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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (97590)5/7/2003 9:47:00 PM
From: Sig  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
<<The only ones who would dare risk buying an untested nuclear weapon from N. Korea (and thereby risking their entire existence on that device) are those regimes which have nothing to lose economically or politically And fortunately, there are few such regimes currently in place that I can see at this time.>>>

You seem to have some good points there. He probably would not get too much money for just a dirty suitcase bomb. But a missile and real bomb might be profitable. Still there is the threat to the user who may be trying to do it on the cheap which is a poor idea. Producing and storing liquid propellents for just one missile can be very complicated. If its a solid fueled ICBM could be very expensive. Launchers and guidance equipment. Maintenance
Countdown procedures. Would require a continual support operation until the day it was launched and if untested could have a failure rate of 30%. Could blow up or contaminate your own city instead of the intended one.. Then there is the case of the dirty suitcase bomb, must have a trusted friend to handle that. Invisible death rays, could set off radiation detectors a mile away Do not open until ready to use. Caution. Sometimes its not all that cheap or easy to be a successful Terrorist.
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