U.S., Russia quietly testing 'dirty bombs'

Saturday, March 15, 2003

VIENNA, Austria -- In New Mexico's desert and Russia's Ural Mountains, U.S. and Russian experts are experimenting with simulated "dirty bombs" to see how such radiation weapons and potential terrorist tools might work, officials of the two countries say.

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