[meyer]

A nuke or dirty bomb was my guess when I heard a news item (a couple weeks ago now, as I recall) saying we might use UAVs to scan the U.S. The only thing I could think that one could find that way is a radioactive source.

I'm not familiar with the term, UAV. I take it that this device can detect radioactivity rather well.

I'm suspecting that if they do go radioactive, it will be in the form of a conventional bomb with radioactive material scattered. I suppose they may have a suitcase, but it would be easier for them to obtain the conventional stuff with some nasty waste. Just MHO.

[FrogMom]

I'm not familiar with the term, UAV. I take it that this device can detect radioactivity rather well.

UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. That's those "drones" you keep hearing about. They usually have a high-definition video camera for real-time and later intelligence gathering. I've read of them being equipped with infra-red (IR) cameras to detect vehicle and personnel movements at night. I think they even hung a bomb off of one in Afghanistan. Although I've never read of them hanging radiation detectors from them, I don't see why they couldn't.