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[Perle, Sandy]

Spell checker. Drop the thread, not FTP the thread 

Sandy

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On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:19 AM, "Perle, Sandy" <sperle at mirion.com> wrote:

> We should probably FTP this thread. It's not appropriate.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sandy Perle
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:10 AM, "JPreisig at aol.com" <JPreisig at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Ahmad,
>> 
>>    Thanks for the article reference.  I assure  you that I have no 
>> interest in having such a nuclear
>> exchange occur.
>> 
>>    As for this all being a political issue, I am a  bit bothered by this 
>> statement.  Here in New Jersey
>> are US government facilities like Fort Dix, Lakehurst, Picatinny Arsenal,  
>> Lockheed Martin, 
>> Singer/Kearfott, Fort Monmouth, etc.  If some person in Iran launches  a 
>> nuclear tipped rocket
>> 6000 km, and is a bit off target, then my home in Mercerville, New Jersey  
>> would be gone.  
>> And perhaps I would be vaporized or worse.  I really don't view  this as a 
>> political issue.
>> 
>>     Again, thank you for your continued postings  to radsafe.
>> 
>>    Regards,    Joseph R. (Joe)  Preisig, PhD
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 2/5/2012 10:50:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>> ahmadalanimail at yahoo.com writes:
>> 
>> 
>> Joe,
>> 
>> You obviously insist on imposing a political issue  in the wrong forum. To 
>> satisfy your interest, I suggest you check this  article. And the comments 
>> you find there are tons more than radsafe can  provide you.
>> 
>> "An Iranian attack on Israel would amount to Iran signing  its own death 
>> warrant. It is a horror even to imagine, but the reality is that  a nuclear 
>> attack anywhere in Israel, would murder tens of thousands of  innocents, Jews 
>> and Arabs, with radiation fallout spreading death and  deformity over a wide 
>> radius that would infect hundreds of thousands more in  the  neighborhood"
>> 
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-zogby/israel-iran-nuclear-_b_1254542.htm
>> l
>> 
>> Ahmad
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> On  Mon, Feb 6, 2012 1:05 AM AST (Arabian) JPreisig at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear  Radsafe:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>    From:     _jpreisig at aol.com_ (mailto:jpreisig at aol.com)     .
>>> 
>>> 
>>>    Hello,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> A few days ago google news reported some  source in Iran  stating that 
>>> Iran has rocket launch
>>> capability, with range of  6000 km.  Statement was made that such a  
>> missile 
>>> could  reach the USA.
>>> Oh my.
>>> 
>>>   In the last  few days National News (USA) reports  that Israel may go 
>>> to war  with Iran in the
>>> next few months.   If it happens, I hope the  war is only  conventional 
>>> weapons.  Hope World  diplomats
>>> are on top of this.
>>> 
>>>   Sure,  this discussion belongs somewhere else than  here on Radsafe.  
>> 
>>> Sorry, I'm posting this
>>> anyway.
>>> 
>>> If Iran is just getting into the nuclear arms  business,  then perhaps 
>>> they have 1-10 Nuclear
>>> devices and one launch  missile for each Nuclear device.  This would be  
>>> sufficient  to take out 
>>> 1 to 10 Israeli cities???  Ouch...
>>> 
>>>   Israel has supposedly had nuclear weapons   capability for many years 
>>> now.  I suspect they also
>>> have  significant launch capability.  My crude estimate is that Israel   
>>> would be capable of 
>>> launching 10 to 20 nuclear missiles.   Iran's major cities would also  be 
>>> gone, with  significant
>>> population loss in Iran.  I'm sure the US government  has better  
>> estimates 
>>> of nuclear weapon
>>> numbers and launch  capability for each of these countries.
>>> 
>>>  As a  first thought, I would make sure that I knew where  all ships in 
>> 
>>> the Iranian navy is, if
>>> such a navy exists.  Non-military  ships also.
>>> 
>>>  Clearly the USA is able to counter  severely any first  strike by the 
>>> Iranian nation.  Iran  would be 
>>> gone.  
>>> 
>>>   Hope all  nations involved are having some  restraint right now.
>>> 
>>>   Regards,    Joseph R. (Joe)   Preisig, PhD
>>> 
>>> 
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