Nuclear Terrorism Argumentative Analysis

The possibility of a nuclear terrorist attack is very real but how realistic is the threat. The number of terrorist attacks has dramatically increased since the Cold War and is not only continually increasing the number of attacks but intensifying each attack. Since the September 11th attacks, numerous movies have been produced bringing the idea of a nuclear terrorist attack to life for several hundreds of Americans. The question that these movies are over exaggerated and unrealistic or that they are shining a light to the possible future of the world is to be determined. Brian Michael Jenkins and Graham Allison explore each sides of the debate on whether or not the world is headed to a nuclear attack that resembles the September 11th attacks. Jenkins discusses the 9/11 attacks and the Mumbai attacks as references to support his theory about the future of terrorist’s attacks and war strategy. Jenkins argues several key points as to why he believes we are headed towards a nuclear 9/11. He argues the following points: ease of access to assault weapons, hand guns, and explosive devices, the lack of a strong enough security in highly public places, and how small attacks are recruiting techniques for larger or more difficult attacks. These
He also argues that one terrorist group alone will not be able to follow through with an attack at this scale but that multiple organizations and/or nations would have to be involved for a nuclear attack to possibly occur. Allison also states that the United States alone cannot tackle and control nuclear warfare but a global alliance against nuclear terrorism would be more effective in preventing the transportation of nuclear weapons and production materials to terrorist