Publication
25 Apr 2007
This report provides a US perspective on nuclear terrorism. The author discusses three basic ways terrorists could stage a nuclear attack on the US, namely by stealing or buying a nuclear weapon, by buying or stealing plutonium and assembling a device or by obtaining radioactive isotopes and assembling them into a non-nuclear dirty bomb. He concludes by giving policy recommendations to prevent such a situation.
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Author | Steven Monblatt |
Series | BASIC Publications |
Publisher | British American Security Information Council (BASIC) |
Copyright | © 2007 British American Security Information Council (BASIC) |