U.S. To Test 700-Ton Explosive
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE


The U.S. military plans to detonate a 700 ton explosive charge in a test called “Divine Strake” that will send a mushroom cloud over Las Vegas, a senior defense official said March 30.
”I don’t want to sound glib here but it is the first time in Nevada that you’ll see a mushroom cloud over Las Vegas since we stopped testing nuclear weapons,” said James Tegnelia, head of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Tegnelia said the test was part of a U.S. effort to develop weapons capable of destroying deeply-buried bunkers housing nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
”We have several very large penetrators we’re developing,” he told defense reporters.
”We also have — are you ready for this — a 700-ton explosively formed charge that we’re going to be putting in a tunnel in Nevada,” he said.
”And that represents to U.S. the largest single explosive that we could imagine doing conventionally to solve that problem,” he said.
The aim is to measure the effect of the blast on hard granite structures, he said.
”If you want to model these weapons, you want to know from a modeling point of view what is the ideal best condition you could ever set up in a conventional weapon — what’s the best you can do.
”And this gets at the best point you could get on a curve. So it allows U.S. to predict how effective these kinds of weapons ... would be,” he said.
He said the Russians have been notified of the test, which is scheduled for the first week of June at the Nevada test range.
”We’re also making sure that Las Vegas understands,” Tegnelia said.


Source : - http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1654792&C=america

thanks wk.

(now this is a more appropriate place for my post-so i moved it here)

notice. please, what they NAMED This test.

how arrogant can they possibly be?


it made me think of something that is "disgusting" and that "causes desolation" and they link it to the term, "DIVINE" ?????


well, it surely is just plain foolishness in my estimation.


besides....
what kind of effect might that size of a blast, under ground,
DO to the already unstable fault lines in the west?
not to mention the yellowstone area.....


"divine": in the dictionary:
1. of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god.


well. they DO consider themselves to BE gods, now don't they?


"strake"
(more at STRETCH)
2. STREAK, STRIPE.
(also 1. a continuous band of hull planking or plates on a ship.)

looking up "stretch", perhaps one of the more interesting definitions is this:
4. to fell with or as if with a blow.
(more there that is interesting also....)




yes, i would say that it is quite the "stretch" to call this "DIVINE".
as if it is "from God".


10.a."to amplify or enlarge beyond natural or proper limits"



how arrogant men have become.....
how filled with violence and destruction and wickedness this world is.



God does see....and He looks down.



the test is scheduled for some time in June.


-bz

news --just updated.
Plans for Massive Blast in Nev. Draw Fire


Mar 31, 6:04 AM (ET)

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY



LAS VEGAS (AP) - Plans for a Pentagon-led experiment that involves detonating 700 tons of explosives in the desert drew criticism from state leaders and a disarmament activist.

The explosion scheduled for June 2 at the Nevada Test Site is part of an effort to design a weapon that can penetrate solid rock formations in which a country might store nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction.

"I am concerned that tests of this magnitude have been planned without providing Nevadans with any information about the possible impact on their health or safety," said Demcratic Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid in a statement Thursday.

Nevada Test Site spokesman Darwin Morgan said the test will be conducted about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, near the center of the former nuclear testing site.



The test, named "Divine Strake," will involve nearly 40 times the amount of commercial ammonium nitrate and fuel oil explosive set off in the largest open-air, non-nuclear blast at the site to date. In 2002, 18 tons of explosives were set off at the Nevada Test Site.

"This is nothing that's out of the bounds for us. That's what our expertise is in," he said.

Morgan said the site obtained the required state approvals and air quality permits in January. Officials from the National Nuclear Security Administration, which operates the site, alerted the state's congressional delegation and state government in December.

The Nevada Department of Administration responded with a letter stating: "Your proposal is not in conflict with state plans, goals or objectives."

No elected officials responded to the notice until Thursday, Morgan said. The test site is not required to seek public comment, he said.

"Given the level of contamination in areas where nuclear tests were conducted, I have real concerns about the dust and other pollutants that will be released into the air as a result of this explosion," said U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley.

Disarmament activist Pete Litster said tests at the site violate international law. Litster, executive director of the Shundahai Network, said the site belongs to the Western Shoshone Indian tribe.


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"This is nothing that's out of the bounds for us. That's what our expertise is in," he said.


strake: 10.a."to amplify or enlarge beyond natural or proper limits"



"Divine Strake".


...and what do they presume is so "divine" about it?


watching in amazment and in wonder,
love,
bz

The american government is causing all sorts of problems with the state of Nevada and it's residents who don't agree with the test of this 700 ton explosive charge. I does make sense that people should be concerned after all, such a big explosive may have unexpected effects on the earth. Perhaps causing earthquakes or something else unexpected.

That's why I have an idea.

Instead of disrupting the environment in the U.S.A. where (most) people are trying to live peaceful lives. I say they take their 700 tons of "bang" and test it out someother place. Like Iran perhaps.

Ok, perhaps that was a bit mean.

Remember, not all muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are muslims.

