THE barbaric Islamic State could be on the brink of unleashing nuclear weapons against the West, a top researcher has warned.
The report on Managing the Atom by the US university researcher details the threat of three types of nuclear or radiological terrorism.
But the report looks in greater detail at the possibility of a nuclear bomb being detonated as it would be “most catastrophic”.
The report comes as the Nuclear Security Summit sets to take place today in Washington.
The authors also wrote: “The radiation from a dirty bomb, by contrast, might not kill anyone—at least in the near term—but could impose billions of dollars in economic disruption and cleanup costs.
“The effects of sabotage of a nuclear facility would depend heavily on the specific nature of the attack, but would likely range between the other two types of attack in severity.
It says: “Making a crude nuclear bomb would not be easy, but is potentially within the capabilities of a technically sophisticated terrorist group, as numerous government studies have confirmed.”
The two-day summit will be hosted by Barack Obama and comes in the wake of the Brussels terror attacks which left 31 people dead.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/656947/Islamic-State-ISIS-daesh-brink-nuclear-weapons-chilling-report-bomb-West
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