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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (72498)8/19/2003 4:42:56 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Gamma-ray weapons could trigger next arms race

I hear a lot of claims that something or other will trigger the next arms race but I wonder what they actually mean by that.

Rich Lowry at National Review put the argument for low yield nukes this way -

"Their complaint about a low-yield nuke is exactly that, in the words of Congress in 1994, it would "blur the distinction between nuclear and conventional war." Or, as a Federation of American Scientists report puts it, "adding low-yield warheads to the world's nuclear inventory simply makes their eventual use more likely." Actually, that's not quite true: It makes their use seem more plausible, which in turn makes their use less likely."

nationalreview.com

also see

townhall.com
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