a delivery system capable of reaching the US without detection and interception is as high of a wall as the bomb itself.
I think that's wishful thinking. Fewer than 10% of shipping containers are inspected; there just isn't the manpower. If a foreign power wanted to deliver a nuke to the U.S., they wouldn't need an ICBM. They'd just need to shove it on a cargo ship and label it "MRI machines."
I think that's wishful thinking. Fewer than 10% of shipping containers are inspected; there just isn't the manpower. If a foreign power wanted to deliver a nuke to the U.S., they wouldn't need an ICBM. They'd just need to shove it on a cargo ship and label it "MRI machines."
If they're willing to wait three years while the container sits in the yard...