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1. Absolutely

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:36 PM

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They're just regular bombs with some radioactive material sprinkled in. No fission process required.

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Iran and dirty bombs [View all] JBTaurus83 Tuesday OP

Absolutely Greg_In_SF Tuesday #1

Well JBTaurus83 Tuesday #2

Exactly. They probably have amounts of Cs137 or other isotopes Jerry2144 Tuesday #6

The point of a dirty bomb would not be its effectiveness sarisataka Tuesday #12

Also true DetroitLegalBeagle Tuesday #15

Will OC375 Tuesday #3

Easily.... Boo1 Tuesday #5

Im shocked they havent used it Johonny Tuesday #7

A dirty bomb is meant to contaminate a large area for generations. Swede Tuesday #11

There would be no EMP sarisataka Tuesday #16

Chemical and biological JBTaurus83 Tuesday #9

They can but then it gives their adversaries a excuse to go nuclear EX500rider Tuesday #10

To make one- absolutely sarisataka Tuesday #13

Chemical and biological too. C_U_L8R Tuesday #14

Why would they want or need to do that? David__77 Tuesday #19