Surviving the Islamic Bomb

Scary, scary stuff at Time.com this week:

The Man Who Sold the Bomb

Khan's Dangerous Game

Can the U.S. Defuse Iran?

In the face of all this, Time Magazine being, well, Time Magazine, of course counsels appeasement. But the pieces contain some good information. One of the more disturbing articles deals with al-Quada's nuclear program: The Other Nuke Nightmare:

With sufficient fissile material in hand, a trained engineer could build a crude device without too much difficulty. The most basic design is that of the Hiroshima bomb, which fired two pieces of HEU at each other from opposite ends of an artillery tube. The bomb could be assembled at a basic machine shop and would fit in the back of a truck. If smuggled into the U.S. and detonated in a major metropolitan area, such a weapon could kill hundreds of thousands.

What can we the concerned citizens do about these threats? For starters, contact President Bush and our representatives and express support for aggressive immigration control and nuclear interdiction including, particularly in the case of Iran, military action.

Lots of praying wouldn't hurt, either.

Update: Not depressed enough yet? Check out this series of old but still relevant nuclear terrorism posts from my former blog Political Devotions.