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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
I don't know about that. If entire countries still can't build one, I'm not sure al qaida will be able to. Plus, if some rogue scientist was selling a working model, a country like Iran could pay a much higher price for it.
But the attacks of 9/11 aren't really an apt analogy here. The 9/11 attacks were similar to what happened in Arizona, pretty much anybody can do it if they are motivated enough, it doesn't require any technical knowledge or highly specialized and costly equipment.
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They don't have to build the bomb. They only need to find someone that can and buy it from them.
The bomb builder could be motivated by greed or become part of the cause.
The 9/11 attack took a lot of planning and I believe they had to learn how to fly the commercial jets to the point they could hit their targets.
That takes a fair amount of technical knowledge. It's foolish to underestimate their abilities and the lengths to which they will go to carry out acts of terrorism.