Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 07/2010

Nuclear Terrorism: Threat Briefing

April 2010

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

Abstract

Key Questions Nuclear Terrorism: Threat Briefing • Who could be planning a nuclear terrorist attack? • What nuclear weapons could terrorists use? • Where could terrorists acquire a nuclear bomb? • When could terrorists launch the first nuclear attack? • How could terrorists deliver a nuclear weapon to its target?