• solrize@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Wait, what? Article says the guy had real plutonium. That is scary. Quantity is not specified though. Also doesn’t say where the plutonium came from. He also had a bunch of what sounds like non-fissionable uranium and thorium. They hype that up some, but it is less of a threat.

    Why is this on /nottheonion?

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      3 months ago

      The nuclear materials make the headline, but the real story is that they were trading it for meth and heroine.

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        3 months ago

        I want to know how they got the nuke stuff in the first place. That’s potentially much more disruptive than any number of drug deals.

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    3 months ago

    Least shocking thing I’ve ever heard, we’ve been scared of Russia loosey goosey rotting nuclear security forever.

    Edit: estimated remaining 20,400 Yakuza members is more than I expected.