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Okay, If we're going to go off the deep end here, how about the effect of a small yield air burst over $importantplace? Not designed to maximize casualties/damage but rather EMP? A large number of senior military officials got that 'deer-in-the-headlights' look a few decades back when a deserter supplied "Soviet state of the art" fighter turned out to have tube based electronics. :) It's not much of a stretch from crashing civilian airliners into high rises to "firing for effect" with nuclear weapons. Look at what's going on with Iraq right now. I know, but you're saying that's why the Internet was invented, to provide diverse communications even in a nuclear war. The Internet and its electronics and equipment was a much different animal when that flag was first run up the pole. I wonder if anyone has checked to see if anyone would salute today. Oh, wait, that's what this whole discussion is about, isn't it. ;) Best regards, _________________________ Alan Rowland -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Thorne Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Vulnerbilities of Interconnection [email protected] wrote: >Lets bring this discussion to a some common ground - > >What kind of implact on the global internet would we see should we >observe nearly simultaneous detonation of 500 kilogramms of high >explosives at N of the major known interconnect facilities? OK, what if 60 Hudson, 25 Broadway, LinX and AmsIX were all put out of commission? What about the major sites terminating undersea cables in an effort to isolate the US? Or major satellite uplink points? Or all of them? -- Tim
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