I don’t take Lunev seriously. Defectors are notoriously unreliable sources of information (as I think Iraq should have proven. Again.).
The problem with nuclear terrorism is that atomic bombs come with return addresses—the US has always collected isotopic samples (eg. with aerial collecting missions in international airspace) precisely to make sure this is the case. (Ironically, invading Afghanistan and Iraq may’ve helped deter nuclear terrorism: ‘If the US invaded both these countries over just a few thousand dead, then it’s plausible they will nuke us even if we cry to the heavens that we just carelessly lost that bomb.’)
I don’t take Lunev seriously. Defectors are notoriously unreliable sources of information (as I think Iraq should have proven. Again.).
The problem with nuclear terrorism is that atomic bombs come with return addresses—the US has always collected isotopic samples (eg. with aerial collecting missions in international airspace) precisely to make sure this is the case. (Ironically, invading Afghanistan and Iraq may’ve helped deter nuclear terrorism: ‘If the US invaded both these countries over just a few thousand dead, then it’s plausible they will nuke us even if we cry to the heavens that we just carelessly lost that bomb.’)