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"You had better believe it does. ANY fission reactor that has ever gone critical is a WMD."

That a bit silly isn't. Almost every country in thw world has a reactor (even Iran) but that doesn't mean it has "WMD" (as most people understand WMD.
Blowing up nuclear reactors isn't really a offensive weapon


How about Chernobyl?

I'm not talking about transporting a reactor core and blowing it up - just release radiation from used fuel rods, etc (various liquids in the primary heat transport loop depending on the configuration). Replicating Chernobyl would require an operational core on-site but you don't need anything that bad for a first-class disaster.

Your definition of a WMD seems to require that it go bang. That's not necessarily the case.

Someone in Moscow is going to really regret the Iranian reactor if any Chechnyans ever gets ahold of a used fuel rod.

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"Why not? 100 gallons of used primary coolant shipped DHL"

Ok, Iraq was bombed, thousands killed, billions! spent to prevent a minor "accident". Makes sense I guess.


No, no - I was merely stating a WMD has been found. I also said it was the wrong one (not what was claimed) and that Iraq hadn't actually deployed it.

You'd need a really good reason to believe that such a weapon was about to be deployed to attack, and none existed (and a deterrent strategy is better and cheaper anyway). That applies to the whole thing - whatever WMD you were worried about, it's hard to believe a deterrent strategy wouldn't have been cheaper and more effective.

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Sanctions could have stopped DHL but hey... why not killed thousands. Btw, do you think it could be delivered now?


Probably not all the way to Paris by DHL now - there are probably good gamma ray detectors or whatever at the large shippers for shipments from Muslim countries. I'd probably drive it to Turkey by private truck, head west into the EU, and deliver to Paris via a commercial truck. How you declare it depends on what you ship and the release mechanism depends on whether you have a conspirator at the receiving end. You probably can ignore radiation shielding for transit but might want to test this.
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