Wouldn't wallstreet cripple the economy more than silicon valley? I wonder if there is a good backup system if wallstreet is hit to keep the market going if bombed?
yep...there is some kind of back-up site to allow trading if Wall Street is nuked...though I don't think many people will give a damn after NYC is vaporized..
yep...there is some kind of back-up site to allow trading if Wall Street is nuked...though I don't think many people will give a damn after NYC is vaporized..
trading isnt nearly as centralized as it was even 6 or 7 years ago. Not so long ago vaporizing wall street would have been cataclysmic to the stock market, now it would only be a major blow.
If a terrorist organization did get their hands on a small yield nuke they'd definitely want to find a compromise between the importance of the target and it's defensability, i.e. security. An airport like ours, Hartsfield, here in Altanta would be a good one. Think of how much traffic would have to be permanently rerouted if that airport suddenly werent there. It would represent a substantial loss to our nation's infrastructure.