From: k_meinhard@gmx.de   
      
   Hallo frank scrooby,   
      
   > During the Cold War NATO and the Warsaw Pact monitored each other   
   continually with radar and satellites. But those are mostly collected in the   
   Northern hemisphere, and point toward the old enemy.   
   These satellites are (still) orbiting more or less polar orbits, so they   
   blanket the south hemisphere just as well. Their sensors include radar,   
   infrared, and probably a few others. So radar coverage isn't just   
   ground-based, and any launch will trigger alarms by its heat and   
   trajectory.   
      
   > If actually avoiding detection is impossible what about disguising the   
   launch or blinding the observers? Disguise your covert launch as a university   
   sounding rocket launch, and have the upper stage explode spectacularly while   
   the real rocket climbs out    
   of the atmosphere. To avoid radar detection have a few drones fly close to the   
   radar sources and drop Chaff during the critical moments of the launch. The   
   local military will DEFINITELY know they have been blinded but by the time the   
   Chaff stops falling    
   the LV will be gone.   
      
   Many simultaneously blinded sensors will surely raise not only   
   suspicions, but alarms too.   
      
   > What have I missed?   
      
   Why do you concentrate on delivering your bomb by air? Just float it in   
   on any old freighter, radioactivity well shielded, and explode it in the   
   harbour. Much less chance of detection.   
      
      
      
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   Mit freundlichen Grüßen,   
      
   Klaus Meinhard   
      
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