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Iran blames west for "destroying clouds"

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  • #52
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    If he is that worried why isn't Iran spending money on seeding the skies rather than building nuclear bombs?


  • #53
    Biodegradable Bellend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭Biodegradable Bellend


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    Not sure what you're saying here. And touché is what you says when something has gotten a point over you, not vice versa

    So it is. Thought it worked both ways. My mistake.


  • #54
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    mike65 wrote: »
    If he is that worried why isn't Iran spending money on seeding the skies rather than building nuclear bombs?

    Mind you, there is no proof either that they're building a bomb.

    Ok, they most likely are, but don't say it like that without proof.


  • #55
    Rigol
    Registered Users Posts: 465 ✭✭Rigol


    wouldnt using such a weapon have highly unpredictable effects for neighbouring countries and knock on effects for more distant countries.

    aswell as their own potentially.

    risk vs benefits -outside of imminent threat - is a clear no.


  • #56
    telecaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭telecaster


    mike65 wrote: »
    If he is that worried why isn't Iran spending money on seeding the skies rather than building nuclear bombs?

    I expect the nuclear arms (if they ARE being built) would serve as a better deterrent to Isreal's aggression than a cloud tickler.


  • #57
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    Rigol wrote: »
    wouldnt using such a weapon have highly unpredictable effects for neighbouring countries and knock on effects for more distant countries.

    aswell as their own potentially.

    risk vs benefits -outside of imminent threat - is a clear no.

    That's IF such a hypothetical weapon exists, and there is absolutely no reason to think so


  • #58
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,133 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    CruelCoin wrote: »
    That was just terrible...

    GTFO!
    later12 wrote: »
    That was so bad I lol'd my orange juice on my keyboard.

    It wasn't my fault, the Iranians threatened me with a fatwah if I didn't post it.:(


  • #59
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    It wasn't my fault, the Iranians threatened me with a fatwah if I didn't post it.:(

    Oh, well ok then.

    You could've given us a signal or something...Then we would've picked up on the coercion.


  • #60
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    I just sent this to the Irainie government, it might just break their spirit.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khLcpi2HptM


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  • #61
    telecaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭telecaster


    The US has this year suffered the driest year and most pronounced drought conditions since the 1950s which has caused a shortfall in crops. There is a food shortage crisis unfolding.

    I'm guessing that they have not yet fully mastered control of precipitation.

    Perhaps their abilities are restricted to inducing rain from existing clouds rather than in creating new rainclouds.


  • #62
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,069 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    That's IF such a hypothetical weapon exists, and there is absolutely no reason to think so

    Such a means of manipulating weather does exist, whether or not it could be considered a 'weapon' depends on how the technology is used, surely?

    http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/03/scientists-create-52-artificial-rain-storms-in-abu-dhabi-desert/


  • #63
    An Coilean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,285 ✭✭✭An Coilean


    telecaster wrote: »
    The US has this year suffered the driest year and most pronounced drought conditions since the 1950s which has caused a shortfall in crops. There is a food shortage crisis unfolding.

    I'm guessing that they have not yet fully mastered control of precipitation.

    Perhaps their abilities are restricted to inducing rain from existing clouds rather than in creating new rainclouds.


    If the moisture is in the air, you can influence where it falls, if its not, well then you don't really have many options.


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