The best path from most Russian Silos to Most US major cities is over the arctic circle. That would be the fastest way to get a nuke here. 11 Minutes I think is the amount of time after launch detection until inpact.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:17 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: No Defense over Canada > > > Irvin wrote: > > You know, your right. We should respect Canadian airspace and let a > missile > > hit New York rather than 'upset' our neighbor to the north. > > 1.) Nobody that has an ICBM capable of hitting New York would fire it > - especially over Canda, eh. > > 2.) If an ICBM were fired, the odds of the US even having a defense, > much less a deployed system ready to protect all major cities, is > zero. > > 3.) An ICBM with a conventional warhead would be complete waste of an > ICBM since, relatively, it wouldn't damage much. An ICBM with an NBC > warhead would almost certainly be MIRV'd and therefore impossible to > stop even if we had a deployed system capable of incerpting ICBMs > after re-entry. > > In short, I think we need to think outside of the box here - the > terrorists did and scored 2 out of 3 direct hits against primary > targets. First let's secure ports, planes, and immigration. Then we > can worry about aliens, comets, and missles. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148675 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
