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| Senate Panel Votes to Lift Ban on Small Nuclear Arms |
| 2003-05-10 |
| A sharply divided Senate Armed Services Committee voted today to repeal a 10-year-old ban on the development of small nuclear weapons, asserting that the United States must begin looking at new ways of deterring terrorist groups and so-called rogue nuclear powers like North Korea. The Bush administration, which requested the repeal, said it had no plans to develop a new low-yield nuclear weapon. But it contends that the existing prohibition has had a chilling effect on weapons research at a time when the United States is trying to reconfigure its military to address post-Soviet threats. (con't see link) |
| Posted by:Anonymous |
| #3 Dial-a-Yield is ba-a-a-ack... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-05-10 18:52:52 |
| #2 I believe this is a bad idea, and precisely for the reasons listed above. We have shown that we don't NEED tactical nukes. (too bad that MOAB didn't debut) Even the term 'nuke development' is going to cause moderates to question things just when they've been convinced. Overreaching was Newt's mistake. Don't repeat it. This is a bridge too far. |
| Posted by: Scott 2003-05-10 17:31:56 |
| #1 This'll give some people a cow: They are counting on us being forced to rely on multi-megatonnage warheads so they could accuse us of overkill, in the same way they accused us of preparing to carpet bomb Iraqi cities. Low Yield nukes are a step away from big bombs that will be as (un)welcome as precision guided munitions as a substitute for carpet bombing. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-05-10 16:13:57 |