If the US was nuked by islamic terrorists (as in 24), what would the proper response be?

Answer 1

Why to share of course. We know who supports terrorists(country wise). The american people would demand a nuke response against the countries who support the terrorists groups. I would think it would be in those countries interests to control their dogs so to speak.

Answer 2

Honestly, I fear for the world if there is ever a nuclear device detonated on American soil. The president's approval would soar and the country would mobilize for total war. Expect the WELCOME institution of martial law, followed by the adoption of a virtually fascist system of government by whomever was in power at the time. If the president is weak (as this one is), there may even be a coup, if the military leaders don't believe that the president is trustworthy.

After that, I doubt if there would be a person alive outside of Israeli territory in the middle east. Hell, I couldn't even promise you that.

Is that the proper response? No. But we've gotten so far away from the pursuit of liberty and embraced an obsession with absolute safety instead.

I wish I had something to offer you.

Lazarus

Answer 3

one concern that doubtless you're actually not conscious is that the U. S. is the terrific and purely possibility to the secure practices of the international. They see terrorists everywhere the governments do no longer accept as true with the Washington - Tel Aviv aggression coverage. are you able to tell what international locations beside Iraq's invasion to Kuwait has been finished by using different u . s .? interior the final 50 years ALL invasion have been achieved purely by using the U. S. & Israel. Korea, Viet Nam, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua Honduras Cuba Grenada Panama Afganistan Iraq. Libano. Have led to greater human beings ineffective than interior the so suggested as "holocaust"

Answer 4

Suspension of the Constitution, curfews & martial law to control public panic, start emergency food/medical supplies to areas as close as possible to the blast. Getting our own home in order would be first priority, and making sure that there wasn't any other threats of attack anywhere else in the US. Immediate closure of borders, a call-up of volunteers to protect our country from inside threats from state-to-state, in all directions. Second, consideration of a counterattack using the same yield explosives as the terrorists did on nations who politically or financially supported the attack. A measured similar response. Remember the words following 9-11: "You are either with us or against us."

Answer 5

Keeping in mind that I don't watch 24...

Any emergency mitigation plan regarding a nuclear release or fission/fusion reaction bomb (that should cover A-Bomb, H-Bomb, and dirty bomb) would have to be designed around location and specific yield of the device.

This scenario is based on an unnamed large metropolitan city.

The most likely type of device would be a dirty bomb due to ease of design. Basically, a powerful explosive mixed with pellets of Uranium-235. This material is highly radioactive. It's also very difficult (even on the black market) to get. The device basically spreads Uranium around a large area to cause short term radiation exposure and possible radiation poisoning to people in the immediate area. The initial blast would cause about the same type of damage as your typical car bomb. Not 24ish enough, huh?

Let's try this, then.

If, somehow, they were able to build an A-Bomb... I'm going to interrupt myself here and remind the readers that such a device is extremely precisely engineered. You can't just go to you local hardware store and pick up some parts, throw in some Uranium and expect Hiroshima. There are precision parts and they must be accurately machined and placed inside the device with literally 0.001 inches of tolerance. North Korea 'somehow' managed to screw it up.

Uranium-235 is what they call a fissile material. When a neutrino strikes the nucleus of Uranium, it emits more neutrinos. The Uranium-235 then degrades to Uranium-238 and emits heat. The emitted neutrinos may hit or miss more Uranium. (Basically a chain reaction.) If enough Uranium exists that an equal number of neutrinos are emitted as missed, the Uranium is said to be 'critical'. Add even a little more Uranium and it goes supercritical and a LOT of energy is released (aka, boom). The trick in an A-Bomb is to keep the Uranium together as long as possible. (Whereas as nuclear reactor wants to keep it sub-critical)

Fat Boy and Little Man (the first two combat bombs) fired a pellet of Uranium into a larger ball of Uranium through a sort of internal gun. Compared to modern equipment, the bombs had a low to medium yield.

Nowadays, A-Bombs use high-powered directional explosives to piece together a large sphere of Uranium. Much more explosive is used than is needed so that the additional energy of the explosives keeps the Uranium together for a few microseconds longer thereby increasing the output exponentially.

