Bush Plans New Nuclear Weapons
'Bunker-buster' bombs set to end 10-year research ban
by Paul Harris in New York


The United States is embarking on a multimillion-dollar expansion of its nuclear arsenal, prompting fears it may lead the world into a new arms race.


The United States is spurring a new global arms race with our own development of a new generation of nuclear weapons.

US Rep Ellen Tauscher
The Bush administration is pushing ahead with the development of a new generation of weapons, dubbed 'mini-nukes', that use nuclear warheads to penetrate underground bunkers.

Last week, it gave a quiet yet final go-ahead to a controversial research project into the bunker-buster. The move effectively ends a 10-year ban on research into 'low-yield' nuclear weapons. Critics fear it may lead other countries to push ahead with developing such weapons. It also comes at a highly sensitive time diplomatically, with the US lobbying countries such as Iran and North Korea to abandon their nuclear plans.

'The United States is spurring a new global arms race with our own development of a new generation of nuclear weapons,' said Democrat Ellen Tauscher, who led an unsuccessful bid in Congress to have the program scrapped.
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De economie aanzwengelen is altijd handig. maar een mininuke is nu net niet wat ik daarvoor in gedachte had.

Trouwens, alsof dat daar nog zoveel research voor nodig is.

Wat praktijktesten om te zien dat de vorm van de penetrator wel goed genoeg is, en om te kijken de boel wel doet wat de computersimulaties aanwezen.Nu is het gewoon officieel en komen de "zwarte" fondsen vrij om andere dingen te onderzoeken. Of zou een hamer in de "US armed forces" echt wel $105 kosten?

Welke industrietakken hebben de kiescampagne van onze vriend Bush ook alweer gesteund? :wink:

Het WWF,Greenpeace, de amerikaanse socialistische partij en de vredesbeweging?

:lol: :lol: :lol: