TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Nuclear terrorism: what can we learn from South Africa's development of nuclear devices?
JO  - Dynamics of asymmetric conflict: pathways toward terrorism and genocide
A1  - Volders, Brecht
SP  - 129
EP  - 147
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - Traditional assessments of nuclear terrorism threats primarily focus on the motivation of terrorist organizations to go nuclear, the availability of know-how, and the opportunities to obtain fissile material. The organizational challenges of implementing the construction and detonation of an improvised nuclear device are not often systematically explored. To contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the threat, this article aims to study South Africa's Peaceful Nuclear Explosives programme to verify and further refine the idea of an effectiveness-efficiency trade-off for terrorist organizations pursuing a nuclear terrorism plot.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1746-7586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2019.1576917
ID  - ref1
ER  -