Directory of Radiological Resources

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This category is for sites relating to radiological weapons, such as "dirty bombs", which are conventional explosives laced with radioactive matter to spread terror and radiation in an area.

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• News and Media

Resources in This Category

• Dirty Bombs: Response to a Threat

  http://www.fas.org/faspir/2002/v55n2/dirtybomb.htm
  Transcript of the testimony of Henry Kelly to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the threat of radiological attack by terrorist groups.

• Electro-magnetic Pulse (EMP) Systems

  http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~valeri/EMP.html
  Discusses the effects and spread of EMP weapons, which can jam or render useless an enemy's communication infrastructure.

• How a 'Dirty' Bomb Works

  http://www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/gdirtybomb/frame.htm
  Interactive feature from USA Today describing the workings of a "dirty bomb".

• Howstuffworks: "How Dirty Bombs Work"

  http://www.howstuffworks.com/dirty-bomb.htm
  Explains how a radiological bomb works and what effect it might have.

• Misuse of Microwave Weapons by Criminals and Terrorists

  http://www.mikrowellenterror.de/english/
  Describes the lethality of microwave weapons. With references and sources.

• Radiological Weapons - Iraq Special Weapons

  http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iraq/other/radiological.htm
  Article from the Federation of American Scientists on the attempts by Iraq to build radiological weapons.

• Radiological Weapons as a Means of Attack

  http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/radiological[1].pdf
  Report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the threat and potential use of radiological "dirty" bombs.

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