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by Kuttan
07 Mar 2004 21:52
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

epitaph too long. How about:

"Hanged for gross dereliction of duty in ignoring and then lying about the real threats to the United States".
by Kuttan
06 Mar 2004 23:47
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

Ah So! The Intelligence of Intelligence Agencies is measured in "Who Broke The Story First?"

One learns something new every day from sub-geniuses.
by Kuttan
06 Mar 2004 16:54
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

just imagine bushie and powell and their state of mind I'm trying, I'm trying, but I can't also forget tricky d1ck and kiss-(myass)-inger - and all those haunted faces of East Pakistan 1971. Last I heard, Lt. Gen. Tikka Khan was being given some decoration. Don't know where Yahya is - probably appr...
by Kuttan
06 Mar 2004 01:00
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

Osammy comes first. Well... the average life expectancy in those parts (unless an AK-47 bullet or "bum" interferes) is, as I hear, around 75 years. Abdul Xerox has a long, peaceful and well-provided retirement to anticipate. Timeline: No. 3 man in the Al Qaeda captured! April 2004. No. 3 ...
by Kuttan
05 Mar 2004 20:16
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

as to which we have no evidence
As the Defense Attorney said after watching through the window as his "BB" and other occupant of his bedroom undressed, embraced - and switched off the light -
Damnit! The Element of Doubt! ALWAYS the Element of Doubt!
:whine:
by Kuttan
05 Mar 2004 17:42
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

Warning: Serious Post. One even Calvin should consider reading. :eek: By selling different pieces to different terrorist states, the TSP is indeed building "plausible deniability" for the "JDAM". Given how thoroughly the GOTUS SD types have discredited themselves by repeating eve...
by Kuttan
05 Mar 2004 08:39
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

BTW, what is this "JDAM scenario"? I thought it referred to the nice things that convert runways to ploughed fields, while the Daisy Cutters convert IslamaGood to Parking Lot. Rangudu, I am SHOCKED! I'll have u know that what I posted is (pretty-much) EXACT quotes from what I got on my off...
by Kuttan
05 Mar 2004 06:30
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

Letting the Pakistan army and Xerox Khan go scot free after all this proliferation could be a sign of slackening of US dominance. Or it could be one of total dominance. Which, incidentally, is BY FAR the more credible explanation. Like I said, ask the FIVE WHYs of Total Quality Management. :cool:
by Kuttan
05 Mar 2004 03:07
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

People in the US react like good people anywhere else, to shock and bereavement. Its private. They don't want to talk about it. ***************************************** www.reuters.com Sept. 11 Families Disgusted by Bush Campaign Ads Updated 3:07 PM ET March 4, 2004 By Mark Egan NEW YORK (Reuters) ...
by Kuttan
05 Mar 2004 03:04
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

Shashank: they cannot afford to be seen going soft on perpetretors. They could make a deal with governement to absolve them once the punishment is meted out. This seems sensible, but WHY didn't it happen after 9/11? Why did they get conned into believing that bombing Afghanistan and Iraq constituted...
by Kuttan
04 Mar 2004 23:05
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

If Iran, Iraqm KSA, Malaysia, Libya NoKo and Nigeria got Paki nuke brochures, is there any reason to believe that the following did NOT? 1. Indonesia 2. Rwanda 3. Malagasy Republic 4. Sierra Leone 5. Congo 6. YEMEN 7. Somalia 8. Ethiopia 9. Sudan 10. Zimbabwe 11. Myanmar 12. Chad 13. Morocco 14. Mau...
by Kuttan
04 Mar 2004 17:57
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

India had plenty to do with Pakistan's nukes by rushing to test it's bombs. India tested *first*. Let's not forget that.
As TSJ says,
Let's not forget that
..that this is STILL what passes for a "mindset" in Tubelightabad. Enough said.
by Kuttan
04 Mar 2004 06:30
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004
Replies: 326
Views: 95947

