Sentence examples for radiological weapon from inspiring English sources
noun
A weapon, often a bomb, designed to achieve injury or contamination of a target by dispersing harmful radioisotopes.
There are measures the government can take to diminish the dangers of a radiological weapon, and many of them are getting more serious consideration.
While the existence of Iraq's effort to build a radiological weapon has been known for several years, the 1987 report sheds light on the secret effort.
"He would have to be a lot smarter than the average Al Qaeda member to build a radiological weapon," Mr. Schlesinger said.
The reactor used in making the prototype radiological weapon was itself bombed during the gulf war in 1991, and inspectors tried to keep Iraq from resuming its nuclear efforts for years afterward.
But in the new age of terror, the notion is back of a non-nuclear radiological weapon, one that uses the poisonous effects of radiation to spread panic and disrupt the economy.
Iraq's testing of its radiological weapon was done in 1987 as it waged a war of attrition against Iran and considered the radiation bomb as a way to cripple enemy forces.
Current interest in radiological weapons unknown.
No country today includes radiological weapons in its armories.
Radiation or radiological weapons, sometimes known as "dirty nukes," are the poor cousins of nuclear arms.
The deployment of "radiological" weapons to make the oil fields unusable was also considered.
National Guard specialists trained to deal with biological, chemical, nuclear and radiological weapons will also be available.
