ISIS ‘dirty bomb’ claims

[John Galt]

[John Galt]

[Dylan]

It's challenging because we have to be prepared to fight simultaneous ground, sea and air wars on multiple fronts in a variety of conditions, whereas China just needs to prepare to fight one enemy in their backyard. And they are reverse engineering against the more advanced defense power - i.e., we dream up the cool shit and they dream up much less cool shit (cheaper too) to counteract our super cool shit.

As any PCFer knows, it's always easier to poke holes in something somebody else created than it is to create something yourself.

All in all though I'm confident we would win any conventional war against China in any theater. Our military is still far more advanced and we have a significantly stronger military tradition that counts for a lot.

[John Galt]

[Dylan]

I mean, that's what I would do TBH.

[spacemonkey]

They need a bomb that only kills someone for 24 hours. After that, they come back to life.

[Kane]

A dirty bomb (radiological dispersal device) is incredibly easy to make...

Take some conventional explosives - wrap it in cesium 137.

Dirty bomb.

ISIS could figure this out.

http://www.epa.gov/superfund/health/con ... cesium.pdf

[spacemonkey]

Neanderthals don't need toys like that.

[Davethulhu]

ISIS will never use a dirty bomb.

1. Their primary motivation is taking and holding territory. They're not going to poison area that they want to own.
2. They are not planning or training or hoping to use a dirty bomb on American soil. Bin Laden was a fluke, a 1 in a million exception. All these guys care about is fighting their nearby enemies. They don't have the inclination or capabilities to fight outside their local area.

[spacemonkey]