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bomb
(redirected from Conventional explosive)

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SINCE 9/11, politicians and pundits have repeatedly warned that terrorists who can't get their mitts on a fully functioning nuclear device could still spread radioactive death with a "dirty bomb," a conventional explosive combined with radioactive material.
port would have the greatest impact on human life and the economy, attacks on cruise ships and ferries would be relatively easy to carry out with conventional explosives or biological agents.
Although the bomb's conventional explosive would damage the immediate area, radioactive material would contaminate more broadly.
 
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