Number: RS21293
Title: Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response
Authors: Jonathan Medalia, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report focuses on a possible terrorist nuclear attack on a U.S. seaport, a low-probability but high-consequence threat. Ports are vulnerable, and an attack could affect the global economy as well as cause local devastation.
Pages: 6
Date: January 24, 2005