| Terror means designed to, not surprisingly, cause terror and fear. Nuclear weapons are this for 2 reasons. Firstly, the threat of them is designed to stop wars, and that is caused by terror. Most leaders aren't willing to go to war knowing a single bomb can kill thousands of people. Secondly, if a bomb is dropped, the nation or peoples are terrified by its effects and surrender....
Terrorists' missions arent to kill people, they are to cause a mass hysteria. Killing people is just the most effective (in their minds) way of causing that hysteria. And it seems to be working. |