[AF68]

I can imagine the Russian mafia counting their money and telling these raghead morons that it's a "smart" suitcase bomb. Yeah, that's the ticket! It's a "smart" suitcase bomb!

[Gorzaloon]

I can imagine the Russian mafia counting their money and telling these raghead morons that it's a "smart" suitcase bomb. Yeah, that's the ticket! It's a "smart" suitcase bomb!

That seems to be the most likely scenario.

Yes, the FSU is has been having a big yard sale for a long time.

But relieving gullible Bronze-age primitives of their money does not require anything High-Tech to sell. A briefcase full of the proceeds of a Radio-Shack dumpster and a surplus cesium source to make it "Hot" would be enough to convince these morons.

As I recall, the Atomic Cannon warhead was 166 mm diameter, but its length, weight, and required fuzing modifications would put it out of the suitcase range.

[Conservative til I die]

I do remember reading a story, can't remember if it was before or after 9/11 that al Qaeda did indeed buy fake suitcase nukes from the Russian mob.