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user-inactivated · 3338 days ago · link · · parent · post: AP INVESTIGATION: Nuclear smugglers sought extremist buyers
This is a great post. You did forget the part that for the same price of the "nuclear" material they can hijack four airliners and slam them into monuments/skyscrapers. Hell, I'm still in shock that nobody had blown up a semi full of explosives on a bridge yet. That goes to show you how hard it is to really do harm on a big scale like that. Not saying it can't happen, only saying it is rare and there are safeguards in place for the most part. The Fear of this type of attack is worse than the actual ability to pull it off. Nukes are big scary almost existential threats, but the real stuff people can do that can mess us up does not really cost all that much, and the price of failure, hell even success, is much lower.