[jbstrick]

Suitcase nukes are an urban myth.

[RightWhale]

Suitcase nukes are an urban myth.

Actually, not. Whether any are still functional is a question, but it would take major support to keep any of them ready to go. Whether the bad guys actually possess any is unknown. Anything is possible.

[UnsinkableMollyBrown]

Congressman Curt Weldon was told by a War Secretary in Russia that they did have over 100 suitcase nukes that had gone missing. It is not an urban myth.

[Republicanus_Tyrannus]

Suitcase nukes are an urban myth.

Sorry to rain on your "whistling past the graveyard" parade, but they are indeed physical, real, historical, and have been verified by multiple sources from the USSR and the US.

In fact, I know without a shadow of a doubt of the existence of at least one model concurrent to 1968. I heard about the details far before this ever hit the paper (1979).

Furthermore, there are multiple data points from prior to 1968 of Soviet suitcase devices including test data (multiple ignitions masked as a lager det event) as well as publically available KGB files indicating the implacement of such a series of devices.

[atomic_dog]

Suitcase nukes are an urban myth.

Right!

At 100 pounds maybe "suitcase" isn't the right word. Try Google for SADM W54

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Suitcase nukes are an urban myth.

Sure are until they level 20 square blocks then theres NO urban left !

[metermike]

Not really the American government lost one actually in the Pakistani mountains in the 80's while doing re con work.They were trying to spy on the Chinese when there was a avalanche and though they did search it was never found.Iread this in a book about nuclear mishaps unfortunately i cant remember the name.I am sure you could find it on the net though!

[Preachin']

"Suitcase nukes are an urban myth."

It may be an urban myth that the Islofacists have them, but I remember that there was discussion during the Clinton years that classified info on them may have been compromised at the Los Alamos science lab.