商品簡介
Weapons of mass destruction are the greatest threat to national security in the twenty-first century: How to Build a Nuclear Bomb explains what it takes for a rogue state or terrorist group to obtain and use them.
Nuclear weapons and terrorism expert Frank Barnaby has not written a collection of scare stories. His purpose is How to Build a Nuclear Bomb is to counteract the "misinformation, often put out for propaganda purposes" by national governments and general ignorance on this most urgent of topics. Barnaby describes, in straightforward, non-sensational terms what is involved when a state or a terrorist group sets out to make a weapon of mass destruction, what they are capable of doing, and what is needed to produce one.
By outlining the parameters of the problem, Barnaby is therefore able to gauge the threat that WMD pose, arguing that counter-terrorist measures urgently need to be stepped up to meet the challenges of a new era of international terror.
作者簡介
Frank Barnaby is currently works for the Oxford Research Group on research into military technology, nuclear energy, and the terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction.
