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Negotiating the draft Radiological Weapons Convention
Relations between the United States and Russia today are beset by rivalry in almost every sphere, and mutual suspicion reigns. Both parties have shunned arms-reduction talks and are pursuing nuclear modernisation programmes; a new nuclear arms race looms.
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Use of nuclear and radiological weapons by terrorists?
AbstractThere is great concern that terrorists could obtain nuclear or radiological weapons and detonate them in a large city. The authors analyse the technical requirements for and obstacles to obtaining such weapons. What difficulties would have to be surmounted? Could these problems be solved by a terrorist organization without direct support from a
Christoph Wirz, Emmanuel Egger
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Terrorism Awareness: Weapons Of Mass Destruction: Part III, Radiological Weapons
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Life-shortening effects of radiological weapons in military operations
The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, 2021Military operations can present risks whose origins may be unconventional. As an example, we can mention those within the spectrum of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense. This study evaluates, through a computer simulation, an operation in which soldiers face radiological contamination after the triggering of a radiological ...
Edson R Andrade +5 more
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Physical Effects of Radiological Weapons
2021On March 11, 2001 a portion of the floor of the Pacific Ocean was ripped by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. The ensuing tsunami hammered the Japanese coastline, obliterating neighborhoods and industrial districts, and killing over 15,000 people who drowned, were buried by sediments, or were swept out to sea.
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