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Originally Posted by ICER
My knowledge on the “Dirty Bomb” may be vague, so feel free to correct me here. But it’s basically just disperse radioactive maternal in a fine power form across a 15 – 20 block area. The actual explosion isn’t all the big. About the size of a couple of sticks of TNT. The threat is from the radioactive maternal that spread out and contaminates an area in the said radius. And causing cancer in the people caught in its wake.
OK, now terrorist who want to kill, wants to do it now. Wants people to die right now. Not in a couple years from cancer (if they get cancer at all). So it seems to me that the threat of such a thing would be far worse then the actual bomb itself.
Or is that just too cold hearted assessment on the situation ?
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That is correct.. Its also more phycological though.. A single blast is one thing, but the never ending damage a huge dirty bomb could pose is much worse... Also, its easier to get the material for a dirty bomb then a bonifide nuclear device so the threat is... more real
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