[MindBender26]

We are far from the only technologically advanced society in the world. For example, night vision was issued to Sov troops before we ever had any clue about it being in development. The USSR, supposedly 2 decades behind us but they had a DEPLOYABLE H-Bonb before we did. The Brits are far ahead in defensive armor metallurgy, the French in deflected thrust flight controls, etc.

In addition, size is a big issue in weapons development. For example, our nuc warheads are far superior in size/weight/yield ratios, but that advantage can become meaningless. We can deploy a 500 Kt fission-fusion weapon in a relatively tiny package, about the size of large suitcase.

The Islamoterrorists would need a device that would require the space inside a large van or truck for a weapon of 1/4 the yield, but when you are going to deliver it by van or "Ryder truck" not a missile and in the process take out the lower 2/3 of Manhattan, who cares about size.

To think that we are the only nation capable of deploying this system, especially in a large, "sloppy" truck mounted configuration, is foolish overconfidence.

[justshutupandtakeit]

I fear the next attacks will be of the Breslan nature not sophisticated weaponry. After all the greatest yet was simplicity itself requiring a tiny amount of resources and producing a prodigious cost.