US plan for new nuclear arsenal

The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | 02/19/03 | Julian Borger

[jdege]

That our current arsenal was designed for a very different threat environment is undeniable.

An overal; review is certainly past due.

[RS]

Sounds like good stuff to me...Where's the problem ?

[Blackyce]

I have always wondered if Neutron bombs could be used to destroy biological agents. Seems like a great idea, but could lead to some dificult decision-making in a crisis.

[vannrox]

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[RCW2001]

The 'yellow flag' on the nuclear race has been lifted...

Come on in, one and all...the waters "warm"!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The problem is , we would be able to better defend ourselves!

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[SSN558]

Oh Goody ! I love the smell of burning Beryllium in the morning.

[LibKill]

Something in the order of 10-100 tons of TNT would be very useful.

[Poohbah]

An overal; review is certainly past due.

Don't tell the JCS and STRATCOM that...they still prefer a world where they target 2,500 nukes on the XUSSR. It's much neater and more orderly.

[Orangedog]

Saddam Hussein, call you office!...ummm, I mean any office but the one in this picture. The phones there are "out of order"

[Orangedog]

The boys at Los Alamos will have to work on that one for a while. The problem is, the smaller the desired yeild, the less chance of having critical mass that makes the big hole in the ground. I don't know if they have done any research before now on sub-critical mass designs.

[ExSoldier]

Jimmy (NO GUTS) Carter was the wus who ordered the neutron bomb taken off our shelves and it's about FREAKIN' time they put it back! NUKE their A** and TAKE the GAS!

[Orion78]

Hurrah for G.W.

[Orion78]

[Poohbah]

The boys at Los Alamos will have to work on that one for a while. The problem is, the smaller the desired yeild, the less chance of having critical mass that makes the big hole in the ground. I don't know if they have done any research before now on sub-critical mass designs.

There were recommendations in the 1980s to arm US submarine torpedoes with SKINC (sub-kiloton insertable nuclear component) warheads in the .01-.1 KT range. Also, the W-51 design yielded .022 KT in the late 1950s.

[Orion78]

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[merak]

How about a nuclear weapon designed to spread microscopic particles of pork over a 1,000,000 square mile area, covering every square inch?

[Paleo Conservative]

about a nuclear weapon designed to spread microscopic particles of pork over a 1,000,000 square mile area, covering every square inch?

That's almost four times the area of Texas!