Nuclear terrorism refers to any person or persons who detonate a nuclear weapon as an act of terrorism (meaning illegal or immoral use of violence for a political or religious cause). Some definitions of nuclear terrorism include the sabotage of a nuclear facility and/or the detonation of a radiological device, colloquially termed a dirty bomb, but consensus is lacking. In legal terms, nuclear terrorism is an offense committed if a person unlawfully and intentionally "uses in any way radioactive material … with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury; or with the intent to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment; or with the intent to compel a natural or legal person, an international organization or a State to do or refrain from doing an act", according to the 2005 United Nations International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The possibility of terrorist organizations using nuclear weapons (including those of a smal...
Nuclear terrorism could include: Acquiring or fabricating a nuclear weapon Fabricating a dirty bomb Attacking a nuclear reactor, e.g., by disrupting critical inputs (e.g. water supply) Attacking or taking over a nuclear-armed submarine, plane, or base. Nuclear terrorism, according to a 2011 report published by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, can be executed and distinguished via four pathways: The use of a nuclear weapon that has been stolen or purchased on the black market The use of a crude explosive device built by terrorists or by nuclear scientists who the terrorist organization has furtively recruited The use of an explosive device constructed by terrorists and their accomplices using their own fissile material The acquisition of fissile material from a nation-state. The creation of a device that may give information about the configuration of components needed for a nuclear weapon Former U.S. President Barack Obama called nuc...
India Republic Day -- This year's grand celebration will not be the same as it is at last that it will be held among the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which includes claimed many lives across the country. India is celebrating its 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday, but this year's grand parade will not be similar to it is for the first time that it will end up being held amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed numerous lives across the country. Burj Khalifa Lights up With Tricolour to Celebrate India's 72nd Republic Day time After more than 5 decades, the country's 72nd R-Day celebration will have no chief guests. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was due to maintain New Delhi as the key guest at the annual celebration to mark the Republic Day but he had for you to call off the visit to provide for the domestic crisis let loose by the emergence of a brand new, deadlier variant of coronavir us in the UK at the end of last year. Furthermore, gravity-defyin...
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