Rethinking Armageddon [The case for new, low-yield nuclear weapons]

Wall Street Journal ^ | Apr 12, 2004 | editorial

[The Raven]

No one likes to consider the possibility of nuclear war, especially on Easter Monday. But somebody's got to do it, and that sober duty fell recently to a special task force of the Defense Science Board, which has just recommended useful changes to the U.S. strategic arsenal to fit our post-September 11 world.

[tom paine 2]

We could use these right now to cluster nuke radical cleric Sadr's mosque hideout.

[billorites]

Gee, CCW ping!

Perhaps we could use them for a week in the fall.

Like between muzzleloader and bow season!

[AFPhys]

The panel has a host of additional recommendations that don't include nukes. It wants a new cruise missile with a conventional warhead that could be launched from an off-shore submarine and strike a target 1,500 miles away in 15 minutes.

I don't believe such a weapon (hypersonic) is properly classified as a "cruise missile"...

[ASA Vet]

the threat of their use more believable to terrorists contemplating attacks on the U.S. or allies.

Threats don't work. Usage does.