RE: Al-Qaida may have nuclear weapons

["Jaro" <jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca>]

Frank Helk wrote:



The damage done by a nuclear weapon is - even while one of the most horrible

threats - at most limited. A very big boom, much damage, and contamination

of a more or less area.

<snip>



Good point.

Particularly in the case of the so-called suitcase bombs, with fractional to

one-kiloton explosive yield, exploded at ground level.

This is easily exceeded by a ship loaded with multi-kilotons of ANFO

chemical explosive, and requires far less technical know-how.

Even a fleet of fuel trucks loaded with ANFO could probably cause more

devastation when distributed throughout a city, than a single small nuclear

bomb exploded at ground level.

Something to consider, when developing homeland defense strategies &

detection techniques, IMHO.



 Jaro

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