<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 5:48 PM, Adrian Tymes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atymes@gmail.com" target="_blank">atymes@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">></div> <font size="4">if North Korea wants to send a package from Pyongyang to Washington, a<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>package containing a H-bomb for example, sticking it on top of a ICBM would<br> be one way of delivering it, but there are other ways, like UPS. And unlike<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div> a ICBM if UPS was used it wouldn't have an obvious return address on it,<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div> it's just that one day Washington would be there and the next day it<br> wouldn't. No warning no nothing, just boom.<br></font></span><span class="gmail-"><font size="4"> be one way of delivering it, but there are other ways, like UPS. And unlike<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div> a ICBM if UPS was used it wouldn't have an obvious return address on it,<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div> it's just that one day Washington would be there and the next day it<br></font></span><span class="gmail-"><font size="4"> wouldn't. No warning no nothing, just boom.</font></span></blockquote><span class="gmail-">
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</span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>Actually, there are nuclear detectors on shipping routes. It would be<br>
harder to smuggle a nuclear warhead, or the components thereof, by UPS<br>
than to just light off an ICBM.<br></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">\</div> </div><div><br></div><div><font color="#252525" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div></span></font><font size="4">Over<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>6 million cargo containers enter<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>the USA every year, <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">but </div>only 2% are physically inspected.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> As for scanning, c</div>onventional geiger<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>counters that detect Gamma Rays aren't good at detecting hidden nuclear bombs because there would be far too many false alarms; kitty litter, ceramic tiles<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>and<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>even banana<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>would set them off. To spot bombs what you need are neutron detectors, and they should be set up in foreign ports to examining cargo heading to the USA<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">;</div> it does little good to find it if the nuclear bomb is already at the port of New York. But neutron detectors are much more expensive than simple geiger counters, and the<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>president<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>thinks the security of the nation would be better served if the money was spent on The Great Wall Of Trump instead<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">. And besides, a big wall is much more photogenic than a neutron detector, it makes for a better photo opp</div>.<br> </font></div><div><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> John K Clark</div></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><font color="#252525" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px"><br></span></font></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div>