If Cruz were a better lawyer, he'd have known better than to say "I don't know" when asked the population question. A smart lawyer would've said, "Well, after Covid, who really knows, I frankly doubt the official estimates are terribly active, but I'd say 80 to 100 million is in the general range." Or some such.
"I don't know" is the absolute worst answer, and Tucker was clearly giddy that Cruz shot himself in the foot so quickly. Totally left himself open for being pestered with other trivia questions that Cruz should know, like the ethnic breakdown of Iran. Imagine a senator voting for the Iraq War giving an interview where he clearly didn't know the Kurds exist.
A genuine trick question from Tucker would be to ask Cruz if transgender surgeries are officially supported by the Ayatollah.
I want to see Tucker Carlson interview General Wesley Clark. He's still around and is the
guy in that video I showed you all earlier.
Isn't Clark that idiot who almost started WWIII with Russia back in Kosovo and some Brit had to overrule him? It was over an airport, as I recall.
But likely have not been able to produce a designed small enough to be deliverable via Ballistic missile, which is the only way they could feasible use it against any of their neighbors. but miniaturization would only be a matter of time.
Little Boy, probably the simplest fission device you can make, is 10ft long and a little over 2ft in diameter, weighing just shy of 10,000 pounds. Pakistan's nukes are thought to be basically the same as Little Boy, but with even mildly modern tech the weight and size can be reduced considerably. Their main nuclear missile has a payload of about 2000 pounds, with a single nuclear warhead, so that's probably an indicator of the weight of their fission bombs.
Iran has been getting help from Pakistan for many years, so it's not unlikely their bombs will be similar in weight. They already have missiles large enough to carry that payload 500+ miles radius. At 1 ton, you could just stick some wings on it, plant a jet engine on its ass, and you'd have a functioning cruise missile if you want to skip the ballistic missile altogether.
