Nuclear 9/11

According to this article, Al-Qaida is on the brink of using a nuclear bomb.

Al-Qaida is on the verge of producing radioactive weapons after sourcing nuclear material and recruiting rogue scientists to build "dirty" bombs, according to leaked diplomatic documents.

A leading atomic regulator has privately warned that the world stands on the brink of a "nuclear 9/11".

Security briefings suggest that jihadi groups are also close to producing "workable and efficient" biological and chemical weapons that could kill thousands if unleashed in attacks on the West.

The alarming disclosures come after Barack Obama, the U.S. president, last year declared nuclear terrorism "the single biggest threat" to international security with the potential to cause "extraordinary loss of life".

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I remember growing up during the Cold War with Russia...but we were always comforted with the idea the the Russian didn't want to be annihilated any more than we did...so it was a nuclear stalemate.

But what do you do with an enemy that is not a nation-state...and who actually WANTS to die so they can go drink wine and meet their 72 virgin women?

No doubt it is pretty hard to defend against a few suicidal dudes with a rental truck full of explosives mixed with radioactive material who detonate it in downtown New York. Homeland Security has to be right 100% of the time...and the terrorists only have to get it right once.