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To: long-gone who wrote (79224)	11/10/2001 8:44:10 PM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116752

FWIW, it was reported that the ones that went missing were probably bought up by the usual suspects! Great advances in technology have greatly shrunk the size of nuclear weapons! Mind you, lots of folks haven't seen mega-ton nuclear weapons. Yet they accept the fact they exist! Ditto for suitcase-size nuclear bombs etc. And of course, as a gold trader, you know very well it is possible to buy and sell things without ever having seen them first. <ggg> Of course, being in possession of the suitcase bombs is one thing, and whether the enemy could deploy and set them off is another. Many remain optimistic they can't be brought over here without being detected. But, FWIW, Sollog at sollog.com doesn't seem to think so. In any war, bluffs, lies and deceptions go on all the time. As Hitler and Goebbels (his chief propagandist) had discovered, the bigger the bluff/lie, the more credible it becomes if it is propagated often enough. So, is it really that surprising OBL starts claiming he has nukes?

To: long-gone who wrote (79224)	11/11/2001 10:27:35 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116752

Svoiet agents were rumoured to have suitcase nukes in Amerika since the late sixties. Cesium detection machines were deployed on highways as a test to counter the threat. Nuclear hand grenades were toyed with too. As a theatre weapon it made overruns unlikely. I believe the weapons were made but I doubt that except dropping them from fast vehicles or shooting them from rifles off cliffs they are very useful. In the end it was thought that MAD would counter the effect of even insidious no warning attacks such as these. In fact the best use of the tiny bombs was retaliatory, not first strike, as they theoretically survived the first mil target strike and were most useful in that role. If used first, they only invite massive retaliation and that in itself is a doubtful strategy, as they don't get to get near mil launch targets to negate them. Some of the operative agents may have defected secretly and the company may have thought it best to keep the Soviet in the dark as to the disposition of the material. This would have made the Seviet a bit more unsure about their threat at the lie table. I still think the world's best weapon is the transistor radio. Dropping oodles of solar powered radios with stealth earpieces, tuned to rock and roll hoochie koo, will eventually corrupt any enemy's morals to a depraved democratic and godless state of absolute corruption. air dropping cases of coca-cola and rice krispies would speed up the process by a good factor. Pretty soon they will stop going to Mosque, start voting, and wearing costumes that reveal cheekbones and ankles in a disgusting manner. In 25 years obesity, divorce, political apathy and low test scores on SATS will be major problems. The best way to overcome an enemy is to loan him money and give him foreign aid. As soon as he has to ask for loan restructuring he is as good as desovereignized. We could have stopped Hitler by simply cancelling Germany's war reparations before he did. EC<:-}