At 7:28 PM -0400 6/14/00, David Honig wrote:
>At 06:26 PM 6/14/00 -0400, Jim Choate wrote:
>
>>Considering the pictures in Wired and the plans related to nitrogen filled
>>rooms described in the article a couple of 1/4 lb. blocks of C4 would
>>resolve the issue nicely. Just blow a couple of good size holes in the
>>caissons. The North Sea will do the rest.
>
>I guess I didn't find the pictures that you and Tim had. So if you
>want physical toughness and they won't let you into that granite
>mountain in Colorado, I guess the ex-silo in UK or the salt mines
>of Kansas are it. There goes the banks.
Well, the pictures are in the "Wired" issue and probably at various
Web sites. In any case, the description says it's a small offshore
platform. Not exactly defensible against airborne or waterborne
attacks. Probably enough to withstand Greenpeace Zodiac boats, but
certainly not any real military action.
Any fixed site where the attackers can get close is a lose. That
ex-silo, besides not satisfying the sovereignty criteria (as you note
later), is trivial to take out. Drop explosives down the air shafts,
pour concrete over the access hatches, etc. Missile silos are
designed to be relatively hard against the overpressure of a nuke,
but cannot economically be hardened against these kinds of ground
attacks.
(Silos have ground crews, fences, etc., defending them against saboteurs. Etc.)
>
>>a wire fence several hundred
>>yards out all around... and it'll resolve small boats and undetected surface
>>attacks. A few long hinged poles around the landing pad will eliminate
>>heli-assault. That baby is little. That makes it hard to get in.
>
>Interesting. Should make that German's life a lot harder.. But don't
>dudes descend from copters on ropes longer than poles would be?
That was ancient history. Look, you really need to get up to speed on
this thing...
--Tim May
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