Defjining nuclear terrorism

Defining nuclear terrorism

What is nuclear terrorism, and just how big a threat does it pose? Since European authorities revealed that the group behind the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks was also spying on a senior nuclear official in Belgium, the phrase “nuclear terrorism” has burst back on the public scene. But as Bulletin contributing editor Elisabeth Eaves explains, media stories sometimes fail to distinguish among events that would look completely different from one another, if they ever did come to pass.

What does “nuclear terrorism” really mean? by Elisabeth Eaves

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