Another retread of the Iraq war. They scared us with "dirty bombs" and man pack nukes back then too.
this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2026
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Monkeys might fly out of Iran's butt.
Guess the US will be bombing Iran's vest factories next.
you cant make a nuke that small
backpack? yes. vest? probably not.
Not with that attitude.
Why would anyone believe this? Who is ret*rded enough to believe this?
My dad
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Nuclear terrorism might be a thing, but I seriously doubt that the easiest way to do it is nuclear suicide vests. Miniaturizing nuclear warheads is a pain. If you were going to do something like that, you'd be better off doing something akin to a truck bomb.
Much more likely would be a dirty bomb. Just a regular bomb with some nuclear material that it spreads. The nuclear material isn't the bomb itself, but used exclusively for the exposure effects. You don't even need plutonium or uranium for this. There are plenty of other radiological sources to make dirty bombs. Old radiographic medical equipment for instance.
There are hundreds of thousands of orphaned sources in the world. Several of them have caused the worst radiological incidents in history.
The fact we don't see this already is quite surprising.
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Id argue a rapist president plus a complicit govt is more dangerous. How about getting rid of those first?
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JD Vance could stop fucking couches, but that ain't happening either.
I'm imagining an Iranian Sam Porter Bridges lugging around a huge nuke
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Maybe I lack imagination since I would never came to an idea of nuclear vest
Oh we're back from the wilderness scratching at the door to be let back in are we JD?
Fun fact: the smallest nuclear bomb was (is?) small enough to carry in a backpack.
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The fear mongering
Bet he thinks dr.thrax is a real person
More gaslight bullshit from th trump suckers administration of 2026.
That's a big vest. Should be easy to spot.
For reference, the SADM portable nuke was made to be carried by paratroopers into enemy territory. 4 soldier would each carry one 18kg part of the weapon.
A 72kg vest sounds quite the chonker.
