is how easy it is to build a bomb. After all, the Oklahoma City bomb was just fertilizer and diesel fuel. But a nuclear attack on say,
New York City, is far more frightening than any conventional attack. Less likely? Sure - by quite a bit. But I think it is a mistake to expect humans to react in a rational manner.
Lots of people die in car crashes every year - many more than in airplane crashes. But the plane crashes are what catches the public eye, because they are bigger and more horrifying. So even if an attack by nuclear bomb is way less likely than one with a more conventional bomb, it's prevention will get more attention.
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