Iran Gives Everyone A Nuclear Finger

Last night I watched a television special that dealt with the way our government would handle the aftermath of a limited yield nuclear terrorist attack. In the case of the fictional television scenario, terrorists detonated a ten kiloton (little less than Hiroshima) device on the mall in Washington D.C., virtually destroying every building that makes our nation's capital recognizable. If, or should I say "when" Iran has nuclear weapons, what are the chances that the outlaw Mullahs would make something available to terrorists they are already weaponizing? Worst case estimates figure they will have enough weapons grade enriched uranium within two years. Worst case! And Iran already has a missile platform to deliver a Hiroshima like device, and just thumbed their nose at us with missile tests two days ago. But how would terrorists deliver a bomb obtained from Iran? The two hour show didn't really describe the manner in which the bomb got to the mall in Washington or the method used to detonate the device, so below I've painted a picture with this blogger's blank  canvas, which you can be sure is a bona fide truth as to how one scenario could be carried out very effectively. The following is an excerpt from "Falcon on the Tower."

AUGUST 21, 2008

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK

MARTIN DE LA VEGA disembarked from the pyrotechnics barge two hours before it was towed to the East River. His work for the time being was done. The load heavier than usual, he’d used a crane to carefully lift the last container of fireworks, part of the grand finale. Final checking the container, he had paid particular attention to one sensor attached to a shell; a sensor ultimately controlled by a pyrotechnician using a fireworks master control board. Martin was confident it would perform flawlessly, but only on his command, not the technician’s. Ensuring its wires were securely connected, he covered the sensor, protecting it from the elements, and went ashore.

When routine pyrotechnic sensors receive electrical impulses, matches on the fireworks shells are ignited, detonating lift charges and launching the pyrotechnic shells hundreds of feet into the air. This independent sensor however, did something very different. Martin would use a hand-held metal box, when opened, revealed a digital remote control that safely sent an impulse to the sensor. At exactly 10:30 PM Martin would press a button on the remote sending the desired signal. When the sensor received the command impulse it would launch the remaining shells of the grand finale, and a split second later fire a uranium bullet down a six-foot barrel hidden inside the container. The bullet would impact a uranium sphere and generator inside a tamper cover, compressing the subcritical masses together, initiating a fission reaction.

Despoina was in a van expecting her brother any moment. He was on time. Together they drove away taking the New Jersey turnpike south, stopping at a rest area. They waited. At precisely 10:30 PM her brother opened the box.