[HipShot]

This is the original story:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003tik

Notice the date. Has there been activity in the last 4 years to increase the threat level?

[Velveeta]

Notice the date. Has there been activity in the last 4 years to increase the threat level?

Slow news week? LOL. Seriously, I don't know why this is being reported again this week. Seems major papers all have articles about it. CNN, BBC etc. have all jumped on the story.

[appalachian_dweller]

While a nuke would be devastating to say the least, I'm more worried about a bio attack. We wouldn't know it until people started getting sick and by that time it would be too late to do much about it other than lock the country down and don't let people travel. Scenes from the movie Outbreak come to mind.

While a nuclear detonation would wreak havoc (especially if it were multiple detonations), the damage would be mostly localized within a few miles of ground zero (except for fallout).

Just my $0.02