But reading tells me that the "usual scenarios" published about nuclear terrorism comes from Western minds and built up from western fears. And western actions are naturally aimed at soothing those fears. I will quote a typical example of those western fears and western conclusions as to how nuclear terrorism might occur and how it might be prevented.
Much of this is complete trash from the Indian viewpoint which is frightening because the majority of Indians automatically read English literature and acquire a western viewpoint.
First a quote from a logically written source about nuclear terrorism
http://www.chemcases.com/nuclear/nc-12.html
Let me quote the suspect sentences which have become totally meaningless:Nuclear Terrorism
Most recently, attention has centered on the possibility of “rogue” nations or terrorist groups obtaining a fission device. Two possibilities exist: the acquisition of an intact weapon or the construction of an improvised nuclear device (IND) device from components either stolen or acquired illegally from a rogue state.
In the first case, an organized group must obtain the financial resources to initiate this act of extreme violence. The group must then acquire an intact weapon through purchase, theft, diversion, or as a gift. It then has to ascertain how to bypass or disable safeguards incorporated in the weapon to prevent its unauthorized use. Lastly, the weapon must be transported to a high value target and detonated. The challenges involved with the successful completion of each step are formidable.
The second case would also involve sizeable obstacles. As in the first case, an organization and funding would be required. The group would have to acquire sufficient fissile material, fabricate it into a fissile component, and assemble an IND. This would require significant technical expertise. A device similar to a uranium gun-type bomb (Figure 2) would be easier to build than a plutonium implosion weapon. Transport and detonation of an IND would involve greater risks than those associated with the intact weapon.
The lack of complete control of fissile materials and the economic conditions in the former Soviet Union have increased the possibility that HEU and plutonium from weapons programs might be available on the international black market.....
Pakistan/China can give a proxy group a weapons. The US is funding Pakistan to do exactly this.In the first case, an organized group must obtain the financial resources to initiate this act of extreme violence. The group must then acquire an intact weapon through purchase, theft, diversion, or as a gift.
That comes with the giftIt then has to ascertain how to bypass or disable safeguards incorporated in the weapon to prevent its unauthorized use.
How stupid. Abdul Qadeer "Xerox" Khan has been doing this for years. His photo is on the same page as the link. How blinkered are these "Western experts"?As in the first case, an organization and funding would be required. The group would have to acquire sufficient fissile material, fabricate it into a fissile component, and assemble an IND. This would require significant technical expertise.
This is the most insincere and idiotic statements I have seenThe lack of complete control of fissile materials and the economic conditions in the former Soviet Union
The very same page has the map of proliferation that I linked in the deterrence thread. Just see who has given what to whom? The morons who write such things talk as though
1) terrorists are separate from nation states
2) terrorists have don't have enough money
How dumb is that?
Terrorists are supported by states like Pakistan and China
States like Pakistan are being funded by the US
Under the circumstances it will be impossible to prevent an act of nuclear terrorism.
Can anything be done at all?