Saturday, January 21, 2006
Suitcase Nukes
Only "in the realm of James Bond movies" , but urban legends don't die easily...
Richard Miniter exposes the myth of "suitcase nukes":
"Let's start by noting that "nuclear suitcase" is a term coined by journalists. Journalistic parlance, if you wish. The matter concerns special compact nuclear devices of knapsack type. Igor Valynkin, commander of the 12th Main Directorate of the Defense Ministry responsible for nuclear ordnance storage, was absolutely honest when he was saying in an interview with Nezavisimaya Gazeta in 1997 that "there have never been any nuclear suitcases, grips, handbags or other carryalls."
