Flying blind

Article Abstract:

'The Emperor of the Air' a novel published in London in 1910, which describes the destruction of Wall Street by an airship piloted by of group of European aerial anarchists sheds key delusions of the twenty-first century. The fiction brings out the fact that the world has lived through may periods of fear, and has survived due to the measures that have included not only tough police and other counter-terrorist action, but also the perennial failure deeply flawed terrorist belief that a spectacular violence can mobilize masses and change world history according to a particular plan.

United States, Analysis, United States foreign relations, British foreign relations, War on Terrorism, 2001-, Antiterrorism measures

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Tracking the Trade

Article Abstract:

American and Britain continue to warn that terrorists could steal or construct a crude nuclear bomb or radiological dispersal device and use it in a major city. While many believe that this is an overstated threat, a stark reminder emerged in March 2006 during a trial in London, when it was alleged one of those accused had tried to obtain radiological weapon from the Russian Mafia.

General services, Safety and security measures, Hydrogen bomb, Hydrogen bombs

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