1. Atomic energy officials in Vienna say that, given the relative ease of fabricating a nuclear weapon, nuclear terrorism cannot be ruled out. 2. A few weeks ago, Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana broadcast a series of commercials in New Hampshire warning of the dangers of nuclear terrorism. 3. A stern warning against the slipshod security that could permit nuclear terrorism to destroy an American city. 4. But it seems doubtful that this model of state-sponsored terrorism would be followed wholesale in the case of nuclear terrorism. 5. But that is not as great a danger as allowing Russia to sell Iran the power of nuclear blackmail or nuclear terrorism. 6. Everybody who spends much time thinking about nuclear terrorism can give you a scenario, something diabolical and, theoretically, doable. 7. For preventing nuclear terrorism is not the sort of risk that can be ignored until a crisis. 8. Given the nature of nuclear terrorism, combating it should be undertaken by Western security alliances, not by individual countries. 9. He is involved with ex-CIA director James Woolsey in a special task force on nuclear terrorism. 10. He urges public education, radiation detection equipment, warning systems and the re-identification of fallout shelters to protect against nuclear terrorism. |
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