What would happen if Iran did......attack

Quote from Nick Leeson Jr:

I have complete faith that if the US was ever attacked with, say one nuke, where the origin of the nuke was not completely clear, or if any ambiguity existed, the US would simply and quietly bow to UN pressure to "show restraint", and probably nothing would happen; other than a few European papers printing "we are all Americans now", the hogs & pigs of the Muslim world praising Allah, and the American Universities having teach-ins on why we(the nation) deserved it.

Even if the origin of the nuke was known, and there was a nuclear exchange, it would be limited on the part of the US.
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IF it was a missle we would know where it came from after about 15 minutes after takeoff probably sooner.

Wherever it came from would cease to exist shortly after.
 
The problem is it's not likely to be a missile. More likely a ship or airplane, perhaps stolen from a third country. It doesn't even have to be detonated in the US. Blow it in international waters and let prevailing wind scatter fallout. Who do you retaliate against when some unknown terrorist group claims responsibility?
 
Exactly when did the science of the 80's get forgotten and people start believing again that a bunch of nukes could be detonated anywhere on Earth without poisoning the whole lot of us?
 
Bush has so much compassion for the world, he would probably just send troops over there to get slaughtered while trying to rebuild their country. I would hope this is not the case because as soon as we give up on mutual destruction we are sitting ducks.
 
The USA still has missle locks on Russia and vice versa. I would assume that the USA has numerous locks on N. Korea and Iran. (By locks i mean targeting routes via plane or missle)

-Kastro
 
Quote from Kastro_316:

Given the power of the USA in terms of its nuclear capabilities, if Iran or even N. Korea did attack the USA with a nuke, would the USA launch a full blown nuclear attack? I know quite a lot about nuclear physics and nuclear history, but what is the policy of a nuclear attack on US soil?

Take care,
-Kastro
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The policy has never changed since the end of the "Cold War." It is "MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction."

Iran does not have a delivery mechanism yet, so a bomb must be placed on a ship and sailed into a major port. It could happen, and I think that eventually, it will happen, because we simply don't have the necessary infrastructure in place to prevent it from happening -- at least not yet.

As for N. Korea, they absolutely have a delvery mechanism and it can reach Seattle, Portland, SF, Los Angeles, or San Diego.

After such an attack, we would have no choice but to return fire, although this would be bad for U.S. troops in S. Korea, because they would almost certainly be in the destruction zone.

The scenario is pretty ugly.
 
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