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"Iran does put out anti-semetic stuff, but its about Zionists, not Judaism”
"Iran also has the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside of Israel.. so why, if they hate jewish people so much, haven't they just killed them all?? “
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
reply to post by majesticgent
A Few Nuclear Weapons is not a deterrent for U.S. Military Action. Even 20 Nuclear ICBM's that are ACCURATE is not enough of a deterrent. The U.S. would preemptively either seize the weapons or if they were atop Missiles...shoot them out of the sky.
In reality...Iran is working on the most rudimentary of a 1945 style Nuclear Bomb. It has no ability to place one of these atop a missile and the only delivery method it could actually attempt would be with a large truck. A Nuke aboard a Truck can be easily followed by several methods including specialized Satellites.
Split Infinity
Iran bought 19 advanced missiles from North Korea, a diplomatic cable says. The North displayed what some experts say are the same kind of missiles in an October parade.
Iran obtained 19 of the missiles from North Korea, according to a cable dated Feb. 24 of this year. The cable is a detailed, highly classified account of a meeting between top Russian officials and an American delegation led by Vann H. Van Diepen, an official with the State Department’s nonproliferation division who, as a national intelligence officer several years ago, played a crucial role in the 2007 assessment of Iran’s nuclear capacity.
The missiles could for the first time give Iran the capacity to strike at capitals in Western Europe or easily reach Moscow, and American officials warned that their advanced propulsion could speed Iran’s development of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
these Missiles are pieces of S#!% and they have an over 99% Failure rate as far as getting even CLOSE to a target if off the ground.
This design was refined into the first successful Soviet subarine-launched ballistic missile with MIRV warhead. This was designated as R-27U (also known as RSM-25), which was designed in 1971-72 and tested in 1972-74. This new missile could cary either three individual warheads or a single heavier warhead. Complex D-5U with R-27U missiles was accepted into service in January 1974. This missile could be launched from depths of 140 to 160 feet (42 to 48 m) at speeds of up to 4 knots. In the period between 1974 and 1990 161 missiles were launched with a 93% success rate.
Originally posted by ludwigvonmises003
reply to post by sonnny1
You sure did blow him out of the water.
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
We Russians have better Naval Ships than Iran but even our Navy knows what a U.S. Carrier Group is capable of and any false sense of Iranian ability to sink a U.S. Carrier with a Missile....the United States spends Billions of Dollars on these Naval Groups and Protection of a Carrier is a well thought out multi-leveled defensive system. In a real WAR...the U.S. Fifth Fleet would already have identified all threats as well as any Iranian Subs...fr the U.S. Navy...it would be like shooting Ducks in a Bath Tub. Split Infinity
Originally posted by KnawLick
reply to post by Nspekta
It really doesn't have much to do with oil. The US gets like 7% of its oil from the middle east. Canada, Mexico and the United States have enough oil to never use anybody outside of North America for the next 200 years.
What it's REALLY about is religion. The Bible, the quran and the Torah are very clear that, He who controls the Holy Land, controls the world.
Bush didn't ever mention wanting to go into Iraq for the oil, he explicitly said "I want to conquer Babylon".