Dangerous Cessna evacuates govt again

On 5/11/05 10:39 AM, in article
, "Sport Pilot"
wrote:

Yes, it's silly for the gov't to scatter like hens when a Cessna
approaches,
but that's not the point.

Not when its possible for a C150 to carry a small A bomb in a suitcase.


I suspect that if the C150 was carrying a small A bomb the government would
have known about it long before the plane got to Washington.

Christopher Campbell wrote:
On 5/11/05 10:39 AM, in article
, "Sport Pilot"
wrote:

Yes, it's silly for the gov't to scatter like hens when a Cessna
approaches,
but that's not the point.

Not when its possible for a C150 to carry a small A bomb in a
suitcase.


I suspect that if the C150 was carrying a small A bomb the government
would
have known about it long before the plane got to Washington.

How? Hard to spot radiation from above. The sun is much higher than
any shielded bomb.

Yes, it's silly for the gov't to scatter like hens when a Cessna
approaches, but that's not the point.

Not when its possible for a C150 to carry a small A bomb in a suitcase.

and how is this different from having the gov't scatter like hens when a
small car approaches? It's not like you have to approach very closely
with an A-bomb.

Jose
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In article , Jose wrote:
Yes, it's silly for the gov't to scatter like hens when a Cessna
approaches, but that's not the point.

Not when its possible for a C150 to carry a small A bomb in a suitcase.

and how is this different from having the gov't scatter like hens when a
small car approaches? It's not like you have to approach very closely
with an A-bomb.

With the yield of an A-bomb that you could carry in a C150, you'd need
to. The largest nuclear weapon you could practically carry in a C150
would be something like a Davy Crockett. This was a nuclear bazooka
round weighing in at 76lbs, with a (user selectable) yield of between
10t and 250t of TNT.

You'd have to get it within 0.5km if *airburst* to be effective - if
exploded on the ground, its destructive range would be very short (maybe
a city block) - you'd have to drive right up to the gates of the White
House.

Of course if they had the Davy Crockett launcher too, they would only
have to get within 3 miles or so.

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Dylan Smith wrote:

You'd have to get it within 0.5km if *airburst* to be effective - if
exploded on the ground, its destructive range would be very short (maybe
a city block) - you'd have to drive right up to the gates of the White
House.

You can park within about three blocks of thw White House and as long
as you look inconspicuous enough (like a brown delivery uniform guy
pushing a hand truck), you could walk easily to within a block.

("Dylan Smith" wrote)
You'd have to get it within 0.5km if *airburst* to be effective - if
exploded on the ground, its destructive range would be very short (maybe
a city block) - you'd have to drive right up to the gates of the White
House.

Of course if they had the Davy Crockett launcher too, they would only
have to get within 3 miles or so.


Hello - a bunch of helium balloons and a lawn chair - for the "device" - not
to sit in. Plus a few $2.99 'wind direction' mylar balloons.

I say we march right over to rec.aviation.ballooning with our torches and
pitchforks!!


Montblack

Sport Pilot wrote:
Yes, it's silly for the gov't to scatter like hens when a Cessna

approaches,

but that's not the point.


Not when its possible for a C150 to carry a small A bomb in a suitcase.

A Geo Metro could carry a similar size bomb and could have gotten closer
to the Capitol than the plane managed to do.

Weapon would be much more effective if detonated at altitude.

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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Sport Pilot wrote:
Yes, it's silly for the gov't to scatter like hens when a Cessna

approaches,

but that's not the point.


Not when its possible for a C150 to carry a small A bomb in a suitcase.

A Geo Metro could carry a similar size bomb and could have gotten closer
to the Capitol than the plane managed to do.

"Mike W." wrote in message ...
Weapon would be much more effective if detonated at altitude.

Despends upon what you're trying to accomplish... Fallout works better with
a subsurface blast... Do it right and more people will die from the fallout
than the original blast...

"Sport Pilot" wrote:

Not when its possible for a C150 to carry a small A bomb in a suitcase.


Apparently you do not understand nuclear weapons.

1) You can NOT put "A bomb" in a suitcase.
2) Considering the weight of such "suitcase" it would take 4 people to carry
it.
3) You need explosives to compress the plutonium to approx 3 times normal
density, not to mention the weight of the shielding you need, unless you
want to be a martyr.
4) By skipping 3) the device would be enough radioactive to harm the one who
is carrying it - they would be dead before they got to target!
5) Oh, by the way, by skipping 3) radiation sensors around various areas
would go ape ****.

In short, "A bomb" suitcase is nothing but paranoia (but that's already
mentioned in thread, so i won't go into it again).