Tactical nuclear weapons would allow Israel to:

- penetrate hardened underground installations
- ensure the sites remain too radioactive for re-use.

evidence, right)))

the evidence is a poor state of our affairs in the ME

enough for you?

Evidence? This lie has been around a Looong time and the left just won’t let it die. This is despite the FACT that a continuous line of right wingers have provided the most support for Israel.

“All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don’t know from what you do.” *
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_Arthur Wellesley, Duke Of Wellington

Does the successful development of a mediam/long range missile provide a vehicle for a chem/bio attack?

Developing a biological or chemical warhead for a long range ballistic missile is tough. For one thing, the warheads will be moving very fast when they reach the target area. If you let them impact the ground, the heat will destroy most of the chemical or biological agents. To get maximum dispersal, you’d want an air burst but not too high. Again, heat issues from the speeds involved can make this a challenging engineering proposition. Conventional explosives do relatively little damage for the cost involved while developing a nuclear warhead isn’t exactly easy, either. It’s one thing to develop a nuclear device, it’s another to make one small enough to make a good missile warhead.

Brian H:

Larry;
the counter-strike would be on its way by the time the Iranian missiles completed their boost phase, I suspect.

Quite likely, but Israel might choose to wait until they’ve engaged the incoming missiles before firing their counter-strike. For one thing, there could be no denying who shot first. It’s also possible that you wouldn’t want your own missiles adding to the radar clutter when you’re trying to discriminate the incoming missiles in order to shoot them down.

The oil price had started heading down, now it’s heading up again. All for the price of a press release.

The American military can determine if there was a missile launch. I haven’t heard anything from them. Sec. Rice is out there responding, but not SecDef Gates or Central Command in Dubai. Why not?

Some info on the Iranian primary missile arsenals below
http://hashmonean.com/2007/09/30/proliferation-parade-iranian-weapons-in-the-hands-of-terrorists/

dan;
I think Oblabla is a de facto sleeper agent whether or not he’s aware of it.

Spook86;
the photo you use is a ‘shopped fake, according to Memri. The usual: duped images of one launch with minor perspective fiddles to make them look slightly different.