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Can Terrorists Build a Nuclear Bomb?
kjh1 writes "Popular Science is just chock full of good articles this month. One in-depth article addresses the question many are afraid to acknowledge is a possibility - can terrorists acquire the raw materials and then deliver a nuclear bomb? A good read that explains the difficulty in doing all of the above, while pointing out calmly that it is still possible." From the article: "Most experts with whom I spoke said that a nuclear terror attack is plausible but not inevitable, and that there's no way to precisely gauge the odds. 'I don't think the public ought to lose a lot of sleep over the issue,' says nuclear physicist Tom Cochran of the Natural Resources Defense Council. "
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Their name is MuhammadGyver.
'I don't think the public ought to lose a lot of sleep over the issue,' says nuclear physicist Tom Cochran of the Natural Resources Defense Council. "
Sleep! No time for that now after that article. Thanks a fucking bunch Popsci. As if my dreams weren't f'd up enough.
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If 30 kilos of Plutonium is enough to build one, I'd say they have a strong case...
No, 'cause your average terrorist is not terribly bright. It is likely that they steal some weapons-grade plutonium, and then pay a scientist to build a nuclear bomb.
Then the scientist will inevitably give them a bomb casing made of old pinball machine parts, and uses the plutonium to build a time machine.
It's a classic scenario. What we really have to worry about is going back in time and accidentally doing something that makes us cease to exist.
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the exposure to radiation likely makes the place the bomb exploded uninhabitable or at least undesirable
So were talking about something that can transform a place in to New Jersey?
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... and the fix was worse than the problem.
It's a classic scenario. What we really have to worry about is going back in time and accidentally doing something that makes us cease to exist.
That appears to have already happened, and then been corrected. Unfortunatley, we now have Biff in charge of the world, so things are even worse off in this timeline than they were in both the original timeline, and the one where we don't exist. God damn that delorian and misguided science!
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I heard it's because they hate our freedom.
"Don't look at nuclear flash with remaining good eye."
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Records recovered last month from a raid on Al Qaiada show they recently aquired 30kg of Plutonium. Al Qaiada denies having such material, saying in a statement "if we had that much material, we would have used it by now."
In related news, Al Qaiada's senior weapons expert has been executed for failing to maintain accurate records.
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Please, a nuke being detonated in America - hey, what is that bright flash outside of my win
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