In last night’s Democratic presidential debate, the candidates were asked about a hypothetical act of nuclear terrorism by non-state actors and what they would do to prevent it. Nobody had a good answer. Such is politics.

However, I noticed the always-savvy Wired Danger Room blog did an even better than usual job of covering the terrorism beat this weekend. Check out these posts:

After 5 Years, 3 U.S. Jets Finally Get Missile Defense

Five years ago, a pair of shoulder-fired missiles narrowly missed a packed Israeli passenger jet taking off in Kenya. A total of at least 24 civilian airliners have been downed by shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. What has the U.S. government done to prepare for this threat? Read it and weep.

850 Nuke Smuggling Attempts in Russia; Sleeping Guards Here

Yeah, the armed guards at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania were videotaped fast asleep by a co-worker after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission refused to do anything about the lax security. The Russian Federal Customs Service tells ABC News that “authorities thwarted more than 850 attempts to smuggle highly radioactive materials in and out of Russia in 2007.” For unknown reasons, 85 percent of would-be smugglers were going in to Russia, not out.

Uh, Oh: U.S. Special Forces May Head to Pakistan

This is a classic example of a bad idea whose time has come, although Barack Obama might like it (one of the downsides of a prospective commander-in-chief with no military background). Does the Bush administration want to try and own the tribal areas? You and whose army? No literally, which army? It’s not gonna be ours. And the Pakistani one can’t do it either.

If you are not a regular reader of Danger Room, don’t worry. I’ll continue to link to it sometimes when it’s this great.