This 45 minutes stuff

[plenderj]

I was thinking about that.
If such complicated weapons, have been ready for deployment in 45 minutes for so long, then that means that they are all already assembled, and in a location close to a launch site large enough to launch such weapons.

The launch site would also have to have a huge amount of fuel on-site to fuel the missles or rockets that are supposed to be capable of striking the UK.

There would also be a lot of staff present to prep the missles, arm them, fuel them, program them and launch them.
So that would mean they need places to live.
And if that's the case, then they would also need an infrastructure in place for the people.


So with such a huge amount of 'stuff' going on, surely that should have been spotted by now - especially seeing as its a flat country...

[KayJay]

[severe sarcasm mode on]

If such complicated weapons, have been ready for deployment in 45 minutes for so long, then that means that they are all already assembled, and in a location close to a launch site large enough to launch such weapons.

They were all razed to the ground within 36 hours of GWB's ultimatum.

The launch site would also have to have a huge amount of fuel on-site to fuel the missles or rockets that are supposed to be capable of striking the UK.

They were all nuclear powered missiles. So only a "vial-full" of weapons grade plutoniom is required. Not gallons of oil.

There would also be a lot of staff present to prep the missles, arm them, fuel them, program them and launch them.
So that would mean they need places to live.
And if that's the case, then they would also need an infrastructure in place for the people.

They were all buried in mass graves 10 hours before deadline expired and their houses razed to the ground 5 hours later.

So with such a huge amount of 'stuff' going on, surely that should have been spotted by now - especially seeing as its a flat country...

Do you know why, now?
[severe sarcasm mode off]

[Maven]

Originally posted by plenderj
I was thinking about that.
If such complicated weapons, have been ready for deployment in 45 minutes for so long, then that means that they are all already assembled, and in a location close to a launch site large enough to launch such weapons.

The launch site would also have to have a huge amount of fuel on-site to fuel the missles or rockets that are supposed to be capable of striking the UK.

There would also be a lot of staff present to prep the missles, arm them, fuel them, program them and launch them.
So that would mean they need places to live.
And if that's the case, then they would also need an infrastructure in place for the people.


So with such a huge amount of 'stuff' going on, surely that should have been spotted by now - especially seeing as its a flat country...

Iraq never had an active and working space program to the best of my knowlege. Also the USA or any other country for that matter has never accused IRAQ of having ICBM's. Which is the type of weapons you are thinking of. If Iraq did have that kind of weapon then they would be able to strike any country in the world at a push of a button.

[plenderj]

You don't need a space program to develop ICBMs.
One could even purchase them from a myriad of countries around the world.

And if they weren't referring to ICMBs, how pray tell, could they land biological or chemical weapons in another country with the ease at which the allies say they could ?

[Maven]

You need a space program to develop ICBM's. These missles actually go into outerspace and float around till its time to come back down. So you have to have a space program because its a part of the missle technology. Why do you think we have nasa? Its not because we want to study the moon or explore the universe even tho they do those things. The program is for military purposes. If it wasn't for the detonation of the atomic bomb in japan, we woudln't have ever walked on the moon, have cell phones, satilite tv, and probably even the internet. We would probably still be like the early 1900's. Just food for thought.

ICBM's are the longest reaching forms of missles out there. You could fire one and have it go around the earth 7 times then come back down and hit a target. Thats why they are so huge that they have to be stationary. These missles are more or less computer control spaceships with a warhead on em.

Just because you don't have a ICBM doesn't mean you cannot attack other countries remotely. For example during the first gulf war Iraq was nailing Isreal with Scud missles. It just means you cannot attack every single target in the world from one spot. But you do have some advantages, other type of missles are mobel and quicker to launch.

[kleinma]

Originally posted by Maven
You need a space program to develop ICBM's. These missles actually go into outerspace and float around till its time to come back down. So you have to have a space program because its a part of the missle technology. Why do you think we have nasa? Its not because we want to study the moon or explore the universe even tho they do those things. The program is for military purposes.

while there is no dispute that the government uses NASA to further its defensive and offensive fronts, I have to say you are wrong about the fact that we dont want to study space... HUGE portions of NASA and other space agencies are STRICTLY all about non military research. We are not exploring far away galaxies with the Hubble telescope so we can blow up Iraqis better... It is good though that the military has such a high need for space applications, because it keeps money coming to NASA for R/D. With the shuttle loss it slows everything down, but hopefully things will pick up soon