A new pretext for an escalation in the war in ukraine? In a telephone interview with the ministers of the countries of NATO Sunday, October 23, Moscow accused kyiv of preparing to use a “sale of bombs” on its own territory to blame it on the Russian forces. presumptions “obviously false” rejected by the Atlantic Alliance. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has, for its part, shown that “If Russia calls and says that Ukraine is preparing something, it means that it has already prepared all this.”
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The dirty bomb, a “weapon of mass disruption”
The dirty bomb, also known as “radiological dispersal device” (DDR), is a mixture of conventional explosives – such as dynamite – and radioactive materials, which may in particular be industrial, military or medical waste, or from research.
It is not considered a nuclear weapon. The dirty bomb is also not as powerful as a nuclear bomb: it does not cause an atomic explosion, and does not have the same degree of destruction.
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When it explodes, it spreads dust and fine radioactive particles. Hence his nickname bomb to sell, which evoke the dispersion of radioactive material and the contamination of the population. However, most RCDs do not release enough radiation to kill or cause immediate serious illness. It is the explosion itself that is the main danger of dirty bombs.
Thus, the purpose of these bombs is not so much to cause victims, but to instil panic in the population, to destabilize and paralyze society by contaminating inhabited or strategic areas for months. A dirty bomb is not a “weapon of mass destruction”but one “weapon of mass disruption”where contamination and anxiety are the main objectives, result in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissionthe United States.
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