Dirty Bombs don't work

FlyDog

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Friday December 23, 2005 · 5:21 PM PST

2005/12/23 · 17:21

The Bush Admin has offered varying stories on what they thought Jose Padilla was up to. One thing I haven't seen discussed is the amount of damage a "dirty bomb" would cause. As most of you know, a dirty bomb is a conventional explosive coupled with radioactive material so that in theory it would have the impact of it's explosion plus a portion of the radioactive impact of a true nuclear weapon. It would be much simpler to produce than a nuclear explosive and thus be more within the capabilities of non-state terrorists, It certainly would have the capacity to cause panic. But how much lethality would a dirty bomb actually have? The respected Australian Radio National Science Show says "not much if any." Read More

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