[ RadSafe ] Neutron Bomb used on Fallujah

[Jeff Terry]

Mike, 

It sounds like you are arguing with Physics. I'm not sure that is understood by everyone.

Jeff

On Nov 21, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) wrote:

> It is sad that people who promote this kind of thing don't bother to
> google what they are talking about.  A "neutron bomb" isn't some magic
> people-killing-building-leaving device; it is a low yield nuclear
> weapon, optimized for neutron production.  If one had been set off in
> Fallujah, everyone who was interested would have known about it, and the
> evidence would be incontrovertible. 
> 
> The first clues would have been pretty distinctive: the mushroom cloud,
> really, REALLY loud explosion and flash (even compared to the other
> explosions and flashes) and an electro-magnetic pulse that would have
> fried most electronics for miles around.  Given that almost every
> American in the area was carrying some personal electronics such as cell
> phones, computers, GPS units, etc., if there had been an EMP, it would
> have been noticed.  Someone would have talked.  In addition to the US, I
> would guess there are at least four countries with satellites that could
> detect and identify the EMP from a nuke, and probably as many
> corporations (and it may be as high as 10 countries).  There would also
> be a fairly distinctive blast damage pattern at ground zero. 
> 
> Second, given the fairly short range of a neutron dose high enough to be
> fatal in the short term (and if you are in the middle of a battle you
> don't use thing with latency periods in years or decades, as you want to
> kill your targets now, to make them stop shooting at you), the weapon
> would have to be detonated fairly close to the ground.  This means LOTS
> of fallout.  Easily detectable levels of short lived isotopes would have
> been seen probably a couple thousand miles downwind.  No matter which
> way the wind was blowing, there are countries that would be willing to
> blow the whistle on the event.   
> 
> Third, one of the things about neutron bombs is high neutron flux in the
> target area (that is the whole point, after all).  High neutron flux
> means lots of activation of material in that area, with characteristic
> isotopes.  A lot of them are short lived, but there would be enough to
> increase the gamma background, and detectable with a hand held gamma
> spec device for quite some time after.
> 
> No, the best explanation for finding U235 in samples is that it is
> naturally occurring.  
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> 
> Interesting. 
> 
> http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november042011/nuke-weapons-bn.php
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