Last month, the Islamic State seized uranium compounds in Iraq, and Hamas launched three rockets at Israel's Dimona nuclear complex. Such episodes highlight the vulnerability of nuclear assets in other volatile countries – particularly Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran.
LOS ANGELES – Nobody would dispute the danger inherent in possessing nuclear assets. But that danger becomes far more acute in a combat zone, where nuclear materials and weapons are at risk of theft, and reactors can become bombing targets. These risks – most apparent in today’s chaos-ridden Middle East – raise troubling questions about the security of nuclear assets in volatile countries everywhere.
LOS ANGELES – Nobody would dispute the danger inherent in possessing nuclear assets. But that danger becomes far more acute in a combat zone, where nuclear materials and weapons are at risk of theft, and reactors can become bombing targets. These risks – most apparent in today’s chaos-ridden Middle East – raise troubling questions about the security of nuclear assets in volatile countries everywhere.