Captain Ed has a report from Kyrgyzistan stating that 2 men have been arrested while trying to sell plutonium. Plutonium is an alternative to U-235 as a component of atomic bombs, and is required for more sophisticated and powerful devices.
It's wise to be cautious of such reports. Almost exactly 2 years ago to the day, we ran a report from Turkey re: a seizure of weapons grade uranium. It also came from official sources, and was disseminated by Reuters. As our follow-up quickly noted, the whole thing had been a clever but dangerous con designed to fleece the rich, evil & gullible. Most of these things are. On the bright side, our follow-up did assemble some useful information for you re: basic nuclear weapon design, and how much U-235 or plutonium it takes.
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