Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
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Re: Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
#2Also of interest is this table showing prior siezures (by law enforcement and government security agencies, I assume) of nuclear material, including over a dozen instances of highly enriched uranium (!)
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18849/previous-sei...
Re: Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
#3Also of interest is this table showing prior siezures (by law enforcement and government security agencies, I assume) of nuclear material, including over a dozen instances of highly enriched uranium (!) http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18849/previous-sei...
Holy shit. Where is all of this being sourced? Is this all "fall of the Soviet Union" stuff where someone wandered into a silo and took apart a bomb?
Re: Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
#4> Photos of the arrests show a policeman in a ski mask holding a Kalashnikov while Chetrus knelt on a sidewalk in front of the bank. He would eventually be sentenced to five years in prison.
This guy is involved in the sale of enriched uranium and he gets FIVE YEARS?!
Re: Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
#5> Photos of the arrests show a policeman in a ski mask holding a Kalashnikov while Chetrus knelt on a sidewalk in front of the bank. He would eventually be sentenced to five years in prison. This guy is involved in the sale of enriched uranium and he gets FIVE YEARS?!
It's not like he did something really bad, like illegally access a website.
Re: Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
#6I'm interested in how technically difficult building an actual nuclear weapon would be if you got your hands on one of these samples. The idea that crazy islamic extremists could one day get their hands on this uranium and cause significant, extended damage is truly terrifying.
Re: Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
#7Also of interest is this table showing prior siezures (by law enforcement and government security agencies, I assume) of nuclear material, including over a dozen instances of highly enriched uranium (!) http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18849/previous-sei...
Holy shit. Where is all of this being sourced? Is this all "fall of the Soviet Union" stuff where someone wandered into a silo and took apart a bomb?
Perhaps they found a nuclear landmine and defeated the 1950's anti-tamper mechanisms.
Re: Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
#8Also of interest is this table showing prior siezures (by law enforcement and government security agencies, I assume) of nuclear material, including over a dozen instances of highly enriched uranium (!) http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18849/previous-sei...
Holy shit. Where is all of this being sourced? Is this all "fall of the Soviet Union" stuff where someone wandered into a silo and took apart a bomb?
It is curious -- it's not like enriching Uranium is easy. It's a very expensive process with incredibly low yields if I understand it correctly.
Re: Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
#9Also of interest is this table showing prior siezures (by law enforcement and government security agencies, I assume) of nuclear material, including over a dozen instances of highly enriched uranium (!) http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18849/previous-sei...
Holy shit. Where is all of this being sourced? Is this all "fall of the Soviet Union" stuff where someone wandered into a silo and took apart a bomb?
Given this list: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_..., NK, Pakistan, India, Israel... To say nothing of the others... Every individual in every step in the supply chain is beyond corruption? Or blackmail? The door doesn't even need to be left open.
Re: Fuel for nuclear bomb in hands of unknown Russian black marketeer, officials say
#10> Photos of the arrests show a policeman in a ski mask holding a Kalashnikov while Chetrus knelt on a sidewalk in front of the bank. He would eventually be sentenced to five years in prison. This guy is involved in the sale of enriched uranium and he gets FIVE YEARS?!
It's not like he did something really bad, like illegally access a website.
Or torrent movies