Posted by: Dale Comyford
Comment: #1
Fri May 9, 2008 2:52 PM
Hello Stephen Chapman
Having spent many years with the Defence Dept. and studying defense strategy, I found your article on containing Iran as a nuclear nation interesting.
I am not sure if you have read the terrorist first strike strategy that was briefed to members of Congress several years ago. I will go over a few of the non-classified points that were made in that report.
This is an outline of a plan that was found on a computer sized from a terrorist cell.
A. Acquire by purchase or construction enough fission material for a minimum of 35 nuclear bombs plus one for Israel.
a. Potential Source are N. Korea, Iran, missing old Soviet Union stockpiles, Pakistan, and other possible sources that were named but not released in the unclassified version.
B. Smuggle the fission material into the US in 3 to 4 suit cases across the border or land on our shore at night along with 10 to 15 english speaking nuclear terrorist experts.
C. Purchase and or make the remaining needed bomb parts, assemble the bombs in a rented warehouse for placement in car trunks and small vans to be driven into our 35 or more largest cities except that a larger concentration of bombs are planned to go to the west coast so the radiation will be carried across the whole US by the wind.
D. On the designated day with all the bombs in place, the timers on the bombs would be set and the drivers would walk away or catch public transportation.
E. When the bombs all go off at the same time, almost all our leadership would be killed and it would not be known which countries to strike back at. In addition responsible leaders of the terrorist countries would be out of their countries.
The above plan was briefed in a lot more detail but that is pretty much it. I think most members of Congress have seen the more detailed version.
It is possible that leaders of N. Korea, Syria, and Iran at a minimum are also versed on the plan and could be in the process of starting to carry it out. Ref. The recent attempt to construct a nuclear reactor in Syria by N. Korea and Iran's use of over 9,000 known gas centrifuges.
That is all I know about what was briefed but you may be able to get more information from your Congressman.
I hope the above is helpful.
Dale
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