ISIS has 88lbs of uranum, White House says meh, no biggie

[mikeyp]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/0...m-compounds-from-lab-experts-downplay-threat/

 

[DarthRevan]

Dirty Bombs: coming to a theater near you.

 

[enbloc]

Packed into a missing Malaysian jetliner...

 

[jpm]

Former International Atomic Energy Agency chief inspector Olli Heinonen said that if the material came from a university it most likely is laboratory chemicals consisting of natural or depleted uranium.
"You cannot make a nuclear explosive from this amount, but all uranium compounds are poisonous," Heinonen told Reuters. "This material is also not 'good' enough for a dirty bomb."

Sounds pretty meh to me

 

[atmay]

If it's depleted or, at the very least, not enriched, 88 pounds is legitimately almost no concern.

More people would die from getting trampled by panicky *******s trying to run away from ground zero than a dirty bomb made with that would kill or seriously injure.


ETA: although, if they found a good way to form the material, uranium would make one hell of a shrapnel bomb projectile. Just sayin, NSA. Just sayin'.

 

[the_shootist]

Meh +1 The media loves to make things more dramatic for their sheeple readers

 

[mikeyp]

Yeah I'm sure the media is being honest about it as always. They would obviously say something if it was something to worry about, especially with this administration

 

[Cero]

Someone in ISIS will drink some to try and gain super Jihad powers.

 

[AntiHippie]

Packed into a missing Malaysian jetliner...

I want to make a tin-foil crack, but I really can't completely dismiss the possibility offhand. A year ago - yep. World has gotten so weird lately, you just never know nowadays.

 

[mclina]

Someone in ISIS will drink some to try and gain super Jihad powers.

Or they are packing into an old Delorean, trying to make a time machine. It is 88 pounds, after all.

 

[cyberlogicx]

I'd be more scared of 88 pounds of ammonium nitrate.

 

[Artifact]

That's a legitimate reason for wave two

 

[enbloc]

It's in good hands...

 

[GM-GUY]

Open border, ISIS has many members from foreign countries - a quick flight to Central America, hop on a train, meet up with some buddies in the US with Ammonium Nitrate - what could go wrong.

 

[92G]

the lbs doesnt matter. its radioactivity ie enrichment that matters.

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I'd be more scared of 88 pounds of ammonium nitrate.

^^this

 

[Nick Fury]

I'm way more pissed about the half billion in gold and religious artifacts.

 

[mclina]

It's in good hands...

Worst superhero ever. I remember watching that as a kid, back in the Knight Rider era. Even then, it was pretty bad.

 

[atilla]

did someone order some DU munitions? oh and let's make that a double.

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supersize me.

 

[mattyw]

dooooooon't caaaaaaaaare