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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 232 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

If lemmy had an equivilent of retweeting, I would.

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[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 132 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

There is a minimum-amount of fission-fuel required, AND there is a minimum-amount of conventional-explosives required to compress the fission-fuel until it goes supercritical.

That detonator isn't going to be small-enough to hide in a vest.

Absolute disinformation.

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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

JD should stick to fucking couches, not nuclear physics.

[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 26 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, yeah, the Davie Crockett could fit in a back pack, a really big back pack 0hPf1HdHAWM2L90.webp

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It is stupid for even more reasons than that. I've thought about it back when North Korea had pretend nuclear suicide bombers march on their military parade.

Even if somehow they manage to cram one in a backpack that is carriable by a person, there is no advantage whatsoever given the blast radius. You will have to use a vehicle of sorts to get near the enemy and more importantly away from your friendlies anyway. Whatever distance you can cover on foot afterwards won't make much of a difference. Might as well make it vehicle borne.

Also the whole point of a suicide vest is to be able to get in the middle of an unaware crowd or near your target before using it. With a nuke you don't need to be in the middle of a targeted crowd or get that close to your target to have an effect.

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[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 80 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

This is the same JD Vance that repeatedly falsely claimed immigrants were eating cats and dogs in his home state, is it not?

I'm not saying a nuclear suicide vest couldn't be done. I'm just saying, JD Vance has claimed lots of things.

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 44 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

'Iran could develop hulk technology and teleport directly into US schools!' JD Vance

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As if they would ever be concerned about potential violence in schools

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This shit again? Last time it was a brief case dirty bomb.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Iran could turn their front line soldiers into beings of pure energy and they could rip the life force right out of a tank.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 38 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

These fuckers are so inept at propaganda, it's kinda sad.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Dont underestimate the stupidity of their target audience, and the arrogant complacency of his opposition. Its why we have him in the first place. Twice. Half of the second group is still probably going to sit out the primaries and midterms.

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

JD Vance, also known as a couch fucker, could develop pubic hair within the next 15 years, endangering his aim while peeing as he won't be able to find his micropenis anymore and won't be able to shave it out of fear of shaving his micropenis off. Couches would finally be safe.

Spread the word.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

public hair

I'd rather it not be visible to the public as I'm a member of the public

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[–] harcesz@szmer.info 33 points 2 weeks ago

USA could develop a more fuckable couch, and ride us of one problem, but here we are.

[–] Naich@piefed.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Just a reminder that the 9/11 attackers did it with knives.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Kinda wild, I vividly remember getting on a plane to Disney with my grandparents as a child (Pre 9/11). My grandpa had a swiss army knife on him when we went through security. I asked him how he was able to get that through, and he said it's a small knife; nothing to worry about. It's legal as long as it's smaller than my palm. I said what if someone brought a knife like that and stabbed the pilot. He laughed it off and said I watch too much TV. Then 9/11 happened and guess how they did it? How did 8 year old me have more sense than whoever was running airports in those days?

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

Box cutters

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[–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Why would having it be in a vest be useful, so it’s concealed until you’re really close? Like, it’s a fucking nuke, it’s not like you need to get in particularly close for it to have the intended effect.

Like, he’s just mashing the image of a suicide bomber in with the fear of nukes to strike as many “panic! danger! scary!” notes as possible.

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[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (22 children)

Maybe a dirty bomb with nuclear materials, but an actual fission bomb on a vest? No. Never mind they don't have the enriched fuel, never mind just building a working device would be extremely difficult for them and that would be large like the Hiroshima bomb.

This is Iraq Weapons of Mass Distraction all over again. Fuck this administration.

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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] fun_times@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Normally I get angry at these pathological liars but this lie is so absurdly stupid that it's actually funny.

Imagine someone driving their van to a parking lot near the white house and then going "Welp, better strap on my suicide nuke that will obliterate the entire city. I see no other way of doing this."

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[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

American civilians killed by Iran made nuclear slingshots and slippping on nuclear banana peels.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Nuclear terrorism might be a thing, but I seriously doubt that the easiest way to do it is nuclear suicide vests. Miniaturizing nuclear warheads is a pain. If you were going to do something like that, you'd be better off doing something akin to a truck bomb.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

Much more likely would be a dirty bomb. Just a regular bomb with some nuclear material that it spreads. The nuclear material isn't the bomb itself, but used exclusively for the exposure effects. You don't even need plutonium or uranium for this. There are plenty of other radiological sources to make dirty bombs. Old radiographic medical equipment for instance.

There are hundreds of thousands of orphaned sources in the world. Several of them have caused the worst radiological incidents in history.

The fact we don't see this already is quite surprising.

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[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Thats.......not how nuclear arms work.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Vance says" is like when my 3-year-old blames everything on the cat. Who ate all the nesquik Jonathan, was it the cat, or was it you with nesquik on your face? Who can say.

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[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

JD Vance also claims he's capable of pleasing his wife.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Id argue a rapist president plus a complicit govt is more dangerous. How about getting rid of those first?

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Every nuke can be considered a suicide bomb. Ffs get this guy out of any kind of position making decisions.

[–] WandowsVista@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

at this point, he's just my mom's facebook news feed in human form.

... and unfortunately it's working.

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 14 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

When will this lying sack of shit starting painting his face orange?

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[–] kaito@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

He should make one and demonstrate how it would work.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why would anyone believe this? Who is ret*rded enough to believe this?

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[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I claim that Americans have idiot VP, iVP short.

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[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 12 points 2 weeks ago

I heard they're developing a new Shahed bomb that can blow up a church and rebuild it into a mosque.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Monkeys might fly out of Iran's butt.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's a big vest. Should be easy to spot.

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
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