RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agoIran declares U.S. citizens, personnel 'legitimate targets' after strike on nuclear siteswww.haaretz.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1243arrow-down1external-linkIran declares U.S. citizens, personnel 'legitimate targets' after strike on nuclear siteswww.haaretz.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-28 hours agoMy best guess is that they’ll use biological warfare. Our culture has already demonstrated that this is a huge weakness. They could also get us with a cyber attack, shutting down important infrastructure that way.
minus-squareSulaymanF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoIran would not do that, but you raise an important point about how insanely vulnerable the US is to actual biological attacks. Could you imagine the US government trying to get Americans to get an anthrax vaccine after a weapon attack?
My best guess is that they’ll use biological warfare. Our culture has already demonstrated that this is a huge weakness. They could also get us with a cyber attack, shutting down important infrastructure that way.
Iran would not do that, but you raise an important point about how insanely vulnerable the US is to actual biological attacks.
Could you imagine the US government trying to get Americans to get an anthrax vaccine after a weapon attack?