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 02 Mar 2004

I think Sunil has been reading Irving Wallace. :eek: As for American response to a WMD attack on a major city, lets see: Prior to 9/11/2001, I would have said that the response would be swift, sure and devastating - and directed at those who attacked them. Post-9/13/2001, I would say that the respon...
by Kuttan
03 Mar 2004 18:53
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Sunil: There's a twist to that logic. The message is "that's all in the past" all right.. and ... the purpose may be to "take the heat off" all right. BUT... one still has to ask, as they say in "Kaizen" - "The Five Whys" WHY are they trying to take the heat o...
by Kuttan
03 Mar 2004 18:41
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

the Pakistani oligarchy and XXX have a lot more in common ... I would encourage you to extend that thinking a bit further (it should be OK to do from Bangakore, Kerala)- to "nine-elebhen" and "The Statute of Limitations" to see more excellent reasons to "cover" the mus...
by Kuttan
02 Mar 2004 08:19
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

The precise quote is: The most dangerous country for the United States now is Pakistan, and second is Iran.” Gallucci (consultant to the C.I.A. on proliferation issues) went on, “We haven’t been this vulnerable since the British burned Washington in 1814.” http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?040308fa...
by Kuttan
02 Mar 2004 04:01
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Sunil, thanks. The thing to note is that we are all focused on the (happy collapse of) TSP-mushbutt. But there are much larger implications here for other people who can, lets say, "read English" and have fast download connections. My point on the isotope signatures etc. is not that there'...
by Kuttan
01 Mar 2004 18:23
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

For what its worth, "magnetic bearing" technology is marketed by people in the nuclear industry at trade shows etc. Recently saw a gadget about as tall and as far around as a good beer mug. True, you don't need ball bearings to take the high speed then, but you do need good magnets and con...
by Kuttan
01 Mar 2004 08:22
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Vivek:

Proper Translation:

"So Laden and entire harem are in TSP,a nd Mush has his agents ogling the harem"
by Kuttan
01 Mar 2004 05:55
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

So lets see now: Latest explanation on "Why did we reveal what we've known for the past 24 years, NOW?" Top 10 Reasons Why the GOTUS Revealed the Pakistani Nuclear Bazaar: 10. It came on CNN. 9. The Washington Post needed a headline 8. We were asking for a raise to the South Asia budget of...
by Kuttan
29 Feb 2004 23:42
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Thanks. I take sunil's "white" case as his probable opinion. Secondary questions (to refine the survey): 1. My understanding was that you had to have a reactor going to generate Pu (that Pu was a fission by-product or processed by-product?) - but that may be wrong, based on what I see ever...
by Kuttan
29 Feb 2004 20:06
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Well.. sorry... I'm back. Let me try those questions again - I suspect that someone did not like those questions being here, because they tended to call the relevance of the intellectual discussion into some question. That's not my intention here. I'm trying to get some coherence to the discussion h...
by Kuttan
29 Feb 2004 19:48
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Well.. "high security alerts" are declared at US airports these days about once a month, whenever the airports actually stay open between snowstorms and thunderstorms. Can't say that this is a big deal, any more than REDIFF recently posting a headline saying: "Airplane Forcelands Near...
by Kuttan
29 Feb 2004 08:50
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Nuclear-related info collected by intel agencies is generally Classified. All data of such sort can be doctored to suit the needs of the relevant government or those who control the data in that government. Thus, only data captured, available and demonstrated to be correct in the public domain are w...
by Kuttan
28 Feb 2004 20:16
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Shh!!! Pls don't use words like anal-log and "digital" on BRF. This is a phamily phorum. General GUBO-Gola Musharraf might get offended at His Name being taken in vain.. Squiggles will occur, whether *****al or ****og. Since this is Saturday morning, let me explain. I believe the squiggles...
by Kuttan
28 Feb 2004 18:31
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

So if there were two explosions as some are suggesting it does not register even to the 1/100th of a second. So either the detonations were simultaneous as is rational or there was only one device which I am inclined to believe. Or, when they described an "event", they posted the time at ...
by Kuttan
28 Feb 2004 05:29
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