The only way a terrorist would get such a device would be to steal one. Why that simply won't happen [A-Bombs physically and permanently disable themselves if moved without permission, etc] is outside the scope of this answer.

For the scenario, we're assuming a backpack or duffel sized A-Bomb. It would weigh several hundred pounds. Four or five people struggling to carry a very heavy looking duffel bag into a subway is usually very suspicious and the local PD would be very keen to question them. Typical yield for such a device (and this is a total guess here) might be 300 kilotons. Comparatively small.

Everything within three blocks (people included) might be completely obliterated, severe damage to everything else within 15 blocks. Probably 10,000 dead, 100,000 injuries. Mild radioactive fallout for 2 days (e.g. black rain).

Emergency mitigation would begin with trauma and triage. Search and rescue from countless teams across the country and around the world would search for survivors in the demolished area. Various emergency responders would be called in to treat the secondary disasters (fire, radiation poisoning, looting). National Guard would be needed to help as emergency responders. The army might also be deployed in a peaceful manner, again as an emergency responder. Curfews would be established to prevent looting. FEMA would disappear entirely never to be heard from again.

Evacuation would be required from the unsafe portions of the city (red-tagged buildings, demolished areas, areas with high radiation) so containment could begin. Imagine covering an area 5 blocks in diameter with plastic sheeting for short term protection against the wind blowing radioactive dust into populated areas.

The cleanup would require the affected area (say, the plastic sheeted area above) to be completely decontaminated. Erect floorless tents with negative air pumps and halfway decent filtering. Guys with has mat suits with dosimeters [Tells you if you were exposed to unsafe levels of radiation, aka Time for a break.] remove all soil for several inches down. They also remove all cloth, paper, building remnants, etc. and test them for radiation before disposing. This could literally take years.

I have a feeling that you probably meant 'political response.'

It would start another war or two, but because the bomb was not anticipated, the ICBM system never went online. Though NORAD would probably go to DEFCON 4, a doubt any ICBM launches would take place. Why? To prevent nuclear war, dumbass.

At any given point, there are at least five countries with ICBMs that are pining for the status position that the US has [International Superpower]. They also have ICBMs. We launch, they launch. They launch, we launch. It’s a perfect stalemate, also known as a Mexican Standoff.

Instead, I could see another war on terrorism started and another criminal mastermind, ala Osama Bin Laden, sought after and possibly captured/tortured/killed/martyred.

I also mentioned H-Bomb. I'll leave you to research that one and figure out why I didn’t bother coming up with a terrorist scenario involving it. Since the A-Bomb isn't likely, the H-Bomb isn't either, to a much greater extent. Hint: It has to do with the fact that an A-Bomb is used to detonate an H-Bomb.

Answer 6

If it was Hezbollah, to Nuke Iran. Personally, on 9/11 I woudl have nuked palistine. I remember the cheers from the streets of palistine. I would have made palistine glass. As for the lawyers portrayed in 24 I woudl have told them that under the war time conditions of our cities being bombed, martial law is in effect and they must cooperate with the authorities with out delay. If I have nothing to hide, then their is no problem with being checked out by law enforcement.

Answer 7

The ultimate and total destruction of every country that harbored, financed, or assisted the terrorists in any way. Period. And don't give me the crap about talking to them about "why" they do it. They tell us all the time. They want the nation of Israel destroyed and total world acceptance of Islam. Not going to happen.

Answer 8

A preventive action.. like analyzing WHY those "terrorists" are bombing the US, and coming up with solutions to end their anger (no "terrorist" kills for the pleasure of killing... everyone has a cause, and most terrorists today are in reality freedom fighters, resisting the US occupation and/or interference in local matters).

Remember, the US brought up Saddam and Ben Laden in the 1970s - 1980s. They were pictured as heros. Later on, they were terrorists.

I remember that South Park episode, "sexual harrasment panda", where Kenny asked his dad: "but dad, isnt that called fascism??"... dad replied "no, coz we dont call it fascism".

Answer 9

US policy is to respond in kind to any attack against the US. Accordingly, whoever sponsored and harbored these terrorists had better buy lead underwear and stock up on bottled water.

Answer 10

Watch re-run of Friends for light relief.