How the USA and Soviet Union planned to use nuclear radiation as a weapon.
This was initially seen as a great idea – you could kill all the people while leaving the omfrastructure intact for your own use.
Death Dust: The Little-Known Story of U.S. and Soviet Pursuit of Radiological Weapons, Three international security experts chart the rise and fall of radiological weapons programs in the United States and the Soviet Union.
The MIT Press Reader
By: Morgan L. Kaplan, 31 Jan 20,
For decades, the thought of radiological weapons has conjured terrifying images of cities covered in “death dust.” Classified as a weapon of mass destruction alongside chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons it has remained a point of mystery as to why these devastatingly indiscriminate weapons were not pursued in earnest by more state and non-state actors alike.