Gar Lipow:
> Maybe overly terse. But 911 required a lot preperations (including
> flying lessons). It was carried out as soon as possible for maximum damage.
>
> And we had people saying that the use of suitcases nukes are inevitable
> or damn likely -- move out of big cities as soon as possible. It really
> is worth pointing out that this is inducing panic at something unlikely
> to happen. On the other hand, I had to spend some time on it, because it
> is unlikely, not absurd. There are some realistic scenarios as to how
> this could come about.
>
> I suspect the missing Russian nukes are either in the hads of govermente
> rather than less official terrorist organizations. (Most existing
> governments are also terrorist organizations.) Alternatively, some of
> them could still be in the hands of Russia, and former Soviet
> Sattelites. Given the chaos in Russia and former Soviet Colonies, it is
> also possible that some of them never existed and represent an
> accounting error.
Nevertheless, unless the war/work machine is stopped, the technology of weapons production will continue to improve, eventually making not only the cities but the world uninhabitable. The suitcase nukes are just harbinger of that very silent spring.