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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 11:57 AM
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http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/09/13...omb/index.html

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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 12:47 PM
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An estimated 50 nuclear warheads, most of them from the former Soviet Union, still lie on the bottom of the world's oceans, according to the environmental group Greenpeace.


That is kind of scary
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 01:35 PM
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i wouldn't trust greenpeace to know the world's nuclear secrets

I'm sure there's still a few though. still, i don't think al qaeda has the resources to find, much less, extract, a nuke from the ocean floor. also, many of them are long past being usable any more. they still have fissionable material, though.
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 01:54 PM
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Just don't let them read "The sum of all fears"
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 03:03 PM
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That's so hot. Imagine having a nuke of your own? Damn...no one would with you. You can be the greatest bully evar
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 05:54 PM
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i bet kim jong III feels like he's got the biggest prick in the world.
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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That's a lot, but I bet the ocean is pretty big and deep.
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 07:01 PM
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I didn't read the whole article but I am quite certain that due to decay no nuke can remain active after almost 50 years of "storage" especially with no maintanance.
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 07:09 PM
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Remember when that kid was digging in his sandbox and found a MiG-25 Foxbat?
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 04:02 AM
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foxbats are interceptors, so it is unlikely that a nuke would be on one of those. Still, that's weird.

was the kid in iraq? Didn't saddam bury his prized military assets (no this is not WMD flame-bait).
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