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But who knows the mind of a terrorist? Not me.

The point is terrorists are cheap. Real evil, reasonably priced. Every terrorist attack has been on the cheap. Think bout 9/11, box cutters. Oklahoma City fertilizer, diesel fuel and some 55 gallon drums. USS Cole, a rubber raft and some plastic explosive. Terrorists don't do James Bond super weapons, they do IEDs. Millions of dollars may sound expensive but ICBMs are priced in the billions. Heck Russia can currently only deploy only three new ICBMs a year! There is a reason that only the US, China and Russia have any ICBMs at all. Pakistan, India, Israel, France, England only have IRBMs or SLBMs. And England's SLBMs come stamped Made in the USA.

ICBMs and worse yet FOBS are monstrously expensive. H-Bombs are even more expensive. Simple fission bombs and a container are cheap in comparison. If there is one thing terrorists have been absolutely consistent on is that they are tight with money and will use the least expensive way available to cause terror.