[wretchard]

From a speculative perspective, Saddam would probably focus on biological and chemical weapons, rather than nuclear ones because of the lower level of infrastructure required to develop them. You don't need Oak Ridge-sized centrifuges to build a biological weapon. Hence, the milk truck idea.

But biological weapons have their own complications too. One is containment. US biohazard facilities have elaborate systems to process water and air and to decontaminate the researchers at the end of shift. Transporting deadly pathogens in milk trucks will give a traffic accident a whole new meaning. Preventing the escape or capture of research personnel is yet another problem.

Then there is the problem of weaponization, which is in many respects, the hardest part of deploying biological weapons. This requires testing facilities and manufacture that goes beyond a high-school lab level.

My guess is that the milk truck scenario is unlikely, but if it is true, Saddam is well and truly crazy.

[Pistias]

Transporting deadly pathogens in milk trucks will give a traffic accident a whole new meaning

I sure as sh!t wouldn't want to be the lucky guy picked to mix in that thing when cluster bombs were going off all about...