On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 05:09:14PM -0400, Ted Smith wrote:
Their equivalent would be a 20 kT nuclear device in a Manhattan penthouse. If Theodore B. Taylor would be alive today, I think he would agree that today a thermonuclear device is no longer out of reach for small groups.
I can't remember where, but I saw a review paper claiming this was impossible because individuals with the intelligence to construct a nuclear device tend not to join terror groups.
If a drone holocausts your wedding party, surely this is terrorism? And surely there's only one way to avenge it, via the family honor killing code? Just invert the viewpoints, and it all becomes quite clear. Intent and ability to execute as well as funds are independently distributed traits, orelse it would have happened already.