Nuclear Weapons Material

[joshua geller]

   werewolf at io.org (Mark Terka) writes:
>   In article <9408221335.AA00765 at snark.imsi.com>,
>   "Perry E. Metzger" <perry at imsi.com> wrote:

>   > iqg1550 says:
>   > > Let's all rejoice at the birth of the latest member of The Horsemen of
>   > > The Criminal Apocalypse -- The Nuclear Weapons Material Smuggler.  
>   > > I'm sure his four siblings will make plenty of room for their baby 
>   > > brother.

>   > I will point out, of course, that anyone who can afford the tens of
>   > millions to hundreds of millions the smugglers are reportedly charging
>   > for critical masses worth of Plutonium and Uranium, odds are that they
>   > can afford to buy un-escrowed secure communications equipment...

>   Not to mention the fact that without tritium, the "trigger" for nuclear
>   weapons (and extremely expensive and rare at $ 100m a gram) all you have
>   is a radioactive paperweight.

excuse me? a perfectly serviceable nuclear weapon can be made from
plutonium or sufficiently enriched uranium.

josh