WASHINGTON - With controversy still swirling over America's possible port deal with a company owned by the United Arab Emirates, a major oil power with terror connections, new concerns are being raised among defense and security analysts about the threat of a nuclear weapons being delivered to the U.S. aboard an oil tanker..."
I do recall when China joined the nuclear club the thought was bandied about that the Chinese -- not having any ICBM's at the time -- could just as easily use freighters to deliver nuclear bombs to just about any port in America.
The fear was that a Nuclear device could easily have been secreted away in any nondescript vessel, with the crew having no knowledge of the fact. When the ship reached the target port and docked, the weapon would be detonated by timer or radio control, taking the ship and crew up with it. It could have been any number of ships in any number of ports.
Well, now that Communist China is our "friend" and shipping millions of tons of products to us, the idea that they could use freighters -- we now call them container ships -- as a weapons delivery system has been quietly suppressed.
But Lo and Behold! Now that the Arabs are the bad guys, it's suddenly oil tankers that could be the weapons delivery system.
But that's OK, you are supposed to have forgotten all about the freighters by now.
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