DEFINING FUTURE THREAT - TERRORISTS AND NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION

• NCJ Number: 41274
• Author(s): M C Hutchinson
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 26 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PREPARED FOR 'INTERNATIONAL TERRRORISM, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL RAMIFICATIONS', AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE OF THE RALPH BUNCHE INSTITUTE ON THE UNITED NATIONS OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, JUNE 9-11, 1976

Annotation

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE THREAT THAT TERRORISTS ARMED WITH NUCLEAR CAPABILITY POSE TO CIVILIZATION.

Abstract

THE HOW AND WHY BEHIND A NUCLEAR TERRORIST THREAT ARE EXPLORED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO COPE WITH THIS POSSIBILITY. WHAT WOULD MAKE NUCLEAR POWER AN ATTRACTIVE TARGET TO A TERRORIST? WHAT COULD HAPPEN AS A RESULT? THE COSTS AND TIME REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A BOMB ARE DISCUSSED. THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR COPING WITH THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM LIES WITH GOVERNMENTS. THIS, THEREFORE, INVOLVES CONTROL OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR EXPORTS. DETERRENCE IS ANOTHER METHOD FOR PREVENTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM. GOVERNMENT BARGAINING IN LIGHT OF A NUCLEAR TERRORIST THREAT WOULD ALSO TAKE ON A DIFFERENT MEANING....BDS