posted on Sep, 28 2004 @ 07:00 AM
That plutonium was going to be used to make a nuclear weapon. Esepcially if it was already 'weapon's grade', it was going to be used to make a
nuclear bomb (or bombs no?) If it was in kyrgyzstan, and one assumes the plutonium was stolen/purchased/found in Russia, then they probably weren't
going to chechyna or back into russia.
The Kyrgyz Republic :
Keep in mind that Kazahstan is quite large and
it shares the major russian border in the region.
Hereis a political map of the region also, its kind of largish.
Here is a map of energy plants in the 'stans from 96. Notice, no
nuclear plants. It could've come from China, or, heck, even India or Pakistan, which have nuke programs. Perhaps it was headed torwards Russia,
perhaps it was comming from Russia.
The problem is, it made it well out of its country/area of origin. From Kyrgyzstan, it could be distributed anywhere. 'The Stans' are particularly
lawless at this point in history, and this is basically a nightmare that I am sure many diplomats and strategists have been having ever since the SU
fell apart.
Well, now it happened. Plutonium was illegally obtained, taken far out of country, and brought to one of the more anarchic regions of the world, from
which it could be sold and used by anyone. Global Nuclear Terror, comming soon to a major population center near you.