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Originally Posted by Apex Chase
1) Steal a commercial jet
2) Throw some new paint on it
3) Load your nuclear weapon on it
4) Fly it over your intended target and detonate
No need to develop miniaturized warheads, ballistic missiles, or guidance systems. Besides, launching a missile raises red flags and gives away the launch site. Just a theory but it would be the simplest way for a terrorist organization to deliver a nuke and the most anonymous way for someone like North Korea or Iran to do it without putting their head on the chopping block. 
It would be hard to hide a 777 on the ground so I would think they would want to move quickly. That is, unless it was flown onto a military air field with adequate hangars and security. |
I'm not sure that simply changing the aircraft's visual appearance is sufficient. There's schedules and transponders and ATC communication codes.