Respond to each of these prompts, giving equal weight to each in your reply:

Describe the differences between radiological and nuclear weapons,
Identify which type of weapon would be more realistic for a violent extremist group to obtain and use in a terrorist attack, and
Explore the policies and programs that have been put in place to ensure violent extremist organization and individuals are not able to pursue or acquire radiological or nuclear weapons.

Important Note: Ideally, you will want to evaluate this question in terms of your own community in preparation for the final essay of the course.

In addition, your discussion board response must identify at least three citations of peer-reviewed articles and include an annotated bibliography on one of these articles focused on the analytical style. The descriiptive style is focused on do analyzing the findings of the article. Focus on the topics below.
Describe the author’s research methods and conclusions.
Contextualize these results – how do they fit into the literature you’ve reviewed so far?
Explore how these it match up with research in the field?
Determine if these findings seem credible? Why or why not?

Your word count does not include the annotated bibliography.