Bunker-busting nuclear weapons are a wasteful and dangerous delusion
Buried Truths
"Since the Cold War, the US defense community has become obsessed with the problem of bunkers and how to destroy them," writes Benjamin Phelan. "Were the effectiveness of bunker busters to be demonstrated, the weapons might conceivably be worth the risk and expense. But in fact, even a cursory consideration of the science shows that bunker-busting nuclear weapons are a wasteful and dangerous delusion."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042006O.shtml
"Since the Cold War, the US defense community has become obsessed with the problem of bunkers and how to destroy them," writes Benjamin Phelan. "Were the effectiveness of bunker busters to be demonstrated, the weapons might conceivably be worth the risk and expense. But in fact, even a cursory consideration of the science shows that bunker-busting nuclear weapons are a wasteful and dangerous delusion."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042006O.shtml
rudkla - 20. Apr, 23:24