[TaMoDee]

Why so expensive? How about a Cessna 180 or smaller?

[RHINO369]

"Why so expensive? How about a Cessna 180 or smaller?"

A nuclear weapon is very large, and it needs to be something with ability to travel internationally. I'm assuming they'd build the weapon somewhere other than the North America.

Or like someone else said a silkworm missile on a small boat.

If I were magically king of America I'd just start meeting with middle eastern kings and dictators and tell them they are now protectorates of the US. If they say no, I'd just wipe them out with cruise missiles. The oil and the terrorism is a dangerous mix.

[sig226]

The propeller planes don't have the range. The bomb would have to be in North America to use such a plane. If they could get the bomb into North America, they could put it in a truck and drive to the target.

Small jets cross the ocean all the time, so it wouldn't be unusual. A Gulstream V or 500 could make the trip from northern Africa or western Saudi Arabia and reach New York or Washington D.C.

It can also fly out of a small, general aviation airport where security is not as tight as the big airports.