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To: Brilliant
I would not call a dirty bomb a weapon of mass destruction.

Not by your standards, apparently.

But by technical and generally agreed upon standards, you'd be wrong.

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) are defined as CBN -- chemical, biological and nuclear. A "dirty bomb" is undeniably "nuclear".

29 posted on 02/13/2011 5:57:46 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: okie01

No it isn’t.

A dirty bomb is merely a conventional bomb used to disperse radioactive debris. Lots of things are radioactive. Some soil is radioactive. Gather up a bunch of radioactive garbage and pack it around a large conventional bomb and you have a dirty bomb. It works better if the radioactive debris is dangerous enough to cause panic.

A nuclear bomb is an energy release derived from a nuclear reaction. Energy is created out of matter. There may or may not be deadly radioactive debris produced as a byproduct.


37 posted on 02/13/2011 6:08:53 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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