Discussion: The Likelyhood of Dirty Bombs

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Originally Posted by oldschoolgm

One idea I've been bouncing around which is why I opened this thread is an adventure I have been outlining.

Basically the head KGB officer in Iran wants a way to tip the balance back in their favor so he sends out agents looking for radiological materials, preferably weapons grade. Then he would get the materials and build his bomb and wait till he's got a major engagement with the Americans and use the bomb.

As a twist to this though I was going to have the KGB decide against this as information about Bremerhaven began to come in, so the KGB decided to move the materials to Germany to hit the boats or harbor during the evacuation.

OldschoolGM,

This seems like a serious plan all right! So, would this be a dirty bomb (RDD), small (tactical) nuke, chemical or biological weapon, etc. Forgive me for asking, what would the point be?

I know it's a tasty target of opportunity, but wouldn't the Soviets want the Americans/Canadians to leave as soon as possible? I guess if it's a radiological-dispersion device then they might still leave anyways, just become really sick mid-Atlantic. Smuggling a bomb from Iran across Europe (or by water around the Horn of Africa) seems like a lot of effort. I'm trying to imagine what the KGB or the Soviets get out of it if these troops are going to be out of their hair anyways. It's not like there's going to be a general offensive planned to take advantage of the absence of these troops (who are already leaving).

My apologies, I don't mean to be a killjoy or anything. At least this has given me ideas for my own campaign.

Tony