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podex_equus previously said:
Exactly. I was reading that a 20 MT warhead detonated in space over Kansas would take out almost all of North America. So far N. Korea and Iran can't do it, but China can. Unfortunately it's a very real threat.
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While tension is building with China....they really aren't currently a threat per se. Their yen is tied too tightly to our dollar (around 80%) and we are their largest consumer. Now, should we indeed enter an economic downturn where we cannot buy their goods, or they decide to call in all the American debt we've accumulated with them, we could be in serious trouble, but I'd suspect they'd divest their currency from ours before that would happen. If they drop suddenly or whittle their way down to 20% or less....it could be cause for concern.
Considering the fact that China hacked the DOD computer system causing a crash that lasted for up to 7 days (the Pentagon is being tight lipped about specifics) last year, I'd say they are definitely not our "best friends".
Try this scenario on for size: N. Korea has plenty of nukes but no real money. Iran has plenty of money but doesn't quite have a nuke (though I still believe regardless of the media's "party line" that they don't....that they are very close).
What if they make a trade and Iran arms just 3 terrorist groups in large fishing vessels....one in the Gulf of Mexico, one off the west and one off the east coast.
Simultaneous detonation (even with US interceptor capable rocket defense systems) would still cause large EMPs to major metro areas.
Thought Katrina was bad? What would you do with no electricity....no access to your bank account, no running vehicle, no gas station pumps, no clean water, no food being trucked into your city (which could easily happen with a simple trucker's strike over the price of diesel)?
How long would it take for our own people to turn on one another?
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Sean
