Peter Gleick3d ago
Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
https://timesofoman.com/article/169185-irans-fm-condemns-us-attack-on-qeshms-freshwater-desalination-plant-warns-of-grave-consequences
Iran's FM condemns US attack on Qeshm's freshwater desalination plant, warns of grave consequences

US President Donald Trump announced that Iran promised not to attack its neighbours anymore

Times of Oman
Show threadThe Doctor3d ago
@petergleick Violating international law is a checklist of US military strategy. Happened right on time.
Show thread�3d ago
@drwho @petergleick sad thing no one gives a fuck or want to confront the u.s
Show threadThe Doctor3d ago
@utf_7 @petergleick Nobody wants to get turned into a glass crater.
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@drwho @utf_7 @petergleick

Not an airburst: no glass. I suspect that when Trump does direct the use of a nuclear weapon, it will be a tactical one, a B61-11 or B61-12, carried by an earth penetrating bomb, to supposedly destroy a bunker. It might happen soon, if more drama needs to be generated before the midterm election.

Unless he dies before he can manage to get it done. Only his own death could restrain him from getting his dirty, senile hands on everything he thinks he might violate.

Mar 7 at 10:05pmWeb
Show threadThe Doctor3d ago

@seachanged @utf_7 @petergleick But then the couchfucker would get the order to pull the trigger.

Think they'd go for an oil or natural gas deposit as a target?

Show threadseachanged1d ago

@drwho @utf_7 @petergleick

My unqualified opinion is that it's not possible to destroy an oil or gas deposit with a single nuclear weapon. The deposits are very large and very deep compared to the reach of over-pressures that can be delivered by even a nuclear weapon buried at its optimum depth. The equipment on the surface is vulnerable, but I think the deposits are well-protected.

There's surprisingly good reading available on the topic:

https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/11282
https://www.deepspace.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Effects-of-Nuclear-Weapons-1977-3rd-edition-complete.pdf

Read

Read chapter Front Matter: Underground facilities are used extensively by many nations to conceal and protect strategic military functions and weapons' st...

The National Academies Press
Show threadThe Doctor1d ago
@seachanged @utf_7 @petergleick Ooh! This is the kind of thing I was looking for! Thank you.