Alex WellersteinVerified account

+I'd also bet nobody does stuff like that bc it's really hard to time when containers arrive, so a bomb would need a remote trigger+

I would assume a remote trigger. Which is not impossible by any means — they get cell service at ports.

right. I was thinking of it from the angle of "why don't terrorists do this all the time if it's that feasible?"

because your local terror group will for sure go with reliable, technically "easy", and casualty/disruption-generating.

(I'm not saying terrorists would use a nuke either, but worth asking why "caper" attacks like that are very rare between warring nations)

The difficulty of a terrorist pulling this off is terrorists getting a nuke in the first place. Which is a separate issue. DPRK has nukes.

right, but as a terrorist, why not just pack a shipping container full of c4? lots of disruption even minus casualties. POint is+

+that attacks of whatever type might be technically possible, but there's reasons people don't invest in it, you know? There's easier ways+