Worst-case terror - what response can be mounted?

[FJV]

The French president has said it all

Chirac: Nuclear Response to Terrorism Is Possible - washingtonpost.com

"The leaders of states who would use terrorist means against us, as well as those who would envision using . . . weapons of mass destruction, must understand that they would lay themselves open to a firm and fitting response on our part," Chirac said during a visit to a nuclear submarine base in Brittany. "This response could be a conventional one. It could also be of a different kind."

The French president said his country had reduced the number of nuclear warheads on some missiles deployed on France's four nuclear submarines in order to target specific points rather than risk wide-scale destruction.

"Against a regional power, our choice is not between inaction and destruction," Chirac said, according to the text of his speech posted on the presidential Web site. "The flexibility and reaction of our strategic forces allow us to respond directly against the centers of power. . . . All of our nuclear forces have been configured in this spirit."

[USSWisconsin]

The French have that one right, IMO. If terrorist's want to use WMD's they should get it back with interest, and the people who are hosting them should know this too. Let them do thier business here, and then share their fate... The next sound will be very bright.