To: Donna Lee Nardo
Well..actually, I thought I read that suitcase nukes weigh about 40 lbs?
3,600 posted on
01/31/2004 7:33:30 PM PST by
jstolzen
(All it takes for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke)
To: jstolzen
al-Qa`ida reportedly acquires a Russian-made suitcase nuclear weapon from Central Asian sources. The device is reported to weigh 8 kg and to possess at least 2 kg of fissionable uranium and plutonium. The report said the device, with a serial number of 9999 and a manufacturing date of October 1998, could be set off by a mobile phone signal.
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That paragraph is from my post #3588 with the link for many things they were planning on purchasing. I found this in my search for Midhat Murse aka Abu Khabab the bomb maker.
3,615 posted on
01/31/2004 7:44:50 PM PST by
WestCoastGal
("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)
To: jstolzen
I have yet to see a definitive answer on the weight of a suitcase nuke. I have seen all weights cited on different web sites, varying from about 50 lbs - 150+ lbs. I would really like to know. Perhaps backpack nukes can weigh under that amount? Tomorrow, I intend to research further.
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