RAHAB. the name of the harlot.

RAHAB, used in reference to EGYPT.

EGPYT was a WORLD POWER, (the 1st in bible history)

EGYPT enslaved God's People.


after they left, by God's Hand...

they looked back in longing.

missing the "leeks and the onions", etc. and the things they had before...

in EGYPT.




when this last sea monster RAHAB goes down,


how many of us will look back and think in the same manner as the
Isrealites, and murmer?


oh, where is the grocery store... how i miss all the things we used to have...
oh, i miss home depot.
i sure wish mcdonald's was still here...






....marty.
it seems to me that your mind is still corrupted and captive to the thinking of EGYPT......



and may God grant you release, if it be his will.




and the great city, is, IN A SPIRITUAL SENSE,
called
SODOM
and EGYPT.



BYE BYE miss american pie.

apple is american pie.

don't be temted to eat of it....or long for it.


i hope you understand.

love,
bz

2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

it is divine when God makes use of those thing man believes are for himself. We must still honor the Lord when others do not.

Its still crazy....its so arrogant.
C

I agree. Crazy, arrogant and so was the Tower of Babel. But God made use of it in his plan for all things.

I imagine the real intended target is Iran, to destroy their extensive underground hardened nuclear research sites.

Right. That was they are making this weapon.

What ever happened to the "MOAB" MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS that they testes in florida, but never used in Iraq?

It is not powerful enough. Moab was planned to be used in iraq but they did not use it. They are going to use this two bombs in iran

Not powerful enough for what? It is the largest conventional bomb ever made. Is this 700 ton bomb in delivery status or does it have to be setup?

Not powerful enough to penetrate underground. The divine strake is for penerating deep underground. Especially targted for nuclear silo and nuclear enrichment. The 700ton bomb status is unknown. But there going to test this bomb on june 2nd on nevada.

So much for hiding underground from the antichrist when he gets his hands on stuff like this. Man now I gotta rethink my plan!

The Rocks and the mountains will not hide us. Our only hope is SAVATION through JESUS.

Maybe they'll shake a few faults loose while they're at it.

I was kidding! Why is everyone always so quick to pick apart everything someone says. man o man.

I'm sorry, that you think I am picking apart something you said. I was making a statement, and that was all.

Plan to be with Jesus!
j

Its ok, I'm sorry too.

Sometimes it is hard to discern how one writes. Or, what the intention of the message is supposed to be. All is forgiven. I think that we all need to draw closer to GOD as the days of noah are coming to pass.

me too!

I hear ya on that one.

My earlier message had a hint of sarcastic humour but I got in trouble for it.

My thoughts exactly Miki. They don't really know what such a huge explotion will do deeper into the earth , do they?

well, they used bombs in Afganistan...
and they were not 'nuclear', as far as i know...
and yet then,
why this?.....

from an article:

"Moreover, the **consumption of luxuries** received more priority than investment in productive sectors of the economy. A handful of businessmen and investors **became rich** while the rest of the country remained poor and destitute. Today, in the post-Taliban Afghanistan, the **consumption of goods such as television sets and satellite dishes are more important than worrying about clean water and proper schooling.** After all, as long as --capitalism had brought the culture of corruption and entertainment--, other necessities become secondary. Meanwhile, people with money import these goods, pocket their profits and leave."

--Quoted from an article entitleld "Death- Made In America"
written by a Doctor in Afganistan, who is seeking help for his people
in recovering from DU (depleted uranum) that has been left behind after the war in Afganistan.

**WARNING!** - (*the link to the whole article is this): http://www.rense.com/general70/deathmde.htm
**WARNING!** this article contains highly graphic photos of infants that have been born deformed, due to DU. sensitve individuals are encouraged NOT to link to the article.

WOE to Babylon, THE GREAT!
for by her luxuries, the merchants of the earth became RICH, due to her.
the whole world is INFLUENCED by her SORCERIES.
indeed, she has influenced TRADE in HUMAN SOULS and BODIES...
and children are kidnapped so that their organs might be harvested......

luxury. money. power.

the LOVE of MONEY is truly the ROOT of ALL EVIL....


GOD! may Your Kingdom COME!

may it CRUSH and put an END TO ALL THESE KINGDOMS!

the corruption and wickedness is torment for me, to see it....i do not wish to see it. i do not want to know what evil is. and yet we see the result of not loving, nor obeying, the LAW of our God.

truly, the kingly law is to love God with your whole mind and heart and soul,
and to love your neighbor as yourself.

i just want to cry.

but why is this DU there? in afgansistan? and what of the one they intend to detonate here in the us?

it would not be the first time the US has exposed her own citizens to danger....and testing.

-bz

BZ, wow! That did make me cry too... yet after taking a second and third look at these pics, though, they do look unreal, almost plastic... and I would wonder if the source was true.. Either way, nay the Lord return SOON! If there are many deformed babies being born due to DU, that certainly is a tragedy, an abomination!

No Big Bang in Nevada. It's been put off...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/26/nevada.bomb/index.html