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Port and Maritime Security: Potential for Terrorist Nuclear Attack Using Oil Tankers

Overview While much attention has been focused on threats to maritime security posed by cargo container ships, terrorists could also attempt to use oil tankers to stage an attack. If they were able to place an atomic bomb in a tanker and detonate it in a U.S. port, they would cause massive destruction and might halt crude oil shipments worldwide for some time. This report examines the potential of, and potential outcomes for, terrorist placement and detonation of an atomic device in a tanker in a U.S. port. Various options to address this threat are suggested.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Congressional Research Service	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	December 2004	Downloads	215
Format	White Papers
Topics	Transportation Security, Border Security

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