Nahhh... That reaction would be the result of a lot less. America will survive one nuke, but if news of this 20 nukes all being simultaneously is true then the future of the United States of America would be uncertain.
Small nukes actually dont do that much damage, it would definitely hurt the US but it would be far from the end of it Nuclear Weapon Effects Calculator http://www.fas.org/main/content.jsp?formAction=297&contentId=367
Can you give us a link? I have found only one location mentioning this story, and the site hosting the story seems to be a personal political website, and as such I can't gauge the veracity of his content. I'd appreciate a link to an actual news source -- I don't trust anything I read on the internet anymore without a couple corroborating quality sources. Scary, nonetheless.
So how about shorting the mini dows right now at 10,650? I can see a profit taking day tomorrow as well, with the Dow leading the way after a strong few days.
Look at the UK, they were crude devices even 9/11 is was more a product of luck (that the buildings collapsed) rather than technical expertise. Spain was a more professional job but still fairly crude despite apparent easy avaialability of plastique in Eastern Europe. The nuke stuff is fiction.
I watch the ratio of index price to oil, for asset balance, and the product of index price and oil, for the presumed reciprocal relationship. When both are up, the index is overpriced.
winter thank you very much, although that was is no fun to see at least it puts things into perspective! How many kilotons are those suitcase nukes?