Introduction to Intelligence Studies

Introduction to Intelligence Studies308

hundreds of years. Experts maintain that a device that distributes radiation

could be used to great eect by terrorists. e most ecient way to achieve

this would be by constructing a dirty bomb—a conventional explosive sur-

rounded by nuclear material. e explosion could disperse radiation over a

wide area, killing people and contaminating property. is is the radiologi-

cal weapon mentioned above.

Whereas nuclear devices are dicult to build, radiological ones are not.

ere is a great deal of nuclear material that surrounds us. Consider the

x-ray equipment that doctors and hospitals operate; materials f ...