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A 10 page paper which defines and examines “nuclear” and “radiological” threats, distinguishing between them and explaining their meanings and implications; discusses political and economic factors that enable nation-states and terrorist groups to acquire nuclear weapons; explores evidence indicating that terrorist groups or individuals can and would use such weapons against the United States, and considers what can be done to prevent WMD attacks or prevent against such attacks, and evaluates the effectiveness of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in this regard. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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devices (RDDs), or cruise missiles (guided missiles that can easily be launched from ships or aircraft). The term WMDs is typically applied to "nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons; ballistic
missiles; and, more recently, dirty bombs, ordinary explosives containing some radioactive material" (Carter, 2004, p. 72). Although to date no weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq,
North Korea currently has nuclear weapon capabilities and is building more and Iran may not be far behind. It has become increasingly clear that with newer and readily available
technology, nation states no longer have a monopoly on WMDs. They are a legitimate global threat that must be taken seriously by everyone everywhere in the world. A nuclear
weapon is any type of bomb or warhead that is powered by the release of nuclear energy. The nuclear threat posed by these weapons is great, according to Siegfried
Hecker, who was director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1986 to 1997, and one of the worlds foremost authorities on nuclear weapons (Shektman, 2005). Hecker states that
nine countries - the United States, Russia, Great Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea - currently either possess or are strongly suspected of having nuclear weapons (Shektman,
2005). The threat of nuclear weapons is great because the devices themselves are small and difficult to detect with radiation monitors (Carter, 2004). This makes smuggling them into
the United States by experienced terrorist groups or individuals a serious problem (Carter, 2004). Unlike biological or chemical weapons, nuclear weapons are not only destructive, but also deadly.
Hecker adds that while terrorists prefer nuclear devices, these weapons are extremely difficult to obtain (Shektman, 2005). But the scenario of
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