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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31683994

Fox News reports that Donald Trump may consider using nuclear weapons to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility

The U.S. military has reservations regarding the success of using a bunker-buster bomb, a non nuclear weapon, to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, buried deep in a mountain. Two defense officials were reportedly briefed that only a tactical nuclear weapon could reach the facility.

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[–] [email protected] 153 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Trump will drop a nuke before leaving office. He been begging to use one since his first term. They literally had to stop him from nucking a hurricane. He wants to do it. My worry is he will drop one on an American state.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 2 weeks ago

I agree with you completely. He's fascinated with nukes, and believes naked demonstrations of power show that he's strong. If he does drop a nuke in Iran, you can guarantee that Russia will use them in Ukraine, and that quickly opens the door to a much wider war in Europe. Strategic thinking is not Trump's strong suit, and he's likely to bumble us into a nuclear WWIII.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I fully expect him to nuke a blue state in a false flag attack. I can't prove it, but I won't be surprised if he does

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

You might enjoy the short run of the TV show Jericho.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

If you can’t prove it, then they are doing the false flag operation right. Well; correctly, anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

My worry is he will drop one on an American state.

Wouldn't be the first time, but those were on accident and thankfully didn't detonate.

Edit to add reference: 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean we also blew up a lot of nukes on American soil on purpose too!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

New Mexico had it coming tho.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Nevada doesn't even own most of Nevada.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For science!…or something

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t worry, Los Angeles isn’t a state :p

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

WHO GETS THE NUKE FIRST? IRAN, GAZA OR THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THE SEASON! sadtimes.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago

Same guy that kept ripping on Zelensky for "instigating" nuclear war

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If this were to happen, it would be a green light for Putin.

Let's hope to all fuck that our idiotic congress or who the fuck ever, prevents this abject, fucking, idiocy.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Congress isn't stopping him doing anything. I don't see them suddenly changing just to prevent global nuclear war.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Congress’ billionaire handlers all have their doomsday prepping done, so they won’t interfere.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Something tells me he has already given the order multiple times but the people around him have to carefully explain to him why that’s a very bad idea until he backs down.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Or they're just running clips of Oppenheimer for him

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"We want to stop nuclear proliferation by starting a nuclear war." - these fucking geniuses, apparently

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Then I hope the rest of the world does something about it.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“Art of the Deal”. Always start “negotiations” with a threat to go nuclear, then brag and posture and bully. Deal

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You forgot the part where you Chicken out and go back on everything so you lose on both sides... No one ever sees it coming

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

What a great precedent that would set. Seems like humans are moving towards ending all life on earth. Just another dead rock in an infinite vacuum.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm sure Jesus Christ would definitely 100% want this.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jesus was a Palestinian Jew, if Trump met Him today he would send Him to CECOT.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What is a country? A miserable pile of war crimes.

Turning a habitable area full of innocent people into a pile of radioactive rubble and dying people why? Because fucking the Israeli government wants to genocide palestinians without resistance? Damn we fucking suck as a country

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

So we'll have a war of aggression with Iran for? We don't like them? Israel has committed more violations of national borders and laws. The KoSA and Egypt's citizens were involved in 9-11 and they are "allies".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If any other country did the things Israel has done, we'd be sanctioning them at a minimum. We invaded Iraq both times for less.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hell we made up lies about Iraq

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

He is going to back pedal because Iran is his boss's (Putin ) ally. He is once again talking shit he has no intention of backing up. I could see him ordering a nin-nuke strike on something that wouldn't get him in trouble with his handler though as a fake tough man move.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He floats the craziest idea so that whatever happens he can say "at least I didn't do that one thing" and his base will praise him for it--even though the thing he actually did was still moronic. This is the "permanent 300% tariff", "Canada will be the 51st state", or the "Golden Trump Gaza" video. It's the only way this imbecile knows how to negotiate.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Ah yes, very smart, let's use a nuke to blow up a nuclear facility. There couldn't possibly be a much larger explosion and spread of radiation because of that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, there actually wouldn't be a much larger explosion, that's just not how nukes work.
A nuclear explosion is an incredibly delicate process, and the material just won't go critical because there's another detonation nearby. It's not like dropping a bomb on a dynamite warehouse. There's not a great analogy for what it is like though. Expecting a satellite launch to happen because you blew up a tank of rocket fuel next to it? Not quite there.

Additional contamination from onsite material is a different matter. Most nukes detonate above their target since that maximizes damage, but it also reduces fallout. There would, however, be vaporized material that would be sucked into the air by the vacuum created by the detonation. It's not clear if the presence of radioactive material would make it significantly worse than the general "radioactive dust and molten sand" that would normally be sent into the air.

In general, if you nuke something there's going to be radioactive issues afterwards, and you shouldn't do it. Adding a nuclear facility to the mix is kinda just throwing rocks at the windows on 9/11.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like science stuff and facts. MAGA doesn't have any time for those.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

At this point I’m alright with a nuclear apocalypse, we had it coming. I just hope I’m close enough to a blast sight to not have to deal with the aftermath.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

What the actual hell.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gleefully sounding the trumpet for the end of the world

Can somebody please please stop him before he kills us all?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

He will commit whatever horrible atrocity he's going to commit, and then the world will say he went too far, and only then will the world put an end to it. But unfortunately, the atrocity will come first.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Worse president than Putin, worse people than Russians considering the power the people ~~have~~ had and the person they allow to do this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

OK, who had "The opening from Threads but in 4K" on their bingo card?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

"Considers". Fake news. They want the price of oil and gas to go up to please Putin.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Welp, time to see if aliens really are keeping us from extinction

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

MADness.

Hopefully someone drops him beforehand.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Just please wait until after I've seen Dune Messiah a couple dozen times in theaters. Please. That's all I'm asking. I don't even need to get laid again, that ship isnt even that important and it happens to a lot of people every day. I just want to see Dune Messiah before we all die.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

The fact that experts concluded that a tactical nuke would do the job doesn't imply that they are considering using it. I don't like the US administration, but this is wildly overblowing statements and pure fearmongering.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I vote for tariffs on the nukes pls taco pls

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