"Dirty Bombs: The Terror and the Truth"

[StrawMan]

https://www.ans.org/news/article-5976/d ... the-truth/

"The term “dirty bomb” surfaces occasionally, usually in the context of nuclear waste, which, while understandable, is incorrect.

Dirty bombs, or radiation dispersal devices (RDDs), use conventional methods like car bombs to disperse radioactive materials in populated economic districts, such as lower Manhattan. The point is to cause great economic and social disruption disproportionate to the actual radiological effects—and well beyond the physical destruction from the conventional bomb components.

Society’s irrational fear of radiation makes the dirty bomb an ultimate weapon of terror. But it is a psychological weapon, not a nuclear one. The public should not be any more afraid of a dirty bomb than they are of an ordinary car bomb."

-----------------------

Decent read on the subject. In the first half of the article, part of me believes the author is trying to "normalize" a dirty bomb deployment in the U.S. Where do we draw the draw the line between 'being prepared' and unnecessarily causing panic?

At the end, check out the author's punch list of what he believes needs to happen in order for us to be prepared. I'm not holding my breath...

[Softball Bat]

I am not denigrating the thread, but I wonder if there is a reason why you chose to post this?



And btw, didn't Lars Launchaload have his own definition of -----> dirty bomb?

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Is this a Post Thanksgiving Dump Roll-Call?

[Mikey]

Swing by my house any morning at around 6:30.

[Biggie]

Swing by my house at around 6:30.

Biggie: AM?

Python: No, BM

Biggie: Rack

[Rootbeer]

In the morning?

-Itsanalias

[StrawMan]

I am not denigrating the thread, but I wonder if there is a reason why you chose to post this?



And btw, didn't Lars Launchaload have his own definition of -----> dirty bomb?

I get "Nuclear News Daily" in my inbox, from the American Nuclear Society. This article was linked in yesterday's edition.

I found it interesting, but not as entertaining as the thread comments so far. So I got that going for me, which is nice.