radiological weapon

No country today includes radiological weapons in its armories.

Experts have warned that terrorists who obtained such material could use it to make nuclear or radiological weapons.

The fear is that the old batteries could be turned into radiological weapons, sometimes known as "dirty nukes."

Use of nuclear and radiological weapons by terrorists?

A dirty bomb is a radiological weapon dispersed with conventional explosives.

Like land mines, radiological weapons can be used as an area denial weapons method.

Instead a new department is being established for work on defensive research on biological, chemical and radiological weapons.

Radiation or radiological weapons, sometimes known as "dirty nukes," are the poor cousins of nuclear arms.

"Iraq declared," it said, "that no order to produce radiological weapons was given and the project was abandoned."

The armed services also have special teams trained to respond to attacks involving chemical, biological and radiological weapons.

A radiological weapon has never been deployed.

They say there are daunting obstacles to making and deploying these germ, chemical or radiological weapons.

There are other radiological weapons called radiological exposure devices where an explosive is not necessary.

Karst is working on radioactive materials for medical uses, but Manning sees its potential as a radiological weapon.

The radiological source and quality greatly impacts the effectiveness of a radiological weapon.

A radiological weapons is a type of nuclear weapon designed to distribute hazardous nuclear material in enemy areas.

While the existence of Iraq's effort to build a radiological weapon has been known for several years, the 1987 report sheds light on the secret effort.

Virtually all containers destined for the United States should be scanned for nuclear or radiological weapons within the next four years.

There are measures the government can take to diminish the dangers of a radiological weapon, and many of them are getting more serious consideration.

Three years ago Iran's President had already issued instructions to develop "offensive and defensive chemical, biological and radiological weapons."

What of the chemical, biological or radiological weapons, whose elimination was one of the justifications for the war cited by President Bush?

Radiological weapons of mass destruction have been suggested as a possible weapon of terrorism used to create panic and casualties in densely populated areas.

Some US policymakers and scientists involved in the project felt that radiological weapons would qualify as chemical weapons and thus violate international law.

After World War II there was a Soviet navy installation researching radiological weapons.

As an example, Mr. Bruno said the police had been able to detect and disable two mock radiological weapons hidden in the stadium's parking lot.