Medalia et al., 2004 - Google Patents
Nuclear terrorism: A brief review of threats and responsesMedalia et al., 2004
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- Medalia J
- Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
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It would be difficult for terrorists to mount a nuclear attack on a US city, but such an attack is plausible and would have catastrophic consequences, in one scenario killing over a half- million people and causing damage of over $1 trillion. Terrorists or rogue states might …
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
- G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
- G01V5/0008—Detecting hidden objects, e.g. weapons, explosives
- G01V5/0075—Passive interrogation
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
- G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of nuclear radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
- G01V5/0008—Detecting hidden objects, e.g. weapons, explosives
- G01V5/0091—Detecting hidden objects, e.g. weapons, explosives detecting special nuclear material [SNM], e.g. Uranium-235, Uranium-233 or Plutonium-239
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