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January 20, 2005
Dirty Bomb Primers, Bug-Out Kits, and More

J. Quinton blogs the rumours and updates re: a dirty bomb search underway in Boston. There are a couple things about this story that don't quite add, and our advice in these cases is always to treat such reports with extreme caution and skepticism... having said that, something is clearly up.

If you want to know more about the subject in general, Winds of Change.NET has a detailed briefing re: "dirty" bombs contaminated with radioactive material or chemical/biological agents. It deals with past experiences, the limitations of these weapons, and the potential damage. The BBC later ran a short bit in February 2003 called What If a Dirty Bomb Hit London? The extremely brief summary: the public reaction to a radioactive dirty bomb is probably a bigger danger than the weapon.

In Feb. 2004, Trent Telenko offered evidence that key U.S. cities may be difficult targets for radioactive dirty bombs. But if you ever do face this kind of emergency, you'll wish you had listened to Armed Liberal and assembled a Bug Out/Get Home kit. Got yours yet?

UPDATE: This article offers some mug shots, and also puts the current goings-on in context. Good journalism. Martinipundit has better pictures.

Posted by Winds of Change at January 20, 2005 10:12 AM | TrackBack
Comments

I've been in Boston, and I thought the Big Dig would make a perfect place to set off a boomer of some kind. I mean, it's leaking like a sieve anyway, and that doesn't say "structural integrity" to me. If the bad guys set one off near the airport end of the Big Dig, it would seriously cripple the relief effort, not to mention wrecking the tourism/convention business for a long time to come. If it got into the water table / bay, even a bigger mess.

Posted by: Mona B. [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 21, 2005 09:16 AM

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