Originally posted by cav01c14
Also states that atomic material available on the black market is 3.5 ounces of weapons grade plutonium and that it is enough to make a nuclear bomb.
Al qaeda and Iran are the most likely suspects for wanting to buy this material. Idk about CNN anymore...... o wait matthew bunn just stated that you
cant make a bomb out of it so just disinfo from the CNN news person.

Technically, it depends what sort of bomb you want to make with a radioactive isotope. If you are trying to make a nuclear bomb, you need a certain
amount (don't remember it exactly), in order to do so. However if you have less material it's possible to make a "dirty" bomb that will spread
radioactivity over a large area with just a small amount of explosive. It could, if the wind was blowing in he right direction, result in a large
amount of Manhattan Island being sealed off (for example).
So basically it depends on whether you want destruction or disruption. The "dirty" bomb is more likely to work.