Thread: Apparently the USA nuked Syria
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Old 03-November-2007, 11:13 PM
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Well, if it was a smaller tactical nuke...why the bomber? I've witnessed many an "elephant walk" of F-4Es taxiing for takeoff on a tactical nuke delivery exercise. I don't see why F-15s couldn't carry one to destroy a single target. Less resource intensive, don't ya think?
Why planes? Isn't this what cruise missiles are designed to do?

(FTR, I think this N-bomb thing is a bogus claim.)
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