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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Hey, I know, so we'll force the people against us to use relatively small ground-based bombs against domestic targets, rather than (easily interceptable) missiles against military targets.
What do I win?
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Contrary to popular belief, it is not very easy to transport a nuclear weapon into the United States. It is not impossible, but making small nuclear devices is not that easy (small ones have to use plutonium not Uranium). Transporting them undetected is also not very easy. With modern radiation sensing devices, the weapons grade plutonium, or the mass of Uranium that it would take to for a city destroying nuclear device, can be picked up by Satelite. If North Korea has a missile and a weapon, it would be alot easier to launch it from North Korea than try and sneak one in the United States. One just takes the push of a button. The other is a pretty sophisticated clandestine operation with unsure results.
