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Pulverised fuel ash seems a much more effective component for a dirty bomb. It mixes good with air, is much more harmful to humans both long term and short term
by belorn 6y ago
Pulverised fuel ash seems a much more effective component for a dirty bomb. It mixes good with air, is much more harmful to humans both long term and short term, is also very radiactive, and mixes well with fresh water supplies. It also much easier to find and is likely much less guarded, and if stolen less likely to be tracked.
The only reason I can see why no one has used that already is that chemical weapons designed for the purpose are more effective.
- godelski 6y agoThose chemical weapons are cheaper, easier to obtain (literally a grocery store), easier to produce, easier to obtain higher yields, etc. They also are extremely terrifying. But even chemical weapons aren't used that often. We rarely hear about anthrax letters and we never hear about terrorist attacks that used bleach and ammonium even though practically everyone knows about this reaction and the materials are cheap, easy to obtain, and don't raise suspicion. (Side note: we do hear about people accidentally creating this mixture fairly frequently. Enough that almost everyone knows someone that did it) Chemical/biological/nuclear weapons are just not worth it to terrorists. If they were we'd have seen them and if we're being honest the dirty bomb is the hardest out of all of them.
- elzbardico 6y agoNot to mention that chemical sources are harder to detect from distance with sensors.