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Iran could develop nuclear suicide bomb vests, claims JD Vance (www.9news.com.au)

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[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but destruction and loss of life isn't the point. Terror is. If a dirty bomb was detonated in a city, and it contained enough nuclear material to say, cause a 10% jump in cancer outlooks over a 20 year period, that's not the point.

The point is that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs to come out, shut a city down, do all sorts of testing, clean the shit out of everything, and disrupt everyone's lives. The fear is the point, and as a fear-causing weapon, radiation is in a unique class all its own.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 3 points 12 hours ago

For that matter, then you don't need to put any radioactive material in it at all, but just claim it.