Nuclear technology spreads from wealthy nations to poor ones. Unstable countries obtain nuclear arms, escalating the danger. Non-state terrorists may soon acquire and use nuclear weapons too.

The story of the inexorable drift of nuclear weapons technology from the hands of the rich into the hands of the poor. As more unstable and undeveloped nations find ways of acquiring the ultimate arms, the stakes of state-sponsored nuclear activity have soared to frightening heights. Even more disturbing is the likelihood of such weapons being manufactured and deployed by guerrilla non-state terrorists.