I've heard that uranium is a heavy solid metal, but what is the form of the "pu" in these "bums"? Is it powder? solid metal? Liquid? Slush? Compressed gas? "Pu" is not a naturally occurring element, unlike its namesake substance which the neighborhood musharrafs leave o...
by Kuttan
26 Feb 2004 03:18
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Sorry, ramana :D The lack of US reaction to AXK's shenanigans is "Much Ado About Nothing" That's "nothing because there ain't nothing" OTOH, US GOTUS/SD reaction to the entire Paki saga is more like Hamlet: To lie, or not to lie, is never the question. To debrief, or not to brief...
by Kuttan
25 Feb 2004 17:34
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Daulat: Are you saying that the Lockerbie issue got settled BECAUSE Gaddafi agreed to nail the Pakis? Excellent possibility. I too did not have an answer to why the Israelis did not bomb Libya if they knew about this - as they obviously did. :rotfl: :rotfl: Now mush can wonder: When Prince Bandar bi...
by Kuttan
24 Feb 2004 05:25
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Guys, that should be

Nucular Segregationist

I swear, I heard a PhD astronaut speak the other day - opening address of a major technical convention - and it was "nookular" all the way..
by Kuttan
22 Feb 2004 22:47
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

kgoan: is how the US thinks it can ensure proper *control* of the Paks ever again? (I don't mean *overt* stuff like the IMF etc, I mean *real* control. Before I deal with that, let me extend shiv's colorful-as-ever anal-ogy one step further, using my vast and impeccable knowledge of western history....
by Kuttan
22 Feb 2004 16:51
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Thanks, shiv. Kgoan, analyze the logic of the following statement,please (quote from post above..) Because the US has no working relations with either Iran or Libya, the United States was compelled to remove their WMDs, but since America has a working relationship with Pakistan, this extreme step is...
by Kuttan
22 Feb 2004 07:34
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

kgoan: I think you are missing my point about Hoodbhoy. He may appear "liberal" or even sane, but consider the following: 1. He is a nuclear science professor in Pakistan 2. Pakistan is a military-terrorist-bigot dictatorship, not a chaotic democracy. 3. At a time when most Pakis have a to...
by Kuttan
21 Feb 2004 18:36
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

kgoan:

Given what we know about HoodBhoy, the question to ask is: "Why did he write this article?"
by Kuttan
21 Feb 2004 03:59
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Replies: 334
Views: 106697

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004

Rangudu, ramana, shiv et al: Rademaker "conveyed US views that in certain circumstances missile defence could contribute to regional stability and the US was ready to further discuss this issue with Pakistan. I have now come around to the realization that we are all seeing events in delayed-act...
by Kuttan
19 Feb 2004 05:54
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004
Replies: 333
Views: 99064

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004

Given this, the current US nonchalance on Pakistan would be inexcusable were Pakistani nukes and fissile material not under US control. Got it. "Inexcusable" would be no problem for Foggy Bottom where Alice in Wonderland would be rejected as being way too realistic and ordinary. But the d...
by Kuttan
17 Feb 2004 06:02
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004
Replies: 333
Views: 99064

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004

The net effect of all this is that statements from "US (nuclear..) experts" have gained the stratospheric levels of credibility previously achieved only by the Pakistani Official Govt. Spokesman.
by Kuttan
16 Feb 2004 03:13
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004
Replies: 333
Views: 99064

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004

Er, JEM, the list has expanded. :D Tubelights are coming on REEEEAAAAALLLL SLOOOOWWLEEE.. www.reuters.com China Links with Saudi, Pakistan a U.S. Concern ( :rotfl: ) Updated 4:45 PM ET February 15, 2004 By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes Chin...
by Kuttan
15 Feb 2004 18:56
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004
Replies: 333
Views: 99064

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004

Vijayk: Article in The ONLY Prestigious foreign affairs journal: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MONITOR/ISSUE5-1/narayanan.html Pran: Who read the riot act to the real toys-r-us or how it was conveyed if conveyed at all ? Or simply the toys-r-us management actually did mid-course policy change and ou...
by Kuttan
15 Feb 2004 09:02
Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004
Replies: 333
Views: 99064

Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004

So much for the NPT (Nukes to Pakistan Treaty). PRC is a signatory to both NPT and the CTBT (China Transfers Bombs to Terrorists), hey? Also proves our contention that there were no weapons developed at Kahuta / Xerox Khan Labs. Just stuff for "dirty shoe bombs". Everything was Chinese. NO...