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Iran could develop nuclear suicide bomb vests, claims JD Vance (www.9news.com.au)
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

A backpack device is BIG. It could not be concealed like a suicide vest. It also requires nuclear materials (plutonium) and a specialty implosion design and triggers Iran does not have.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    An Atomic Demolition Munition was nearly the size of a 55-gallon drum and came in two(?) pieces -- the weapon itself and the equipment to detonate it -- for making it easier to transport.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    The SADM is 4 pieces, each weighing 18kg.

    Nobody's walking around with a nuke vest. Why bother? Bomb vests are made so you can walk into a crowded place. With a nuke, just drive it in a truck in the targeted neighborhood.

    This is just Vance trying to scare some support into the disaster that Trump started to make us forget about Epstein.

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