-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Here's the next level of nuclear weapons Reuters (Washington, April 15) THE PENTAGON is studying whether to develop a nuclear bomb that would be capable of knocking out hardened or deeply buried targets without huge collateral damage, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. Citing administration and congressional sources, the newspaper said officials are looking at whether to build a low-yield nuclear weapon with an earth-penetrating nose cone as a way to hit underground leadership bunkers and command centers. Rising concern that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could hide chemical and biological weapons in underground bunkers has heightened interest in such weapons, the Post said. Key proponents include nuclear weapons scientists and top members of the Bush administration, according to the Post. A senior adviser to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was quoted as saying that current US nuclear weapons would not deter the Iraqi leader "because he knows a US president would not drop a 100-kiloton bomb on Baghdad." The Post said the head of the Department of Energy's Sandia Nuclear Laboratories has written that "low-yield weapons with highly accurate delivery systems" could help US officials "contemplate the destruction of some buried or hidden targets while being mindful of the need to minimize collateral damage." The Post said critics argue that such a weapon would not be able to penetrate deep enough to keep radioactive debris from getting into the atmosphere. The report on the Pentagon study was due to be sent to Congress in July, the Post said. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
