Biden Administration Releases Frozen Iranian Assets

[OneLight]

3 minutes ago, FJK said:

Well, at least we're safe from that in the U,S,.

There's no possible way they could sneak that past our borders without being detected.

I sure hope your reply was a sarcastic one.  Nobody anywhere can tell us who has entered the US undetected and what they bring with them.  Just look at the drugs being brought in.  Uranium is a much smaller package the the drugs and they are flooding our streets.

[Neighbor]

16 minutes ago, OneLight said:

Uranium is a much smaller package the the drugs and they are flooding our streets.

Well I don't think individuals are walking around in possession of weapons grade fissionable nuclear material. Nations struggle for years and decades to  have the capacity to produce it and then  have to maintain it in useable condition.  Uranium ore is mined in the USA, and evidently may be purchased on Amazon if one is so inclined.

[Marathoner]

4 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Well I don't think individuals are walking around in possession of weapons grade fissionable nuclear material. Nations struggle for years and decades to  have the capacity to produce it and then  have to maintain it in useable condition.  Uranium ore is mined in the USA, and evidently may be purchased on Amazon if one is so inclined.

This is true. Regulations allow individuals to possess 7 kilograms of uranium ore. Sounds strange, but it's a fact. However, like you wrote, uranium by itself does not pose a threat. Uranium must be subjected to a process known as enrichment.

It requires very specific conditions to accomplish. It requires the resources of a nation... it isn't something that's simple to do. 

[FJK]

19 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

It requires very specific conditions to accomplish. It requires the resources of a nation... it isn't something that's simple to do. 

It's not that hard to do either, but it's hard to keep it secret that you are doing it.

[OneLight]

2 hours ago, Neighbor said:

Well I don't think individuals are walking around in possession of weapons grade fissionable nuclear material. Nations struggle for years and decades to  have the capacity to produce it and then  have to maintain it in useable condition.  Uranium ore is mined in the USA, and evidently may be purchased on Amazon if one is so inclined.

Dirty bombs are not made with fissionable grade nuclear material.  All that is needed is nuclear waste.

[Marathoner]

Yes, a "dirty" bomb can be a conventional explosive (like TNT) which disperses radioactive material. It would be very, very difficult to acquire the material needed without leaving evidence of theft. It would also be inefficient because the only real damage would be caused by the explosive itself. 

Watch enough movies and anything is possible, in spite of how it isn't actually possible. There is only one real-world dirty bomb in existence: a neutron bomb, officially designated as an enhanced radiation weapon. It's a low-yield hydrogen implosion device intended for use on the battlefield. My occupational specialty in the U.S. Army was created specifically to operate in that battlefield, called "the nuclear battlefield" in training and doctrine. 

I operated equipment that wouldn't be affected by EMP or fallout.

An effective "dirty" bomb would require all of the resources of a nuclear state to make. 

[OneLight]

1 hour ago, Marathoner said:

Yes, a "dirty" bomb can be a conventional explosive (like TNT) which disperses radioactive material. It would be very, very difficult to acquire the material needed without leaving evidence of theft. It would also be inefficient because the only real damage would be caused by the explosive itself. 

Watch enough movies and anything is possible, in spite of how it isn't actually possible. There is only one real-world dirty bomb in existence: a neutron bomb, officially designated as an enhanced radiation weapon. It's a low-yield hydrogen implosion device intended for use on the battlefield. My occupational specialty in the U.S. Army was created specifically to operate in that battlefield, called "the nuclear battlefield" in training and doctrine. 

I operated equipment that wouldn't be affected by EMP or fallout.

An effective "dirty" bomb would require all of the resources of a nuclear state to make. 

The dispersion of radioactive material can contaminate enough area and that is what causes damage.  Sure, the explosion will destroy what's around it, but the radioactive material it contains will make it so people cannot remain.  Despite your expertise, dirty bombs are real.  Though they have only been tested, not used in real battles, tests show they do contaminate an area enough to render it useless unless a very expensive process is done.  

[Ray12614]

23 hours ago, OneLight said:

Iran has been selling their oil as if there were no restrictions since Biden took office, so it really didn't need to have their assets unfrozen.  Biden is only following the lead of what Obama started. 

[Ray12614]

Just now, Ray12614 said:

23 hours ago, OneLight said:

Iran has been selling their oil as if there were no restrictions since Biden took office, so it really didn't need to have their assets unfrozen.  Biden is only following the lead of what Obama started. 

Exactly!  Biden administration is the Obamas administration 2.0.

[other one]

4 hours ago, Ray12614 said:

Exactly!  Biden administration is the Obamas administration 2.0.

From my viewpoint you are correct, and he said that he would always be on the side of the Muslim.