NB: A "dirty bomb" (colloquial name for a radiological dispersal device, or RDD) is not a nuclear weapon. RDDs use conventional chemical explosives with arbitrary radioactive material to, well, disperse those materials.
The military effectiveness of such a weapon is low, except for what it represents as a tool of terror (people generally find radioactive materials terrifying). Threats to human health/life vary with radioactive sources that might be incorporated into a RDD.
Traditionally, RDDs have been a concern in the context of non-state groups precisely because of their ability to inflict disproportionate chaos (particularly if used in urban settings). There is no militarily useful way to employ these devices other than to terrorize.
This literally makes no sense and preys on ignorance & fear.
https://twitter.com/John_Hudson/status/1584909209493274626
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