"Dirty Bombs"

["Gerry Blackwood" <gpblackwood@justice.com>]

This is from the Council On Foreign Relations (CFR).

You may or may not totally agree with their statements.

But they did a decent job of answering questions. I

would have much preferred if them quoted "named"

sources or used a "named" specialist in the field....



Gerry Blackwood



"Dirty Bombs"



Updated: January 7, 2004 

What is a “dirty bomb”?

A “dirty bomb,” also known as a radiological weapon, is

a conventional explosive such as dynamite packaged with

radioactive material that scatters when the bomb goes

off. A dirty bomb kills or injures through the initial

blast of the conventional explosive and by airborne

radiation and contamination—hence the term “dirty.”

Such bombs could be miniature devices or as big as a

truck bomb. 



http://cfrterrorism.org/weapons/dirtybomb.html



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