Muon-assured defence; Finding nukes.(Finding nuclear weapons at border-crossing points)

The Economist (US) | February 26, 2005 | Copyright

Using cosmic rays to spot nuclear weapons

A CERTAIN sort of madness once seemed enough to defend the United States from nuclear attack. "MAD"--Mutually Assured Destruction--operated on the premise that the best defence is a good offence. But the American government worries that MAD-style deterrence will no longer work. Terrorists, for example, might not care about the threat of destruction. And to make matters worse, any nuclear weapons used by terrorists or rogue states may not arrive by ballistic missile. Instead, they are likely to come in a cargo ...

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