You don't need to deploy it from the satellite as such, just detonate the satellite in orbit. The US does have EMP technology, that's the whole point of the original article, a high altitude nuclear detonation provides the EMP. Any country with nuclear weapons has EMP capability as long as they can get it high enough to mitigate the direct effects of the nuclear detonation.
There appears to be no doubt that Iran has satellite launch capabilities at this time. Now they just need to get them to the point where they can deploy a heavier payload.
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I appreciate the linked article dismisses the idea of these rockets being used to carry nuclear warheads, but that is in the context of converting them in to ICBMs. It doesn't necessarily rule out "simply" lofting a nuke in to orbit.
[www.guardian.co.uk]
I appreciate the linked article dismisses the idea of these rockets being used to carry nuclear warheads, but that is in the context of converting them in to ICBMs. It doesn't necessarily rule out "simply" lofting a nuke in to orbit.
Even if Iran doesn't currently have ICBM launch capability, that isn't the only mechanism by which they could initiate an EMP attack. Iran already has satellite launch capabilities, all they would need to do is get a nuclear device in to Low Earth Orbit and it would be at the perfect height to cripple the United States. I'm not sure if their satellite launch capability is yet capable of putting a nuke in to orbit, but it seems like a suitable alternative deployment method and simpler than an ICBM launch.
It also has the advantage, if that's the correct word to use, that there's no ICBM launch for the target nation to track to give them advance warning. Playing the long game a hostile power could place a number of satellites in orbit ready for detonation at a later date. I realise that NORAD tracking would probably be able to identify whose satellite exploded, but only after the fact once the main damage has been done.
It also has the advantage, if that's the correct word to use, that there's no ICBM launch for the target nation to track to give them advance warning. Playing the long game a hostile power could place a number of satellites in orbit ready for detonation at a later date. I realise that NORAD tracking would probably be able to identify whose satellite exploded, but only after the fact once the main damage has been done.
If you like this sort of thing then I thoroughly recommend 100 Suns.
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You're not going back far enough in history.
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I realise this may be splitting hairs a tad, but we don't need The Five Doctors to explain the soldier kidnapping malarkey in The War Games as being inspired by the time lords. The War Chief himself was a renegade time lord.
It's a promo for BBC 1, Top Gear is on BBC 2.
How about the second and third members of The Human Centipede, doubly so for the third one.
They cut just before lands at the bottom of the shaft and finds Lorien and Sheridan.
Strictly speaking, The Addams Family doesn't undermine the argument that nothing had been done like The Munsters before. The two shows debuted within a week of each other, and while I appreciate the fact that the comic strips had been in existence for some time, in this instance it is more a case of coincidental parallel development. Oddly, their last episodes were both shown within a couple of weeks of each other as well. Perhaps that's a compelling argument that the right time for horror-based sitcoms has a very narrow window.
I'm wondering, and the radial one got was really the trigger for this thought, whether some of them are test sites for assessing the spatial resolution of spy satellites. There seems to be deliberate and calculated variation in the size of the components of that arrangement, which would provide a good controlled test for a satellite. The random assemblage of military hardware there could also server that purpose.
Edit - D'oh, missed the post by SiDxH. I like the idea about encoding actual messages in the image in your post, that's really rather ingenious.
Edit - D'oh, missed the post by SiDxH. I like the idea about encoding actual messages in the image in your post, that's really rather ingenious.
This really is a prime candidate for playing at double speed with Yakety Sax as the backing music.
Good God, man! I'm a Doctor, not a savage
That would work for the US version of the most genius TV show ever that I have devised ;) The UK version consists of Tom Baker, Brian Blessed and a random guest, locked in a pub with freely flowing quantities of alcohol. Turn on the cameras, let the rambling start and film the results.
I think this is a very good point, particularly when it comes to the special effects work in the original trilogy. Replacing a lot of the effects work really felt like a kick in the teeth to the ILM teams who worked on the originals. This is especially true given just how big a leap their work was in terms of quality. It has every right to be considered a genuine historic moment in cinema, and that is being denied to new audiences.
The opening theme to Mask of the Phantasm definitely deserves a place in this list.
Isn't it also OHMSS that has the sequence where Bond is in his office and the camera plays over a series of references to the previous films? I've not seen it in quite some time so I could be getting my Bond films confused.
Or swap in a submarine and call it Seaquest.
According to QI, Arthur Bird also invented the powdered Bird's Custard that we have in the UK due to his wife's allergies.
I'm not sure that Carpenter's version of The Thing is an entirely valid example of a remake that passed without ire as, in my opinion at least, it isn't a remake, but a different adaptation of the source material. Further , it's a more faithful adaptation of the source material than the first film, so that alone provides the necessary distinction to allow it to stand alone. I appreciate that this may sound like splitting hairs somewhat, but remakes I have very little time for, a new adaptation of something that wasn't originally a film script I can give more leeway.
In many respects, your list represents a list of films that I think should *never* be remade. Besides, in many cases transplanting them to a more modern certain would ruin them completely. Can you imagine how bad the end of The Last Starfighter would be when Alex realises he can't deploy the Death Blossom because he hasn't bought the optional DLC package.
In many respects, your list represents a list of films that I think should *never* be remade. Besides, in many cases transplanting them to a more modern certain would ruin them completely. Can you imagine how bad the end of The Last Starfighter would be when Alex realises he can't deploy the Death Blossom because he hasn't bought the optional DLC package.
