Dirty War

[kemistudent]

Has anyone else watched this movie? It is a movie that is set in London with the plot being a radio active dirty bomb being set off in the Liverpool section of the city.

I just watched it and have so many questions. How realistic is this movie? Could such a small amount of radio active material cause so much disaster?

[Nagognog2]

I saw something similar on a Brit show called MI6, I think it was called. Anywho - though still considered a top secret - the critical mass for Pu239 (fissionable plutonium) is roughly 400gm under "ideal" conditions (pressed together as in an implosion-type bomb). This is not taking into consideration such technological innovations as red-mercury to create faster neutrons, which allow the development of the so-called "suitcase-bomb" - a fissionable atomic device that can fit in a suitcase and packs enough punch to cause another Hiroshima.

Feel better?

[Woodman]

Interesting topic, but how does all this relate to drug politics?

[Nagognog2]

Perhaps under the government attempting to curtail smuggling of drugs - while claiming that pot smokers are aiding terrorists! Meanwhile in a ticking suitcase...Besides, he did ask. This thread could use it's own niche. Maybe: While They Were Looking For Hemp Seeds...

[kemistudent]

Interesting topic, but how does all this relate to drug politics?

[sarcasm]DUH!! Don't you know!! Drug's fund the terrorists!![/sarcasm]