decadent fun and waste, is toast. That would be his kick to America's groin. |
