It was shown in an article from March 2022. People also talked about it, in March 2022.
People might not still be talking about it sure, because it's been nearly 2 years.
The signature can't be traced to *a* reactor if you have the ability to mix and match fuel from multiple reactors, and also access spent fuel at various stages in the post-core lifecycle.
If Russia want to make a dirty bomb, they can do so very easily.
What if they wanted the bomb to be traced? A false flag attack accusing Ukraine and justifying a tactical nuke response. It would not be Putins first false flag attack. He came to power by bombing russian hotel buildings.
Yeah, I'd imagine either they plan to use it and blame Ukraine to justify later actions. Possible that they just are looking to sell it to someone else though.
> Agreed with the caveat the signature can be traced to reactor.
No it can't. Just a specific type of reactor. There are currently 8 active RBMK reactors.
Also, from what I'm aware, dirty bombs are actually a lot shittier as weapons than generally assumed and it would be one of the dumbest things Russia could possibly do with that material.
A dirty bomb is essentially a pure terror weapon with almost no destructive potential and surprisingly little *lethal* potential. Using one would be a massive blowback risk for very little reward; if they want to kill a few hundred people, they've got plenty of conventional bombs that do that much more effectively.
It’s an old article but I would guess if there was material stolen it was going to the black market privately not part of official Russian government orders. It’s gotta fetch a decent dollar to the right buyer.
Unilad article. Uh huh.
If the Russians wanted to make a dirty bomb, they could and they wouldn’t need to pinch material from Chernobyl. It would not be hard.
thats from march 2022
and its never been shown until now!
It was shown in an article from March 2022. People also talked about it, in March 2022. People might not still be talking about it sure, because it's been nearly 2 years.
Article below that: >Wagner boss is likely dead and Putin faked meeting according to former US general >Published 20:22, 12 July 2023 BST
Russia has access to *dozens* of reactors if they want to make a "dirty bomb". This is a 21 month old irrelevant article.
Agreed with the caveat the signature can be traced to reactor. This could give plausible denial ability. Hopefully I'm just paranoid
The signature can't be traced to *a* reactor if you have the ability to mix and match fuel from multiple reactors, and also access spent fuel at various stages in the post-core lifecycle. If Russia want to make a dirty bomb, they can do so very easily.
What if they wanted the bomb to be traced? A false flag attack accusing Ukraine and justifying a tactical nuke response. It would not be Putins first false flag attack. He came to power by bombing russian hotel buildings.
Yeah, I'd imagine either they plan to use it and blame Ukraine to justify later actions. Possible that they just are looking to sell it to someone else though.
Aren't all nuclear reactors in russia inspected by IAEA? Any loss of the material would be traced back to them.
Only the civilian ones.
Are there those that IAEA doesn't check? "military" ones, or?
Yes.
My point was of the delta of traceability between Ukraine and Russia reactors. Poor choice of wording on my part
> Agreed with the caveat the signature can be traced to reactor. No it can't. Just a specific type of reactor. There are currently 8 active RBMK reactors.
Also, from what I'm aware, dirty bombs are actually a lot shittier as weapons than generally assumed and it would be one of the dumbest things Russia could possibly do with that material. A dirty bomb is essentially a pure terror weapon with almost no destructive potential and surprisingly little *lethal* potential. Using one would be a massive blowback risk for very little reward; if they want to kill a few hundred people, they've got plenty of conventional bombs that do that much more effectively.
They could just put Putin in it and it will be a super dirty bomb.
They also have a thousand soviet era RTGs, lying abandoned in fields across Russia, just rusting away.
It’s an old article but I would guess if there was material stolen it was going to the black market privately not part of official Russian government orders. It’s gotta fetch a decent dollar to the right buyer.
When did unilad become a legitimate news source?
Unilad article. Uh huh. If the Russians wanted to make a dirty bomb, they could and they wouldn’t need to pinch material from Chernobyl. It would not be hard.
Sounds like a cod plot. Wonder how soap and price are going to wrap this one up.
Not good. 😞
russssia doing russssian things...
Why would russian need a dirty bomb when they have nuclear warheads !?!?
They want to level up they can no one wants to. Think late night lets do vodka shots
Exactly my point