That Islamic terrorists and rogue dictatorships will acquire and launch nuclear or biological weapons.
If these terrorists acquired nuclear weapons, they would use them against our cities.
The 9/11 terrorists acquired over 30 driver's licenses.
Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Powell said it was inevitable that terrorists would acquire weapons of mass destruction from countries like Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
It is considered plausible that terrorists could acquire a nuclear weapon.
But the most urgent danger is that terrorists could acquire the fissile material with which to construct a nuclear weapon in a relatively short period of time.
Iklé is convinced that terrorists will eventually acquire nukes.
The fear was that the terrorists had acquired nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction and had been testing them that night in the Australian wilds.
Moreover, the NPT says nothing about aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle "such as uranium mines and mills, from which terrorists could easily acquire fissile material".
Worse could be yet to come, especially if terrorists acquire and use nuclear weapons.